All Collaboration articles – Page 23
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ArticleBerry and VOID Technologies develop pet food packaging for store drop-off recycling
Berry Global (Berry) and VOID Technologies have created a high-performance polyethylene (PE) film for pet food packaging, aiming to deliver a solution with superior toughness and puncture resistance, suitable for store drop-off recycling and helping to eliminate problematic non-recyclable materials.
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ArticleRe-Gen uses Polytag watermarks to track packaging among mixed waste recycling
Re-Gen is utilizing Polytag’s watermarking technology to accurately count individual items of packaging among the 250,000 tonnes of mixed household waste recycled at its Newry material recovery facility every year.
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ArticleRegulate imports and manage energy costs, plastics industry implores the EU
As Europe’s share of global plastics production is feared to have halved over 20 years, Plastics Recyclers Europe is among the stakeholders calling for the European Union to regulate its virgin and recycled plastic imports and address high energy costs.
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ArticleTOMRA acquires digital waste management company c-trace
TOMRA has acquired 80% of the shares in German digital waste management solution company c-trace, hoping to add new digitalization capabilities across its recycling value chain.
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ArticleElaborados Naturales packs potato products in ovenable paperboard tray
Elaborados Naturales has adopted Graphic Packaging International’s hermetically sealed paperboard tray – containing less than 10% plastic and facilitating recyclability without requiring the barrier liner to be removed – for its refrigerated potato products in Spain.
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ArticleStora Enso provides wood-based pack for Wilfa’s kitchen mixer
Stora Enso has developed a wood-based pack for Wilfa’s kitchen mixer made from Papira – a protective foam made from wood fibres that can be recycled in paper waste streams.
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ArticleLAM’ON to boost compostable, biobased films with strategic investment
Following a strategic investment from Eleven Ventures and Citibank managing director Grigoriy Ananiev, LAM’ON plans to boost its market presence and upscale its biobased, compostable laminating and packaging films.
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ArticleMono-PET blister tray certified as recyclable by Petcore
Liveo Research’s One-Material Blister made of PET has been certified as recyclable by Petcore Europe’s Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform.
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ArticleEU-funded project recycles multi-layer plastic flexibles into new food-grade packs
The EU-funded CIRCULAR FoodPack project has successfully recycled flexible plastic multilayer composites (MLCs) into food-grade polyethylene packaging using tracer-based sorting technology, water-based treatment, and solvent-based recycling.
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ArticleEuropean Bioplastics Conference concludes with hope for bioplastics’ future
Attendees of this year’s European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin were reminded of bioplastics’ potential role in an EU-wide circular economy as the global production of plastics continues to rise, with additional encouragement to strategically manage biomass resources.
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ArticleArdagh Glass Packaging creates lightweight bottles for Hernö Gin
Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe (AGP-Europe) has produced new 500ml lightweight bottles for Hernö Gin with a reported 31% carbon emission reduction, based on current cullet use.
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Sponsored ContentExploring fibre-based packaging’s impact on sustainability in the industry
In this edition of our ‘In Conversation With…’ series, Markus Locher, global manager of Barrier & Sustainable Packaging Solutions for Paper & Board at ACTEGA, discusses the company’s role in supporting the industry’s transition into sustainability-minded packaging. He explores the challenges of creating a circular economy for fibre-based packaging and explains how ACTEGA’s initiatives and solutions address these challenges.
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ArticleLightweight shopping bags made with Mondi’s recycled papers unveiled by Dobis
Dobis is converting Mondi’s range of paper grades containing recycled fibres into paper bags for fashion, fast food, and retail products; the move claims to lightweight the packaging and reduce material consumption while maintaining strength and print quality.
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ArticleTetra Pak invests in Dutch plant recycling polyAl from drinks cartons
Tetra Pak and Yellow Dreams are making a joint investment of around €3 million to launch operations at a recycling plant for polyAl from used beverage cartons – set to begin operations in the second half of 2025 and boost recycling capacity in the EU.
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ArticlePeroni Nastro Azzurro seeks improved shelf impact with redesign
Brand design agency Outlaw has unveiled a new design for Peroni Nastro Azzurro’s secondary packaging, highlighting the company’s blue ‘Nastro Azzurro’ ribbon and aiming to improve shelf impact.
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ArticleSIG and WWF partner to protect forest landscapes in Thailand
In collaboration with WWF Switzerland and WWF Thailand, SIG has launched a project to protect forest landscapes in Thailand, aligning with its commitment to create, restore, protect, or improve the management of 650,000 hectares of forest by 2030.
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ArticleWine corks to be recycled as Karlstads Energi and ReKorek join forces
Karlstads Energi and ReKorek have teamed up to explore the possibilities of recycling wine corks into new products following the latter’s success in a European innovation challenge.
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ArticleSmurfit Westrock protects Biscuiteers deliveries with cushion pads
Smurfit Westrock’s Food Contact Packaging team has collaborated with Biscuiteers to provide 3-ply and 5-ply cushion pads to protect deliveries, aiming to reduce the amount of biscuits broken in transit and improve customer satisfaction.
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ArticlePicadeli takes on self-checkout fraud with Digimarc’s digital watermarks
Picadeli’s branded packaging will feature advanced digital watermarks from Digimarc to automatically verify pricing accuracy at self-checkout and tackle both retail shrink and food fraud – particularly among fresh and prepared foods.
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ArticleBlue Ocean Closures provides fibre-based cap for nutritional supplements
Great Earth’s nutritional supplements have been launched with a fibre-based cap from Blue Ocean Closures, providing an alternative to plastic caps and aiming to address increasing consumer demand for more sustainable packaging.