All Sustainability Awards articles – Page 5
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2023 Finalist Interview: UKM and TARUMT’s starch-based biopolymer film for food packaging
Next in our Finalist Interview series for the Sustainability Awards is The National University of Malaysia (UKM) and Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TARUMT) with a starch-based biopolymer film for application as active and intelligent food packaging. We spoke to Professor Ishak Ahmad and Ms. Chia Min Rui from UKM about this entry, which has been nominated in the pre-commercialized Active and Intelligent category.
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2023 Finalist Interview: CorrBoard UK with ‘anaerobic digestion plant’ CorrBoard Bioenergy
Next in our Finalist Interview series for the Sustainability Awards is CorrBoard UK with ‘anaerobic digestion plant’ CorrBoard Bioenergy. We spoke to CorrBoard UK about this entry, which has been nominated in the commercialized Best Practice category.
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ArticleVote in Packaging Europe’s 2023 Readers’ Award!
The nomination period for Packaging Europe’s 2023 Readers’ Award has ended, the finalists have been selected, and now it’s time for you to choose the winner. Click here to take part!
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2023 Finalist Interview: PAPACKS Tablet Blister
Next in our Finalist Interview series for the Sustainability Awards is PAPACKS with its tablet blister made from ‘renewable raw materials with organic coating’. We spoke to PAPACKS about this entry, which has been nominated in the pre-commercialized renewables category.
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2023 Finalist Interview: USDA-ARS’ clamshell with modified humidity
First in our Finalist Interview series for the Sustainability Awards is USDA-ARS (the U.S Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service) with its clamshell with modified humidity. We spoke to research chemist Jinhe Bai PhD about this entry, which has been nominated in the pre-commercialized Active and Intelligent category.
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ArticleTake part in Packaging Europe’s Readers’ Award 2023!
We’re excited to reveal that our coveted Readers’ Award will be returning this year as part of Packaging Europe’s Sustainability Awards 2023! Click here to take part and make your nomination.
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ArticleRevealing the finalists of Packaging Europe’s Sustainability Awards 2023!
Breaking news – The international, expert jury of the Sustainability Awards, the world’s most prestigious competition for sustainable packaging, has completed the first round of judging, picking out 60 innovations and initiatives as finalists across thirteen categories.
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ArticleA deep dive into the most important packaging sustainability trends and solutions
This report provides insights into the nature of sustainable packaging innovation as it currently stands, as seen from Packaging Europe’s viewpoint, and drawing on several data sources.
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ArticleA deep dive into the most important packaging sustainability trends and solutions
This report provides insights into the nature of sustainable packaging innovation as it currently stands, as seen from Packaging Europe’s viewpoint, and drawing on several data sources.
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ArticleDeadline Alert: Enter your Smart Technology in the Sustainability Awards by the 17th of March
The deadline for entering your latest Smart Packaging technology in this year’s Sustainability Awards is approaching fast! With the increasing use of Smart Packaging to improve the reuse, recycling and environmentally friendly application of packaging gaining more recognition all the time, this is a great opportunity to put your relevant Active & Intelligent packaging in the spotlight.
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ArticleRecognising the role of smart packaging in sustainability
The increasing use of Smart Packaging technologies to improve the re-use and recycling of packaging is gaining more recognition in this year’s Sustainability Awards, which will be co-located with the 2023 AIPIA World Congress in Amsterdam, this November (14th & 15th), as part of the Sustainable Packaging Summit.
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ArticleWinners of the pre-commercialized Sustainability Awards 2022 announced!
The winners of the second half of the Sustainability Awards 2022, rewarding start-ups and not yet commercialized innovations have been unveiled at an awards dinner on the eve of the Innovation Horizon conference in Amsterdam on November 14th.
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ArticleFinalist Interview: Papira® by Stora Enso
The next Sustainability Awards finalist under the spotlight is Papira® by Stora Enso - a wood fiber-based lightweight material offering a renewable and paper-recyclable alternative to fossil-based foams.
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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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ArticleFinalist Interview: Barley straw beer packaging
The next entry in our Pre-Commercialized Sustainability Awards, nominated in the ’Recyclable Packaging’ category, is a collaboration between AB InBev & Sustainable Fiber Technologies (Belgium) - a secondary packaging solution for Corona beer using leftover barley straw.
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ArticleFinalist Interview: The Recharge packaging refill
The Recharge from Netherlands-based Fasten BV is a cosmetic refill packaging concept, nominated in the precommercialized ‘Driving The Circular Economy’ category for the Sustainability Awards 2022.
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ArticleFinalist Interview: UPLIFT recyclable plastics solution
The UPLIFT project, a finalist in our pre-commercialized Recyclable Packaging Sustainability Awards category, is a multi-stakeholder project developed by researchers at Aalborg University which focuses on the biological depolymerization of bio- and fossil-based plastic packaging waste.
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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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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.
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ArticleFinalist Interview: Rotor Print’s High Barrier Ready-to-Recycle Paper
Next up in our run-down of Pre-Commercialized Innovation Sustainability Awards finalists is Rotor Print, with their High Barrier Ready-to-Recycle paper, nominated in the ‘Recyclable Packaging’ category.