All Food articles – Page 15
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ArticleColgate-Palmolive doubts recyclability, reusability, or compostability for flexibles by 2025
Colgate-Palmolive cautions that it could miss its target to achieve recyclability, reusability, and compostability across its packaging range by 2025, citing “industry-wide challenges” related to flexible packaging.
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Articlehubergroup shares insights on food, printed, and recyclable packaging inks
At drupa 2024, hubergroup Germany will present its water-based and food-contact packaging inks on three stands; and deliver four presentations regarding flexible, food, and recyclable packaging solutions, as well as digital colour communication.
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ArticleGS1 combats misleading allergen labelling with next-generation barcodes
Research from GS1 warns that mislabelled or unclear food packaging has caused 56% of consumers with food allergies to suffer from an allergic reaction, with the company uplifting next-generation barcodes as an instantly-updatable resolution.
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ArticleThe story behind Maggi’s new plastic-reducing noodle packaging
Earlier this year, Nestlé’s Maggi brand launched a new packaging format designed to cut down on plastic pollution. The noodles can now be prepared at home in a mug, as opposed to being prepared in the packaging itself. To learn more, we spoke with the team at Nestlé Australia.
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ArticleSmart Planet Technologies produces recyclable coating for flexible paper
Smart Planet Technologies aims to facilitate a transition into paper-based flexible packaging with its recyclable nanocomposite coating – said to offer ten times the moisture barrier and twenty times the oxygen barrier performance of conventional polyethylene coatings.
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ArticleCompostable crisp packet displays mental health messages when opened
Beavertown has revealed a limited-edition crisp packet made from Parkside’s compostable films, with on-pack designs offering conversation starters surrounding mental health in a partnership with the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM).
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ArticleSiegwerk prints mono-PE pet food bag with recyclable barrier coatings
Aiming for a high-barrier, fully recyclable packaging solution for dry pet food, Siegwerk has applied its CIRKIT functional coatings to a mono-PE bag developed alongside Windmöller & Hölscher and B&B.
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ArticleThe ‘hidden danger’ of recycled plastic imports
In this article, Professor Edward Kosior of Nextek and NEXTLOOPP tells us about the importance of control and verification mechanisms to safety for food-grade recycled content – and how the NEXTLOOPP project is achieving this.
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ArticleRecyclable freezer film produced by Bonduelle, ExxonMobil, and Drukpol
Plant-based food provider Bonduelle has collaborated with ExxonMobil and Constantia Drukpol to develop a mono-PE freezer film as a recyclable, non-laminated alternative to traditional laminated metallized films.
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ArticleSABIC, FONTE, and Napco National wrap bread in certified circular PE bags
SABIC has worked alongside FONTE and Napco National to roll out bread bags made of ‘fully recycled’ post-consumer polyethylene across stores in Saudi Arabia, intended as another step towards achieving circularity for plastics.
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ArticleCollection targets, PFAS limits, fresh produce packaging bans approved in PPWR vote
Packaging bans for fresh produce from 2030, limits on PFAs, crackdowns on empty space, and high collection and reuse targets are among the measures adopted by the European Parliament for the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation; industry players are broadly optimistic that the text will help harmonize the Single Market, yet fear the consequences of misplaced restrictions.
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ArticleEastman and SEE produce light, compostable protein food tray
Eastman and SEE (formerly Sealed Air) have launched a lightweight, certified compostable tray, designed to replace traditional polystyrene foam alternatives in protein packaging applications.
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ArticleThe power of communications in ensuring the success of reusable packaging
In honour of Earth Day 2024, Marjukka Kujanpää, director of Sustainability at Stora Enso Packaging Materials, spoke to us about the importance of transparent communication to navigate the nuances of reusable packaging solutions – the materials used, the cleaning process, disposal at end-of-life, and the suitability of a reusable pack for specific applications.
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ArticleFaerch opens processing plant to recycle 60,000 tonnes of rigid food packaging
After the Grand Opening of its Cirrec plant in Duiven, Faerch Group aims to process used PET trays from household waste in Benelux, Germany, and Sweden at an input capacity of 60,000 tonnes – aiming to ensure that 3 billion items of rigid food packaging it sells yearly are ‘truly circular’.
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ArticleReusable and returnable Uber Eats packaging expands across America
Uber Eats and DeliverZero seek to tackle carbon emissions and packaging waste by offering takeaway food in reusable, returnable packaging, and are extending their partnership to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other areas on the West Coast of the United States.
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ArticleSaveggy secures €1.76 million to preserve cucumbers with plant-based coatings
Saveggy has received €1.76 million in investments from Unconventional Ventures, LRF Ventures, Almi Invest GreenTech, and industry angels for its edible, plant-based coating – a solution hoped to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.
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ArticleWhat can we learn from ‘Materials & Sustainability: Building A Circular Future’?
Julia L Freer Goldstein and Paul Foulkes-Arellano have granted Packaging Europe early access to their new book, Materials & Sustainability: Building A Circular Future. In this article, we discuss just some of its many points of interest, from the ancient origins of certain packaging materials to up-and-coming solutions to the plastic waste crisis.
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ArticleProAmpac and Sammi collaborate on fibre-based sandwich pack
Flexible packaging company ProAmpac has teamed up with Sammi to launch a fibre-based modified atmosphere sandwich pack (MAP), designed to extend shelf-life and minimize food spoilage costs.
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ArticleFactory investment for wood fibre food packs considered by Metsä Group
In line with an ongoing demonstration phase, Metsä Group will run a pre-engineering project to evaluate the feasibility of a commercial-scale factory for its Muoto wood fibre products – intending to offer renewable, recyclable alternatives to plastic food packaging.
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ArticleHydropac cools pet food in transit with leak-resistant ice pack sealing
New ice pack sealing technology from Hydropac seeks to enhance the cold chain logistics of pet food by improving insulation, increasing leak resistance, and keeping temperature-sensitive products cooler for longer.