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ArticleCosta Coffee and Podback announce in-store coffee pod recycling trial
Costa Coffee has collaborated with coffee pod recycling service Podback for a new trial, to offer coffee pod recycling in 142 Costa Coffee stores across the UK.
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ArticleSEE seeks plastic usage and packaging cost reductions with ‘recycle-ready’ laminates
SEE has launched a new range of high-barrier, printable laminates across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, designed to help food processors use less plastic in packaging, improve recyclability and reduce total packaging costs.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: The machinery manufacturer’s view on flexibles
What are the key trends in the flexible packaging market right now? How does a machinery manufacturer tackle the sustainability demands on flexible packaging such as design for recycling and novel materials? How does collaboration help tackle these challenges? Bobst’s Sara Alexander discusses this and much more with Elisabeth Skoda.
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ArticleSiegwerk, Tripack and Multi-Plastics team up on fully recyclable water bottle
Siegwerk, Multi-Plastics and Tripack are set to unveil a fully recyclable shrink sleeve water bottle for the English Mountain Spring Water Company at Label Expo Americas 2024.
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ArticleUnilever joins forces with US Government and EY on $21 million sustainability innovation fund
A new $21 million collaboration between Unilever, the United States Agency for International Development, and EY is aiming to support entrepreneurs and small businesses across the plastics value chain to scale solutions that reduce plastic use, tackle plastic waste, and build circular economies.
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ArticleMeet the Swedish company creating bio-based plastic from forest residue
Swedish greentech company Lignin Industries recently announced the commercialisation of its Renol solution – a bio-based material developed from lignin, often found in trees. To learn more about the material and its potential applications, we spoke with the company’s CEO, Fredrik Malmfors.
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ArticleAntares Vision Group launches cloud-based traceability platform for food and beverage brands
Antares Vision Group has introduced its new Food Safety Solution, a cloud-based platform designed to improve regulatory compliance, precision traceability and supply chain transparency for food and beverage brand owners.
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ArticleTOMRA unveils collaborative recycling ecosystem for injection-moulded black plastics
TOMRA has announced the creation of a scalable, open-access ecosystem to recycle and reuse materials from retired TOMRA technology, with the potential to manage the recycling of black plastic across a range of industries.
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ArticleEFI and Packsize create on-demand box system and water-based digital press
EFI and Packsize collaborated in May to produce ‘the world’s first’ on-demand box system that integrates full-colour printing on boxes using a single automated solution, and a water-based version of the Nozomi single-pass digital press for corrugated packaging.
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Article‘World’s first’ mono-material vacuum pack for coffee among Mondi’s FACHPACK lineup
Mondi will showcase the ‘world’s first’ mono-material vacuum packaging solution designed for coffee producer Paulig among its range of paper, plastic, and combined material solutions at FACHPACK 2024.
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ArticleSiegwerk announces new barrier and heat-seal coatings for paper mills
Siegwerk has revealed its new coating applications for paper mills, said to combine barrier functionality against liquids and water vapour with heat-seal capabilities, aiming to enable paper solutions without the need for separate plastic lamination.
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ArticleAvery Dennison launches industrial inlays and tags featuring Impinj M830 chip
Avery Dennison has announced AD Dogbone and AD Squarewave as its first industrial Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) inlays and tags to feature the Impinj M830 chip, designed for maximum performance in a range of automotive, logistics, and industrial environments.
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ArticleA closer look at Mondi’s paper-based shrink wrap alternative
Mondi says that Hug&Hold – its recyclable, paper-based shrink wrap alternative – reduces carbon footprint by 43% compared to LDPE shrink wrap. We recently spoke with Jakub Vilánek, packaging innovation scale manager for flexible packaging at Mondi, to learn more.
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ArticleSyntegon to present ‘environmentally-friendly’ food packaging solutions at FACHPACK 2024
Syntegon has announced it will be presenting its machine and software solutions at this year’s FACHPACK - taking place in Nuremberg, Germany from September 24th to 26th - aiming to allow food manufacturers to transition to sustainability-minded packaging processes.
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ArticleOrigin Materials announces ‘first’ tethered PET caps
Origin Materials has announced its tethered PET caps, said to be the ‘first’ ever made and designed to align with the EU Single-Use Plastic Directive mandate for connected bottle caps.
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ArticleLidl Switzerland introduces new cellulose packaging for organic cheese
In collaboration with Swiss cheese company Hardegger Käse, Lidl Switzerland has introduced cellulose-based packaging made from leftover wood for several organic cheeses.
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ArticlePlastics substitution and the opportunities for folding cartons and corrugated
It’s generally understood at all levels – government, industry, and consumer – that plastic packaging should move (indeed, is moving) towards greener alternatives. Neil Osment, from packaging market research company NOA, explores the opportunities for corrugated and folding cartons, looking specifically at food packaging that needs a liner.
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ArticleGraphic Packaging International and Zelestra to add renewable electricity to European grid
Graphic Packaging International has announced it has entered into a virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA) in Europe with renewable energy company Zelestra, to add renewable electricity to the European power grid.
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ArticleReusable PP milk bottles distributed as Berry and Abel & Cole join forces
Berry Global is now supplying Abel & Cole with polypropylene bottles for its Club Zero Refillable Milk delivery service; the bottles are designed to be a lightweight alternative to glass and can apparently be refilled up to 16 times before recycling.
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ArticleIceland’s vacuum-packed beef and pork mince to save plastic and boost shelf life
By transitioning into new vacuum packaging across its beef and pork mince range, Iceland Foods plans to increase the products’ shelf life by almost 50% and reduce its own annual plastic consumption by 35 tonnes.