All Sustainability Awards articles
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: the EnEWA project for board and paper recycling
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, RWTH Aachen University spoke to us about the EnEWA research project - a joint entry with Universität Siegen, LEIPA, PROPAKMA, STADLER and TOMRA Recycling - which developed and evaluated a recycling process for paper, board and paper composites, nominated in the Commercialized Driving the Circular Economy category.
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Mondi’s filmless e-commerce bag
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards we asked Mauro Vitali, sales manager at Mondi Paper Bags Italy, about the company’s filmless bag, designed for e-commerce and nominated in the Pre-Commercialized Renewables category.
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Capsa’s reusable cardboard box
Capsa is a finalist in this year’s Sustainability Awards with its reusable cardboard box entry, nominated in the Commercialized Driving the Circular Economy category. We spoke with the company to learn more about this innovation.
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Brook + Whittle’s recyclable, light-blocking shrink sleeve
Brook + Whittle is a finalist in this year’s Sustainability Awards with its GreenLabel BlockOut shrink sleeve, aiming to help brands switch from coloured PET to clear PET. We asked the company about this entry, nominated in the Commercialized Recyclable Packaging category. You’re a finalist in the ...
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Pulpatronics’ chipless RFID tag
As part of our Sustainability Awards Finalist Interview series, we spoke to Pulpatronics about its ‘metal-less and chipless’ RFID tag, nominated in the Pre-Commercialized Climate category.
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Ardagh Glass Packaging’s NextGen Furnace
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to Ardagh Glass Packaging about its NextGen Furnace, designed to reduce the carbon footprint of glass packaging and nominated in the Commercialized Climate category.
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Shellworks’ biobased mono-material tub
Ahead of this year’s Sustainability Awards, we spoke to finalist Shellworks about its entry, the Vivomer home compostable tub made from microorganisms, nominated in the Commercialized Renewable Materials category.
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: COPAR’s wheat straw packaging
Ahead of this year’s Sustainability Awards, we spoke to finalist COPAR about its wheat straw packaging, nominated in the Pre-Commercialized Renewables category and aiming to offer a compostable and recyclable alternative to traditional plastics.
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Aeroflexx’s flexible liquid packaging solution
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to Aeroflexx about its AeroFlexx Pak, a flexible package designed to act like a rigid bottle and incorporating up to 50% recycled content, nominated in the Commercialized Recyclable Packaging category.
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Vote in Packaging Europe’s 2024 Readers’ Award!
The nomination period for Packaging Europe’s 2024 Readers’ Award has ended, the finalists have been selected, and now it’s time for you to choose the winner.
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: UPM, Lantmännen Unibake and Adara’s barrier paper replacement for plastic inner bags
As part of our Finalist Interview series we spoke to Lantmännen Unibake Finland about its food-safe cardboard box with a barrier paper inner, designed in collaboration with UPM Specialty Papers and Adara Pakkaus to replace plastic inner bags for retail and food service. The product has been nominated in the Commercialized Climate category of the Sustainability Awards.
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: thyssenkrupp’s CO2-reduced tinplate
As part of our Sustainability Awards Finalist Interview series, thyssenkrupp spoke to us about its CO2-reduced tinplate, aiming to reduce emissions in the packaging steel process and nominated in the Commercialized Climate category.
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Paptic’s renewable material for surface-sensitive products
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to Paptic about its renewable material, designed to be a recyclable material alternative to pack surface-sensitive items, nominated in the Commercialized Renewable Materials category. You’re a finalist in the Sustainability Awards 2024. Congratulations! ...
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: EverestLabs’ AI-powered robotics solution for recycling facilities
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to EverestLabs about RecycleOS, its AI robotics solution for recycling facilities, nominated in the Commercialized Machinery category.
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Orora Packaging Solutions’ reusable packaging system
As part of our Sustainability Awards Finalist Interview series, we asked Orora Packaging Solutions about its Jarbot reusable packaging system, designed to enable reusable packaging scalability for consumer-packaged goods, nominated in the Pre-Commercialized Driving the Circular Economy category.
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Husky’s recyclable PET bottle closure
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to Husky Technologies about its PET closure for still water, said to be fully compatible with existing PET recycling streams and nominated in the Pre-Commercialized Driving the Circular Economy category. You’re a finalist ...
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Henkel’s rPET film made from household waste
Ahead of this year’s Sustainability Awards, we spoke to finalist Henkel about its entry in the Commercialized Driving the Circular Economy category - an rPET film for blister packaging made from unused PET blisters and trays from household waste.
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Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: BOTTA EcoPackaging’s paper cushioning bag
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to BOTTA EcoPackaging about its Eco-Paper Cushioning Bag, nominated in the Commercialized E-commerce category. You’re a finalist in the Sustainability Awards 2024. Congratulations! To start off, could you summarise your entry, in less ...
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Packaging Europe’s Readers’ Award 2024
Packaging Europe’s coveted Readers’ Award is returning this year as part of our 2024 Sustainability Awards - giving you the power to nominate a sustainable packaging solution that has particularly impressed you in the past 12 months.
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Unveiling the finalists of Packaging Europe’s Sustainability Awards 2024!
As its first round of judging comes to a close, the international, expert jury of the world’s most prestigious sustainable packaging competition brings you the finalists of the Sustainability Awards 2024!