All Collaboration articles – Page 40
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ArticleAmcor furthers investment in ePac Flexible Packaging by $45 million
Amcor has announced a further strategic investment of $45 million in the digitally-based ePac Flexible Packaging – manufacturers of stand-up pouches, lay flat pouches, and roll stock, with a self-claimed advantage in print technology – to increase its minority shareholding in ePac Holdings LLC.
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ArticleDow and Mura announce plans for ‘Europe’s largest’ advanced recycling facility
Mura Technology has announced plans to construct a new advanced recycling facility at Dow’s Böhlen site in Germany, which the companies claim will be the largest facility of its kind to date in Europe with a potential capacity of 120 kilo tonnes per annum.
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ArticleHuhtamaki and Stora Enso launch industrial scale recycling programme for paper cups in Europe
Huhtamaki and Stora Enso have collaborated to launch a new paper cup recycling initiative, The Cup Collective. The programme aims to recycle and capture the value of used paper cups on an industrial scale.
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ArticleMarks and Spencer aims to raise awareness of bowel cancer with new packaging design
Marks and Spencer (M&S) partnered with Bowel Cancer UK earlier this year to add messaging about bowel cancer symptoms to its toilet roll packaging, in order to raise awareness around the disease.
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ArticleAvery Dennison offers Smart Packaging startups chance to shine through ADStretch
Avery Dennison has announced its first partnerships with startups for an accelerator program called ADStretch. The programme aims to solve the ecological harms of the packaging industry by developing materials that generate a positive ecological impact. The first cohort of companies already include many Smart Packaging solution providers.
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ArticleNEXTLOOPP partners with L’Oréal in effort to close the loop on polypropylene
NEXTLOOPP has partnered with L’Oréal as part of its project that is aiming to create food-grade recycled polypropylene (rPP) from post-consumer packaging waste.
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ArticleBayer launches challenge to find biodegradable packaging sachets and tubes
Bayer, which owns global brands including Aspirin, Bepanthen, Claritin, and Elevit, has collaborated with yet2 to launch a search for innovative biodegradable, compostable, flexible and rigid packaging solutions for its consumer healthcare products.
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ArticleWalmart and P&G begin pilot offering customers in-store recycling solutions, in collaboration with TerraCycle
Walmart and P&G, in partnership with TerraCycle, will now offer free in-store recycling collection for empty hair care, skincare & cosmetic packaging at 25 Walmart locations.
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ArticleRockwell Automation and Paboco join forces to make progress in paper bottling machinery
Rockwell Automation is collaborating with Paboco to develop an automatised machine platform expected to grow and scale production of Paboco’s paper-based range at its production facility near Copenhagen.
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ArticleMüller to reduce annual virgin plastic use with new rPET cream pot
Müller Milk & Ingredients claims it will remove 500 tonnes of virgin plastic from its cream pots annually by switching to packaging made from recycled PET.
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ArticleBASF signs purchase agreement for pyrolysis oil derived from mixed plastic waste
BASF has signed an agreement to purchase pyrolysis oil derived from mixed plastic waste, which it will use as a raw material for the production of its Ccycled products, from ARCUS Greencycling Technologies.
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PodcastDesign for recycling: The role of adhesives
Wladimir Moraes, global market manager at Bostik, and Fabrizio Di Gregorio, technical director of Plastic Recyclers Europe and head of RecyClass, discuss the importance of high-quality recycling to achieve circularity and the role adhesives can play with Elisabeth Skoda
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From our sponsorsMitsubishi HiTec Paper and SN Maschinenbau collaborate on machine solution for barrier papers
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper and SN Maschinenbau have collaborated on a solution that allows the former’s recyclable, water-coated barrier papers to be processed on the latter’s pouch packaging machines without the need for retrofitting.
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ArticleLG Chem and ADM announce joint ventures to increase bioplastic production
LG Chem is collaborating with Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) to spearhead two joint ventures, GreenWise Lactic and LG Chem, and push towards the commercial production of bioplastics.
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Articlepx Group awarded Operations & Maintenance contract by ReNew ELP for plastic recycling plant
px Group, owner of Saltend Chemicals Park and operator of various critical energy infrastructure sites across Europe, has been awarded a ten-year Operations & Maintenance contract by ReNew ELP at its plastic recycling plant.
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ArticleCoca-Cola Europacific Partners and University of California Berkeley aim to convert CO2 into packaging feedstock
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced a collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) which aims to develop scalable methods of converting captured CO2 - initially into sugar, but eventually into packaging feedstock.
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ArticleAlbert Heijn and Coca-Cola to remove plastic handles on multipacks
Albert Heijn, Jumbo, Coca-Cola in the Netherlands, and Vrumona are to stop using plastic handles on all their soft drink and water multipacks in Dutch supermarkets. This move is expected to save around 40,000 kilos of plastic each year and improve the recyclability of the rest of the pack.
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ArticleVeolia launches collection and recycling scheme for LDPE garden product bags
Veolia will collaborate with garden product brand Miracle-Gro and Dobbies Garden Centres to collect low-density polyethylene (LDPE) bags with the aim of reprocessing them into new products including garden furniture, plastic films, and new bags.
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PodcastAccelerating sustainable innovation
The world faces a range of complex sustainability challenges, and creative minds, as well as financial commitment, are needed to address these. The 100+ Accelerator programme was founded in 2018 with AB InBev and it has set itself the goal to fund and pilot sustainable innovation by giving start-ups a ...
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ArticleParkside Flexibles facilitates transition into ‘100% compostable’ packaging for Dark Woods Coffee
Speciality coffee roaster Dark Woods Coffee has reportedly become one of the first companies in the hospitality sector to switch to 100% compostable coffee packaging after announcing its transition into home-compostable packaging made by Parkside Flexibles for its hospitality and B2B supplied coffee beans.