All Rigid Packaging articles – Page 16
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ArticleClose the Glass Loop – An inside look
How will Close the Glass Loop, the new pan-European action platform, achieve its aim of increasing European glass recycling rates to 90%, and why is this so important now?
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ArticleGreiner Packaging reports test success with yogurt cups made from 100% recycled PS
Greiner Packaging's K3® yogurt cup is made from a cardboard-plastic combination that can be printed on. This particular cup is now the focus of a project carried out by Greiner Packaging in Switzerland to highlight the recyclability of polystyrene.
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ArticleWebinar: How to achieve recyclability in transparent food contact plastic packaging
In this webinar you will learn about SP GROUP’s RPET trays with up to 100% recycled content for food contact applications, monomaterial structures for recyclable flexible packaging as well as compostable materials.
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ArticleLANXESS launches bio-based prepolymer line
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has developed a new range of MDI polyether prepolymers containing renewable, bio-based raw materials.
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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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ArticleVoyage into ocean plastics
eXXpedition is an all-female sailing voyage and scientific research mission investigating the causes of and solutions to ocean plastic pollution.
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ArticleThe broken promises of plastic substitutes
The commercial shift to alternative packaging types isn’t working — so what will? Dr Ashlee Jahnke, research director of biodegradable bioplastics developer Teysha Technologies, explains why she believes polymer research holds the key.
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ArticleWhat the oil price crash means for bioplastics
Despite the clear environmental advantages, bioplastics still only have about a 0.5% market share of the global plastics industry.
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PodcastVideo: O-I Sustainability Perspectives
Marie-Laure Susset, global integrated communications leader, O-I explores the sustainable credentials of glass.
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ArticleBottle Up launching in WHSmith stores across the UK
Dutch-based brand Bottle Up has launched in the UK with their pre-filled, reusable, BPA free, plant-based water bottles.
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ArticleGreiner Packaging produces toilet cleaner bottles for Henkel using 50% PCR
Greiner Packaging has collaborated with Henkel to deliver a new packaging solution containing 50% PCR polyethylene.
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ArticleEastman introduces Tritan™ Renew
Global specialty plastics provider Eastman introduces Tritan™ Renew copolyester. Tritan Renew offers sustainability, providing the same durability, performance and safety of original Tritan but now with up to 50% recycled content
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ArticlePulPac reveals world’s first pilot line for dry moulded fibre
PulPac, a Swedish inventor of a cellulose-based alternative to single-use plastics, has revealed its very first pilot line.
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ArticleSIG makes ASI-certified aluminium standard for EU packs
SIG has announced that all of the aluminium used in its packs in Europe will be ASI-certified.
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ArticlePrimary packaging through the pandemic: Three insights from Amcor
Eric Roegner, president of Amcor Rigid Packaging, reflects on the change the pandemic has brought to the packaging industry.
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ArticleThe Reuse Revolution Part 2: MIWA
Last time we looked at a Refill from Home system; this week we will examine the place of Refill on the Go models, using Czech-based startup MIWA as a case study.
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ArticleThe Reuse Revolution Part 1: Replenish
I’ve been speaking to people from four main packaging re-use models to hear their thoughts on what the industry needs to do to bring about behavioural change. Up first is Refill at Home, for which I interviewed Jason Foster from US-based Replenish.
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ArticleBlack plastics: Can they be recycled?
The first and most obvious answer is ‘yes, of course they can – all plastics are recyclable’, but as many will be aware it’s not quite so straightforward. Victoria Hattersley spoke to some industry experts to shed some light on the subject.