All Flexibles articles – Page 14
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ArticlePACK’D repackages its organic vegetables in paper bag in bid to optimise space and recyclability
PACK’D has launched a line of recyclable paper bags for its Organic Vegetables range as part of the company’s goal to remove all plastic from its supply chain by the end of 2023.
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ArticleOerlemans Packaging Group acquires Papierindustrie Adriaan Dekker to expand flexible packaging range
Oerlemans Packaging Group has acquired Papierindustrie Adriaan Dekker to expand its flexible packaging portfolio, with activities set to move from Wormer to Rijssen, the home of group member Stempher Packaging Industry.
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ArticleFinalist interview: Collaboration to create certified circular PP in cat food packaging
In our latest finalist interview, we speak to Sabic to find out more about a collaboration that uses the company’s certified circular polypropylene for the SHEBA® cat food brand.
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ArticleRenewables: The opportunities for fibre-based packaging
We know that renewables are going to play a key role in helping to build a more sustainable packaging industry, and thus a more sustainable world. But how will they do this, and what are the particular challenges and opportunities for fibre-based alternatives to plastics? Victoria Hattersley reports.
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ArticleFinalist Interview: PaperBarrier Seal
PaperBarrier Seal, by Coveris Flexibles (Germany) and Brigl & Bergmeister (Austria), is a fully recyclable, sustainably sourced packaging material that the companies say offers the same functionality and product safety as existing packaging alternatives, whilst minimizing both packaging and product waste. This solution has been nominated in the ‘Renewables’ category of our pre-commercialized Sustainability Awards.
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ArticleAbel & Cole to remove compostable plastics from fruit and vegetable delivery boxes
Abel & Cole is removing compostable plastics from its customisable Fruit & Veg Boxes range in response to new research suggesting that, unless they are kept in specific conditions, they will not decompose – contributing to plastic waste.
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ArticleProgress report by Ellen MacArthur Foundation casts doubt on business’ full transition into reusable, recyclable, or compostable packaging by 2025
In its Global Commitment progress report for 2022, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation asserts that its target to completely implement reusable, recyclable, or compostable packaging by 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be missed by most business signatories.
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ArticleFinalist Interview: FlexSea’s biomaterials made from seaweed
We speak to FlexSea to learn more about their novel biomaterials that set out to replace single-use plastics. The company is a finalist in the pre-commercialized climate category of our Sustainability Awards 2022.
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ArticleWhat is next for CEFLEX’s ValueFlex sorting and processing solution?
Following the announcement of CEFLEX and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste’s ValueFlex sorting and processing model for flexible plastics, we spoke to CELFEX workstream consultant Dana Mosora to learn more about the company’s vision for its future.
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ArticleSiegwerk and Henkel announce new oxygen barrier coating for food-contact flexibles
A partnership between Siegwerk and Henkel has supposedly produced an oxygen barrier coating that is applicable to mono-material flexible packaging, a solution that aims to contribute to a circular economy for food packaging.
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Article‘Recyclable’ high barrier stand-up pouch announced by TotalEnergies, W&H, and Mitsubishi Chemical Group
TotalEnergies, Windmöller & Hölscher, and Mitsubishi Chemical Group have supposedly completed a successful proof of concept for their High Barrier Stand-Up Pouch, said to be fully recyclable and applicable to contact-sensitive food packaging.
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ArticleCEFLEX and AEPW join forces to recycle household flexibles at a commercial scale
CEFLEX and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste have unveiled the ValueFlex sorting and processing model in an attempt to tackle hard-to-recycle flexible plastics in household waste streams; the companies anticipate that, by working towards a commercial-scale facility, they can process 50,000 tonnes of household flexible plastics starting in 2025.
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ArticleSI Group develops range of performance additives hoped to refine recycling process for polymers
SI Group, developer and manufacturer of performance additives, process solutions, pharmaceuticals, and chemical intermediates, has unveiled its EVERCYCLE additives platform for recycling PET, HDPE, PP, and LDPE packaging – aiming to improve stability, performance, colour control, and the amount of recycled content produced.
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ArticlePrintpack launches flexible pouch with hologram-like features
AIPIA member, Printpack, a major manufacturer of flexible and specialty rigid packaging, has partnered with Fathom Optics to develop the first hologram-like 3D pouch on a wide web flexographic press.
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ArticleFinalist Interview: Recyclable oxygen barrier packaging from NOVA Chemicals
The next of our pre-commercialized innovation Sustainability Awards finalists is NOVA Chemicals, with its mono-material oxygen barrier packaging material which has been shortlisted in the ‘Recyclable Packaging’ category.
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ArticleCovestro and SABIC aim to simplify recycling of mono-PE stand-up pouches with new heat-resistant BOPE coating
Covestro has partnered with SABIC to develop a heat-resistant BOPE coating for mono-PE stand-up pouches – a development hoped to further enable single-stream recycling for flexible plastic pouches.
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ArticleDow Packaging aims to enable traceability in mechanical recycling of flexible packaging with R-Cycle digital product passport
Dow Packaging and Speciality Plastics is working alongside HP Indigo, Reifenhäuser, Cadel Deinking, and Karlville to implement the R-Cycle digital product passport into its pouch-to-pouch mechanical recycling concept, intending to improve its sorting and recycling processes by enabling traceability.
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ArticleWhat I learned about plastic waste by watching bread bake
Countless brands are repackaging their products to combat plastic pollution, but is it fair to hold the packaging industry responsible in the first place? Would the complete eradication of plastic packaging make a significant difference? Robert Lilienfeld, founder and executive director of sustainable packaging think tank SPRING, argues ‘no’ on both counts, and warns us against knee-jerk reactions that could ultimately cause greater environmental harm.
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ArticleFinalist interview: polycirQ’s deinking surfactant aiding mechanical recycling
We speak to polycirQ to learn more about their technology which boosts the yield of high-quality recyclate by removing printing inks from LDPE and PP films. The company is a finalist in the pre-commercialized Driving the Circular Economy category of our Sustainability Awards 2022.
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ArticleFinalist Interview: Taghleef Industries and Gerosa Group
The next of our Sustainability Awards 2022 ’Pre-Commercialized Innovation’ finalists is a collaboration between Taghleef Industries and Gerosa Group, who have developed a recyclable PP-based barrier sachet for high product protection and easy tear opening.