All Collaboration articles – Page 25
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ArticleCollaborative initiative seeks to deink and recycle printed PP and PS cups
Siegwerk, Greiner Packaging, and Krones have teamed up in an initiative set on deinking and recycling polypropylene and polystyrene cups via hot caustic washing – and now call for design-for-recycling guidelines to be updated in line with their results.
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ArticleRanpak’s void fill paper converter adopted by Antalis for e-commerce packaging
Antalis has added Ranpak’s FillPak Trident Mini void fill paper converter to its range of e-commerce equipment, with the space-saving machine filling delivery packaging with recyclable kraft paper.
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ArticleStudy gives design-for-recycling advice for fibre-based packs with barrier coatings
A PROPAKMA study commissioned by Veolia and Forum Rezyklat intends to help manufacturers ensure that the application of barrier coatings does not impact the recyclability of their fibre-based packaging by offering new guidelines.
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ArticleFunding round seeks raw material, chemical recycling, and value chain start-ups
Fifteen start-ups working in raw materials, chemical recycling, and the value chain will be rewarded with networking opportunities under the new round of Circular Valley’s Circular Economy Accelerator funding programme.
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ArticleInvestors to receive financial returns from plastic waste reduction and recycling projects in new bond
The World Bank has issued a seven-year, $100 million Plastic Waste Reduction-Linked Bond expected to provide investors with financial returns through plastic and carbon credits generated in waste reduction and recycling projects in vulnerable communities in Ghana and Indonesia.
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ArticleXampla seeks to scale up biodegradable coating with $7 million funding round
Xampla has raised US$7 million (€6,466,250) in its latest funding round; the money is intended to help expand its biodegradable, food-safe Morro Coating for takeaway packaging, sachets, and cups into new markets and support the transition away from single-use plastics.
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ArticleVolpak and Watttron implement digital sealing into horizontal pouching machinery
A strategic partnership between Volpak and Watttron intends to integrate intelligent digital sealing technology into horizontal pouching machinery in a step towards precise, efficient, and sustainable flexible packaging processes.
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ArticlePetainer and Oonly introduce reusable PET water bottle to Hungarian market
In light of Hungary’s new deposit return scheme, Petainer and Oonly have released their first refillable PET bottle for mineral water on the Hungarian market in hopes of driving circularity in the country’s beverage sector.
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ArticleHubbub’s funded trials inspire five ‘key ingredients’ for successful reuse systems
Hubbub has released a report outlining the impact and learnings from six reuse projects funded by its Bring It Back Fund; the insights have revealed five ‘key ingredients’ hoped to inform the creation of further reuse and return systems for food and beverages.
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ArticleVoluntary initiatives cannot overcome plastic pollution, says World Economic Forum
At its annual meeting earlier this month, the World Economic Forum emphasized its view that voluntary initiatives are not enough to substantially reduce plastic pollution, instead backing the development of a global Plastics Treaty and encouraging businesses to unite in favour of the cause.
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ArticlePackaging industry condemns PPWR’s ‘state-run producer responsibility organizations’ in joint statement
A joint industry statement has expressed concern about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation’s references to ‘state-run producer responsibility organizations’, which are feared to open legal loopholes and threaten the EU’s recycling targets and decarbonization goals.
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ArticlePaptic raises €27.5 million in growth funding for wood fibre-based materials in 2023
By the end of 2023, Paptic closed €27.5 million in growth financing, including investments from the UB Forest Industry Green Growth Fund, Emerald Technology Ventures, SIG InnoVentures, and EIC Fund towards the end of the year.
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ArticleHydro becomes supplier for First Movers Coalition’s decarbonization efforts
At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Hydro joined the First Movers Coalition’s “green” supplier database for the decarbonization of heavy-emitting sectors, and the First Suppliers Hub – a tool designed to help companies action their climate commitments – was launched.
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ArticleTekniPlex’s pharma-grade blister film with PCR content to debut at Pharmapack
TekniPlex Healthcare and Alpek Polyester have developed the ‘world’s first’ pharmaceutical-grade PET blister film containing post-consumer recycled content, which will be showcased at Pharmapack 2024.
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ArticleWyld packages edibles in TIPA’s home-compostable laminate to reduce waste
TIPA and Wyld are teaming up to package legal edibles in home-compostable laminate and take steps to keep hard-to-recyclable, single-use flexible plastics out of the environment.
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ArticleOpen-managed reusable takeaway packaging system makes debut in Aarhus
TOMRA and the municipality of Aarhus are piloting the ‘world’s first’ open-managed system for reusable takeaway packaging – a solution expected to help entire cities transition away from single-use packaging.
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ArticleOn-pack AQR codes unlock audible cooking instructions for Unilever noodles
In a new partnership with Be My Eyes, Unilever is expanding its use of Zappar’s Accessible QR (AQR) technology to provide AI-powered virtual assistance for blind and visually impaired consumers via a free app.
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ArticleAquinos Group targets traceability for one million mattresses by 2027 using atma.io cloud
Avery Dennison and TripleR have teamed up with Aquinos Group to tag its bedding materials via the atma.io connected product cloud, ensuring their digital identifiability and management in a bid to align with EU Digital Product Passport rules.
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ArticleBringing paper packaging out of the woods
Statistics suggest that the average European wastes 180kg per year and over three billion trees are lost to paper packaging across the world. Juan F. Samaniego, freelance science journalist and editor for environmental newsletter Planeta Mauna Loa, takes us through manufacturers’ attempts to overcome these figures by producing paper from grass, hemp fibres, and recycled clothing.
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ArticleNew alliance targets harmonized regulation for sustainable food packaging
A coalition of non-profit industry and non-governmental organizations have formed the Alliance for Sustainable Packaging for Foods, intending to work with global governments and regulators to pursue safe, sustainable, holistic, and harmonized food packaging regulation.