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ArticleWorking together to unlock sustainable packaging solutions
BOBST, a supplier of packaging processing, printing, and converting equipment and Henkel, a solution provider for adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings worldwide, have started a collaboration, harnessing their complementary expertise. Elisabeth Skoda spoke to Nanni Bertorelli, product line director for coating & laminating at BOBST, and Mauro Bonfiglio, business development director for Packaging at Henkel Adhesive Technologies to find out more.
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Plastipak’s ‘metal-free’ aerosol solution
Plastipak is a finalist in this year’s Sustainability Awards with its SprayPET Revolution aerosol container, said to be fully recyclable and metal-free. Nominated in the Pre-Commercialized Recyclable Packaging category, we spoke to the company to find out more.
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ArticleBerry launches ‘fully recyclable’ alternative to coloured PET pill bottles
Berry Global has launched a range of clarified polypropylene (PP) bottles for healthcare applications, said to have a reduction of approximately 71% in CO2 emissions and improved recyclability compared to traditional coloured PET pill bottles.
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ArticleFrozen potatoes packed in ‘bio-renewable’ bags from cooking oil feedstock
SABIC, Lamb Weston, and OPACKGROUP have collectively packaged frozen potato products in a thin, low-weight coextrusion film, with at least 60% made using bio-feedstock from used cooking oil; the pack claims to reduce the previous design’s carbon footprint by 30%.
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ArticleCould one of the oldest packaging materials solve modern sustainability challenges?
In its never-ending search for alternative packaging materials, our industry is looking far and wide. But in our quest to develop novel packaging materials, are we wrongly overlooking some of the oldest ones?
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ArticleMondi’s €95 million mill investment bolsters ‘heavy-duty’ kraft production
Mondi has completed a €95 million investment to increase kraftliner capacity at its Świecie containerboard mill by 55,000 tonnes – a move set to help customers package large, weighted products in ‘heavy-duty’ kraft from more resource-efficient production processes.
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ArticleUber Eats delivers in Releaf Paper’s bags made from fallen leaf fibres
Uber will feature Releaf Paper’s bags made from fallen leaf fibres in its new global initiative to transition the food delivery and mobility sectors into eco-designed packaging, starting in France.
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ArticleThe Home Depot replaces EPS and PVC and pursues fibre in its new packaging
The Home Depot reports the complete elimination of EPS and PVC from its new private-brand packaging and plans to achieve 100% compostable, recycled, or recyclable fibre packaging by the fiscal year 2027.
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ArticleSolving supply chain challenges with cold corrugation - LIVE
What is the potential of cold corrugation to address supply chain challenges in the area of corrugated board? Join our Linkedin Live webinar with H.B. Fuller and Interpac on October 16th to find out more.
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ArticleSrisangdao die-forms chaff into box for rice and reuse as tissue box
Srisangdao Rice has crafted a die-formed box from the chaff byproduct of its rice production process, with the empty pack intended for reuse as a tissue box.
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ArticlePaboco and Blue Ocean Closures introduce ‘world’s first’ market-ready paper bottle and cap
Paboco and Blue Ocean Closures have collaborated on ‘the industry’s first’ market-ready paper bottle and fibre-based cap combination, expected to reach consumers in early 2025.
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ArticleSmithers forecasts packaging print market to reach $604.0 billion in 2029
Data and consulting company Smithers’ in-depth market modelling, The Future of Package Printing to 2029, predicts a growth trajectory for the packaging print industry that will push its global value to $604.0 billion in 2029.
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ArticleMondi co-founds alliance for circularity in construction industry’s paper bags
Mondi has co-founded Paper Sacks Go Circular Spain, a twelve-company alliance focused on improving the circularity of used paper bags in the Spanish construction industry.
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Article75% lighter, recyclable flow wrap films launched by Klöckner Pentaplast
Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) has unveiled two new, fully recyclable barrier flow wrap films, said to lower the weight of food packaging by up to 75% compared to other solutions.
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Capsa’s reusable cardboard box
Capsa is a finalist in this year’s Sustainability Awards with its reusable cardboard box entry, nominated in the Commercialized Driving the Circular Economy category. We spoke with the company to learn more about this innovation.
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ArticleHenkel unveils biobased, ISCC-certified hot melt for low-emissions bonding
Henkel Adhesive Technologies has combined 49% directly biobased raw materials and 30% ISCC-certified mass-balanced material into a new hot melt expected to save an annual 7,500kg of CO2 in folding carton, tray, and wrap-around packaging applications.
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Article‘World’s first’ home-compostable security seal unveiled by Carbios and Sleever
Carbios, Sleever, and Fabrice Peltier have developed what is claimed to be the ‘world’s first’ home-compostable tamper-evident seal, with enzymes said to biodegrade the material at ambient temperatures.
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Article75% recycled aluminium and carbon reduction targets set by Novelis
By the end of 2030, a new initiative from Novelis plans to achieve an average of 75% recycled aluminium content, emit less than 3 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per tonne of flat-rolled aluminium shipped, and invest in circularity for the aluminium industry.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Innovation in plant-fibre based packaging
What are the benefits of using plant fibre-based packaging, what have some of the recent innovations been, and what is the potential for fibre-based packaging beyond wood? Howard Ma, vice president of Yuto Group and Yutoeco discusses this and much more with Elisabeth Skoda.
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ArticleThe Brief: exploring the use of multilingual packaging
In this edition of The Brief, we explore how companies decide what languages to include on their packaging and why; how multilingual packaging can be effective; and the issues, constraints and potential solutions surrounding the use of multiple languages on packaging.