All Collaboration articles – Page 75
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ArticleRecycling scheme for coffee pods partners with food-to-go retailer
Consumers will be able to recycle Pret A Manger’s aluminium at-home coffee pods via drop-off points or kerbside collection in select locations in collaboration with Podback, which aims to recycle coffee pods into new products like beverage cans.
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ArticleBraskem and Sojitz to collaborate on scaling bioMEG technology
Braskem and Sojitz Corporation have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture that will produce and market bioMEG and bioMPG, which will include the construction of three industrial units in a bid to start production in 2025.
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ArticleResearch team develops antibacterial nanotexture for plastic packaging inspired by insect wings
A research team from Australia and Japan have created an antibacterial nanotexture for rigid plastic packaging based on the structure of insect wings that can kill bacteria by pulling, stretching, or slicing them apart.
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ArticlePaboco announces next-generation bottle with paper closure
Paboco has announced the next-generation prototype of its paper bottle featuring a paper closure from Blue Ocean Closures, with the rollout for brand applications including cosmetics, home care, and still drinks expected in 2023.
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ArticleHow can smart packaging improve a product before it even reaches the market?
We spoke with James Harmer and Amy King from the Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) about what the company’s collaboration with Avon tells us about how early applications for smart packaging can de-risk product launches from both a consumer experience and sustainability perspective.
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ArticleNew investment by Dow aimed at developing more energy efficient advanced recycling
Dow and Plastogaz SA have announced a strategic investment to develop the latter’s catalytic hydrocracking technology for advanced recycling, which the companies claim is less energy-intensive than other forms of advanced recycling.
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ArticleTerraCycle and Evreka collaborate on digital waste management system
TerraCycle and Evreka, a company specialising in waste management tracking, have developed a waste management technology that uses real-time data to optimise collection operations across the former’s waste streams.
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ArticleNew Golden Design Rules from the Consumer Goods Forum driving action towards a circular economy for plastic packaging
In collaboration with the Consumer Goods Forum, a cross-value chain group of major brand owners, recyclers and plastics associations are working on a set of ‘golden rules’ for sustainable packaging design.
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ArticleCompetek offers combined solution for energy and material reductions during plastic bottle production
Competek has combined the Sidel Starlite Base Solution for reducing bottle weight with its Supervent technology for decreasing pressure required for blow moulding, offering a bottle production service that reportedly cuts material use and energy costs.
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ArticleInside NEXTLOOPP’s quest to close the loop on food-grade recycled PP
Global multi-participant project NEXTLOOPP, the overall winner of our 2021 Sustainability Awards, continues to gain momentum in its quest to close the loop on food-grade recycled polypropylene (FgrPP). Schur Flexibles, a leading European supplier of specialised flexible packaging solutions, has become the 39th organisation to join the ...
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ArticleNextek food-grade film recycling project awarded UKRI funding
Nextek Ltd’s COtooCLEAN project, which aims to produce food-grade recyclate from polyolefin film waste using super-critical CO2 and green co-solvents for waterless decontamination, has secured funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
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ArticleSÜDPACK and Clean Cycle invest in CARBOLIQ chemical recycling technology
SÜDPACK and Clean Cycle have signed an agreement for a long-term investment in the CARBOLIQ technology developed by Recenso, with the aim of expanding the chemical recycling capacity of a range of plastics including flexible food packaging.
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ArticleOver 50 companies pledge to develop harmonised national recycling programme for Switzerland
Swiss Recycling says that over 50 organisations from across the value chain have signed a Pact aiming to introduce a Switzerland-wide harmonised, cost-efficient, and consumer-friendly recycling management system for plastic packaging and beverage cartons.
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ArticleZappar AR helps wine brand tell its global environmental story
Australian winemaker Accolade Wines has unveiled “Banrock Station”, an augmented reality (AR) experience that takes users around the world to check out some of the company’s 130+ environmental projects.
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ArticleCommercial launch of CO2-reduced steel can for Ricola herbal drops range
The German tinplate manufacturer thyssenkrupp Rasselstein has launched what it says is the world’s first food can made of CO2-reduced bluemint Steel together with the Swiss companies Hoffmann Neopac and Ricola, the latter of which will sell its herbal drops in the cans.
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ArticleWaitrose and Müller to trial removal of coloured caps from HDPE milk bottles
Müller will partner exclusively with Waitrose on a trial to replace the blue, green, and red caps used for HDPE milk bottles with clear caps in all of its supermarkets from April 2022, which it says will enable the retention of the material for food-grade applications.
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ArticleALPLA Group announces ‘significant’ expansion of PET recycling capacity
ALPLA Group says it has expanded its PET bottle recycling capacity in Germany by 75,000 tonnes annually with the acquisition of recycling company Texplast and all its shares of the joint venture PET Recycling Team Wolfen.
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ArticleBerry Global purchase marks first commercial sale of ExxonMobil’s certified circular polymers
ExxonMobil has completed the first commercial sale of its chemically recycled, certified circular polymers to Berry Global, which will use the polymers to manufacture containers of food-grade packaging based on a mass balance approach.
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ArticleUK supermarkets join forces for ‘world’s biggest’ multi-retailer refill trial
UK retailers M&S, Morrisons, Ocado, Waitrose & Partners and the supply chain solutions company CHEP have formed a Refill Coalition with the goal to co-design an end-to-end refill solution to be trialled both in stores and for bulk home deliveries later this year.
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ArticleHow will the UN’s new treaty on plastic waste affect the packaging industry?
With the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) yesterday backing a legally binding treaty on plastic waste, we examine what this might mean for the packaging industry, including how it aligns with existing goals, where industry focus may shift, and what uncertainties remain.