All Collaboration articles – Page 34
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ArticleAlbéa joins NEXTLOOPP project in pursuit of odour- and migration-free polypropylene
Albéa Cosmetics & Fragrance has joined Nextek’s NEXTLOOPP project and will contribute to its mission of producing food- and INRT-grade recycled polypropylene from post-consumer packaging waste.
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ArticlePrevented Ocean Plastic funds university research into ocean-bound litter in hopes of aiding local efforts against pollution
Prevented Ocean Plastic is working with the University of Georgia on a research project aiming to gain a better understanding of how inland litter ends up in the ocean – aiming to create a new tool for stakeholders and community leaders to combat the plastic waste affecting their local environments and identify its causes.
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ArticleENVALORA advises packaging organisations to declare all packaging utilised on Spanish market in compliance with new legislation
ENVALORA is advising over 280 member companies in the processes of registration and packaging declaration as part of the Ministry of Ecological Transition’s Product Producers’ Register (PPR), intending to guarantee their legal compliance with the new legislation. Companies using industrial and commercial packaging to transport and sell ...
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ArticleBerry and TINE repackage sour cream products in rPP pots
Berry Superfos has worked alongside Norwegian dairy company TINE to replace the polystyrene pots of its Rømme products and one of its sour creams with polypropylene alternatives containing 50% recycled material in pursuit of the company’s sustainability strategy.
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ArticleMorrisons supermarket launches new recycling plant for hard-to-recycle soft plastics in Scotland
A new recycling site for hard-to-recycle soft plastics – co-owned by supermarket chain Morrisons and operated by Yes Recycling – has opened in Scotland with the aim of preventing end-of-life plastics from being exported overseas and repurposing an annual 15,000 tonnes of post-consumer packaging at full capacity.
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ArticleGMG and Sun Chemical collaboration develops in-house colour development technology
GMG and Sun Chemical have partnered to create a next-generation system that enables customers to digitize their colour workflows, with the aim of delivering value in print and quality control.
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ArticleSensoneo to install smart waste monitoring sensors into bins in Madrid for enhanced collection
Sensoneo is implementing its smart waste monitoring solution in Madrid in what is expected to be the largest smart waste installation in Europe.
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ArticleGruppo Hera, Curti, and the Università di Bologna collaborate to build new plant and recycle carbon fibre into packaging materials
Gruppo Hera, Curti, and the Università di Bologna have developed a new technology to recycle carbon fibre into ‘virgin-quality’ materials and are set to build a new plant in an anticipated expansion of Aliplast’s plastic and packaging portfolio.
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ArticleValue chain collaboration produces recyclable PE pouch with high-barrier properties
A value chain collaboration between ExxonMobil, Henkel, Kraus Folie, Siegwerk, and Windmöller & Hölscher has reportedly resulted in a fully recyclable, high-barrier PE pouch with similar properties to its multi-material laminated alternatives.
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ArticlePlastics Pact launched in Colombia in bid to lessen pollution and facilitate plastic circularity
Key players from across the packaging value chain have united under the Colombia Plastics Pact, which intends to reduce plastic pollution in the Colombian environment and assist the country in achieving a circular economy for its plastics.
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ArticlePA Consulting and PulPac partner to develop fibre-based bottles for multi-industrial applications
PA Consulting and PulPac have launched the Bottle Collective, which intends to create a fibre-based alternative to plastic bottles for use in the food, drink, consumer health, and FMCG industries.
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ArticleAvantium and Origin Materials collaborate on industrial-scale production of building block for PEF
Avantium and Origin Materials are combining their technology platforms to produce FDCA – a key building block in the production of PEF – from sustainable wood residues on an industrial scale, aiming to increase PEF supplies for the production of bottles, films, and other packaging applications.
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ArticleMetsä Spring to fund Fiberwood’s efforts to produce packaging protection and insulation from mechanical wood side streams
A seed funding round led by Metsä Spring, the innovation arm of Metsä Group, is set to fund Fiberwood – a Finnish start-up and producer of insulation and packaging materials from side streams of the mechanical wood industry – and enable scaled-up production capabilities at its pilot plant.
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ArticleAFRY to assist Stora Enso in building new consumer board production line, aspiring for 750,000-tonne output
AFRY and Stora Enso are set to convert the decommissioned paper machine at the latter’s Oulu site in Finland into a high-volume consumer board production line with an expected annual capacity of 750,000 tonnes of folding box board and coated unbleached kraft.
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ArticleNew packaging tech uses copper microparticles to extend shelf-life of products
Extending the shelf life of food is a global climate emergency issue to help reduce waste, but it also has the potential to boost business. Developments are going on in every continent and, as the last AIPIA Comment article highlighted, different materials and processes are being developed in almost every region of the world.
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Article€3.5 billion of funding secured for INEOS’ ethane cracker with ‘lowest carbon footprint’ in Europe
INEOS Olefins Belgium has secured €3.5 billion in funding to support the construction and operation of its Project ONE ethane cracker in the Port of Antwerp, which aims to become the most environmentally sustainable cracker in Europe and produce ethylene; this can in turn be polymerised into polyethylene.
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ArticleNew solution from Fedrigoni turns waste liner into premium labels
Fedrigoni Self Adhesives has unveiled its new Re-Play product line, which aims to upcycle the discarded glassine backing of other self-adhesive products into a new premium labelling solution.
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ArticleHubbub and McDonald’s set to support development of public recycling facilities with new grant fund
Hubbub and McDonald’s are launching a new #InTheLoop grant fund to support two new projects in the introduction or improvement of their recycling infrastructure, hoping to help local authorities and other organisations implement the facilities for recycling in public spaces.
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ArticleMars Petcare and collaborators aim to collect and recycle flexible food packaging in the Philippines
Mars Petcare, Plastic Credit Exchange (PCX) and Pet Express have launched a collection and recycling scheme for mixed post-consumer flexible pet food packaging in the Philippines.
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ArticleLyondellBasell and KIRKBI invest in APK’s solvent-based LDPE recycling technology
LyondellBasell and KIRKBI A/S have signed an agreement to invest in APK’s solvent-based Newcycling recycling technology for LDPE.