All Comment articles – Page 27
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ArticleFinalist interviews: A reusable packaging system from MIWA
In this edition of our interviews with the Sustainability Awards 2020 finalists, we talk with reuse specialists MIWA.
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ArticleClosing the loop – the future of packaging?
Wouter Van Tol, DS Smith's recently-announced head of government, community affairs and sustainability, explains why now is the perfect time for the industry to adopt closed-loop models.
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ArticleIs refillable and reusable growth set to continue its skyward trend?
In this article, Paul Jenkins, managing director of ThePackhub, takes a look at some of the most exciting products to have come out of the refillable and reusable packaging sectors in the last 12 months.
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ArticleThe Rapid Interview with Camvac
In our latest Rapid Interview, we speak with Andrew Smith, key account manager at Camvac, about bulk packaging, carbon footprints, and the wider benefits of flexible packaging.
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Article“Doing more, with less”: The future of lightweight packaging
At a time when the industry is scrambling to react to societal and political pressure for more sustainable packaging, Andrew Capper, creative director at Echo, looks at how lightweighting could help solve this issue.
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ArticleNude products: Is the end of packaging coming?
The desire for sustainable consumption is growing, but at the same time, the products should also be safe and comfortable. How can the industry react to these sometimes contradictory trends?
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ArticleDesign for Change Series 6 - Nomad
The sixth and final part of this series looks to provide a practical and effective packaging design solution for on-the-go wine, offering a range of beverages inspired by consumers' thirst for experiences over things.
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ArticleTraceability 4.0: Beyond product tracking
Andy Zosel, President and Chief Executive Officer at OMRON Microscan, and Kenta Yamakawa, Senior Vice President at OMRON Microscan, explore the different iterations of traceability and how it can help to optimise productivity and quality.
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ArticleRethinking supply chains in a post-COVID world
Guest contributor Sujan Shah, CEO of Rocaba Packaging Limited and Carrier Bag Shop, looks at the potential effects of the pandemic on an area that was previously overlooked by most consumers: the supply chain.
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Article“Now is the time to transition to a circular economy”
In this article, TOMRA gives its views on how the current pandemic can support a green recovery, as well as a transition to a circular economy for plastics.
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ArticleDesign for Change Series 5 - Chocooatl
Part five in Anthem's series looks at a new category of flavoured milk for adults, that uses more complex taste profiles and innovative structural packaging design to offer a grown-up and indulgent beverage.
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ArticleTackling the late-stage customisation challenge in pharmaceutical logistics
Arndt Neues, Team Manager, Key Account Food & Commodity OEMs at Omron explores how pharma manufacturers can implement a tamper-evident, flexible solution for low and medium volume production.
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ArticleCOVID-19 and e-commerce: for Sitma, sustainability and digitization are the answer
As a historic Italian company that for fifty years has specialized in developing packaging and logistics machines and systems, Sitma has closely followed the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the world of logistics and e-commerce.
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ArticleUpcycling used mixed plastic back to the original polymer
In the summer, Unilever’s ice cream brand Magnum announced the rollout of recyclable ice cream tubs made with recycled polypropylene (rPP), following a successful pilot launch in Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands last year.
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ArticleSustainability targets remain on track even in times of crisis
In a flash survey amongst its member companies, the German plastics association IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. investigated the current demand for recycled plastics.
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ArticleDesign for Change Series 4 - Ever Bean
Part four in this series looks at how a unique ingredient packaging design layout can champion the humble bean in support of healthier food snacking alternatives.
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ArticleSealed Air on sustainability through waste reduction
Sealed Air urges the industry to place a focus on food security and shelf-life as an effective approach to reducing waste and improving resource usage.
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ArticleDesign for Change Series 3 - Vega L’eau
In this edition of the Design for Change series, Anthem Worldwide discusses how packaging can amplify quality, unique products.
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ArticleDesign for Change Series 2 - Color Me Up
Anthem Worldwide has been exploring how packaging design can be used to help influence positive change. Part 2 in the series looks to shake up the sea of sameness packaging design in the home hair colouring aisle
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ArticleHas COVID-19 tipped the packaging scales?
How has the current pandemic affected packaging industry priorities?