All Rigid Packaging articles – Page 2
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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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ArticleIMA Group targets pharma and consumer goods by acquiring Sarong divisions
In an effort to strengthen its presence in the pharma and consumer goods sectors, IMA Group has closed the acquisition of Sarong’s Packaging Machinery and Packaging Materials divisions, forming IMA Sarong.
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ArticleEntries open early for Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025
Entries for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025 are now open - earlier than usual - with participants from every part of the plastics recycling chain in Europe invited to enter.
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ArticleBrockmans Gin launches lighter bottle with increased PCR content
Brockmans Gin has announced its new lightweight bottle, which it says is designed with 51% post-consumer recycled content (PCR) and has 30% less glass weight on average than its direct competitors.
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ArticleReport suggests recycled plastic demand to grow in US and EU markets
According to a recent report by RaboResearch – Rabobank’s analysis and knowledge team - the demand for recycled polymers has grown in the US and UK markets and is expected to continue to rise in the coming years, primarily driven by state regulation and company pledges in the US and EU-level regulation.
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ArticlePolyAl extruded into core tubes by Bausano in pursuit of circularity
Bausano is using its E-GO R extruder line to turn mixed, post-consumer LDPE and aluminium waste into core tubes in a bid to recycle contaminated plastic waste and align with circular economy principles.
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ArticleReusable glass bottle and SaaS software among German Packaging Awards winners
Holzmanufaktur Liebich’s handmade wooden box for Jägermeister liqueur, sykell’s cloud-based SaaS software for returnable packaging, dotch’s reusable glass bottle for edible oils, and many more have been named as winners of the German Packaging Institute’s German Packaging Awards 2024.
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ArticleBERICAP expands production in Africa, South America and South East Asia
Closure solution provider BERICAP has announced new plants in Nairobi (Kenya), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and acquired production facilities in Lima (Peru) and Durban (South Africa).
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ArticleTerminally sterilized plastic bottles aim to lower weight and carbon of glass
Cherwell is taking steps to help pharmaceutical companies meet their sustainability goals with terminally sterilized plastic bottles designed to replace glass alternatives, lower packaging weight, and reduce carbon emissions.
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ArticleRedesigned, recyclable plastic buckets implemented for ITW’s wet wipe range
ITW is transitioning its SCRUBS-IN-A-BUCKET wet wipe range into recyclable plastic packaging – distinguished from its previous, reusable iteration by a new design – in a bid to avoid single-use plastic taxes.
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ArticleMcDonald’s franchisee adopts biobased barrier coating for fast food packs
Independent McDonald’s franchisee Arcos Dorados Holdings is applying J&J Green Paper’s ‘all-natural’ barrier coating to its paper food packaging in a bid to phase out plastics, PFAS chemicals, and consumer waste in the fast food sector.
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ArticleFibre-based medical packaging targeted in Bayer and PAPACKS partnership
Bayer is teaming up with PAPACKS to develop biodegradable, fibre-based packaging for consumer health brands like Aspirin, Bepanthen, and Claritin – a step towards its goal of achieving 100% reusable or recycle-ready packaging by 2030.
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ArticleAptar Beauty introduces ‘first-to-market’ fragrance pump with recycled resin
Aptar Beauty has released a new plastic fragrance pump made with post-consumer recycled resin, Color Code PCR, aiming to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 39% versus using conventional resin. The pump is said to include up to 67% of mechanical PCR Plus material in kg ...
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ArticleL’Occitane en Provence to sell shower oil in rPET bottles recycled by enzymes
Carbios, L’Occitane en Provence, and Pinard Beauty Pack are packaging a shower oil from the L’Occitane Amande range in a transparent PET bottle made entirely from enzymatic recycling – a step towards the retailer’s target to produce all its retail bottles from 100% post-consumer recycled PET by 2027.
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ArticleAPR programme expands to verify new packaging and components for recycling
The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has updated its APR Design for Recyclability Recognition Program, with blow moulded PET bottles and containers, PET packaging constructs, natural and coloured HDPE bottles and containers, and mono-PE stretch and collation shrink films now eligible for Preferred Design Recognition (PDR).
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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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ArticleArchroma launches PFAS-free barrier coating for oil and grease applications
Specialty chemicals company Archroma has announced the launch of its Cartaseal OGB F10 barrier coating, designed for PFAS-free oil and grease resistance in food and non-food paper and board packaging.
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ArticleNew technology from Bpacks set to turn bark waste into rigid packaging
Bpacks has announced the launch of the ‘world’s first’ bark-based packaging technology, set to integrate into existing production equipment for rigid plastics and offer an alternative, low-carbon, biodegradable material.
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ArticlePET on the road to circularity, but disparities are creating potholes
Plastics Recyclers Europe reports the average EU PET beverage bottles’ recycled content rate reached 24%, but that disparities between EU Member States need addressing to achieve 2025 EU targets.
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ArticleAre you using the right barcode?
In anticipation of the upcoming webinar hosted by Packaging Europe and Markem-Imaje, Tim Sykes discovers why now is the time to discuss GS1-128 barcodes with Derek Dorsey, manager of strategic accounts.