All Sustainability articles
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ArticleParkside reveals certified home-compostable pack for vegan chocolate
Parkside has provided its Park2Nature compostable material to a new TÜV-certified home compostable packaging design for Mummy Meegz’s vegan chocolate.
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ArticleIndustry collaboration closes loop on FIBCs for PET granulate transportation
ALPLA Group member PET Recycling Team has joined forces with LC Packaging, Starlinger, and Velebit Recycling to recycle its flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs), or Big Bags, into new FIBCs and close the loop on the packaging used to transport its recyclate.
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ArticleCoca-Cola HBC brings more returnable glass bottles to Austrian market with new line investment
Coca-Cola HBC has invested €12 million into opening a new, high-speed line for returnable glass bottles at its Edelstal plant – an expansion hoped to assist the company in reaching net zero emissions by 2040. A €4 million grant from the Austrian government has also supported ...
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ArticleLamination technology from DS Smith Tecnicarton set to enable reusable, recyclable transport packaging
DS Smith Tecnicarton is aspiring to strengthen the resistance of corrugated cardboard packaging, optimize its stacking capabilities, and realize its potential as a reusable and fully recyclable transport solution with the launch of its MAX lamination technology. Back in 2017, DS Smith opened a facility in ...
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ArticleReusable pot and bowl added to CLUBZERØ’s packaging range
CLUBZERØ is unveiling a new bowl and pot to cater to a wider variety of dishes in its returnable packaging system and adhere to government legislation cutting down on single-use plastics.
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ArticleCoca-Cola provides Blue Ocean Closures with R&D centre to progress fibre-based screw cap
Blue Ocean Closures has partnered with Coca-Cola’s EMEA R&D Center in Brussels in a move set to advance the development of its fibre-based screw cap.
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ArticleVeetee dry rice packaged in Mondi’s kerbside-recyclable paper
Mondi and Veetee are jointly releasing a paper-based pack for dry rice, using Mondi’s recyclable FunctionalPaper as a direct and recyclable replacement for standard plastics.
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ArticleAmcor study reveals consumer shift towards own-brand products in reduced, recycled, and paper packaging
Consumers are turning to private label products due to the sustainability claims on their packaging, according to a new study by Amcor – with price, minimized packaging, and locally sourced, ‘cleaner’ ingredients also identified as reasons to buy.
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ArticleRabobank highlights energy costs and decarbonisation targets as challenges to European paper packaging industry
A recent Rabobank report suggests that rising energy costs and increasing emphasis on decarbonisation in regulation and supply chains are threatening the competitiveness of paper packaging producers in Europe.
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ArticleCurrent PPWD rules unfairly target beer packaging and threaten existing systems, new statement warns
A statement released by The Brewers of Europe posits that the revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive disproportionately singles out beer packaging and does not uplift the EU Single Market – calling for non-discriminatory rules, an appropriate timeline to transition into new technologies, and more.
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ArticlePulPac launches the world’s first injection molding machine for fibre-based products
PulPac is launching the PulPac Scala, a new machine platform combining its Mill-to-Web fibre unit with injection moulding technology, in the hopes of increasing the accessibility of Dry Molded Fiber worldwide. Approximately 100,000 injection moulding machines are produced every year, PulPac says, and many of them ...
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Article100 billion PET bottles recycled by Indorama Ventures in twelve years
Indorama Ventures claims to have recycled 100 billion post-consumer PET bottles since February 2011, diverted 2.1 million tons of waste from the environment, and saved 2.9 million tons of carbon footprint from product life cycles. Reportedly, the company has spent over $1 billion on collecting used PET ...
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ArticleLego backs down on recycling plastic bottles into bricks, citing increased emissions
According to Financial Times, Lego has reversed its decision to manufacture bricks from recycled plastic bottles, reporting that it has not reduced carbon emissions in comparison to virgin plastics made from crude oil.
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ArticleConsumer survey brands plastic ‘material of the past’ as Xampla reveals new biomaterials
Xampla has designed its new consumer brand, Morro, to provide bio-based alternatives to plastic packaging in response to consumer belief that plastic is a ‘material of the past’.
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Articletraceless aspires to scale up natural biomaterial production with €36.6 million in funding
traceless has secured €36.6 million in funding to expand its natural biomaterial technology – which hopes to provide an alternative to conventional plastics – to industrial scale. Described as a ‘holistically sustainable material’, traceless’ patent-pending solution is based on natural polymers and utilizes agricultural residues in a ...
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ArticleAldi aligns with HolyGrail 2.0 by trialling digital watermark technology
In the third phase of the HolyGrail 2.0 initiative, Aldi Nord and the Aldi South Group are implementing watermark technology into their packaging; this is hoped to improve sorting in waste facilities and optimise recycling in pursuit of circularity.
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ArticleMetal overcap from Eviosys sets its sights on ‘infinitely recyclable’, 100% metal food tins
Eviosys has revealed Horizon, a lightweight, ultra-shallow metal overcap for tins – designed to phase out plastic alternatives and facilitate infinite recycling.
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ArticleDanimer and Chevron Phillips Chemical to create biodegradable materials from PHA
Danimer Scientific is expanding its collaboration with Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) to use Rinnovo polymers produced in a loop slurry reactor process to create biodegradable cast extrusion films, blown extrusion films, injection moulded parts, and rational moulded parts.
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ArticleRefillable eco-homecare range from Kit & Kin harmonizes branding with babycare line
Kit & Kin has produced a new range of plant-based eco-cleaning products – stored in refillable bottles with refill pouches that can be returned for recycling – and ensured consistent branding with its mother and baby products in collaboration with B&B. Kit & Kin’s twelve products ...
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ArticleAvery Dennison unpacks the PPWR
Alena Maran, Director, Strategy & Sustainability for Avery Dennison LPM, looks at the emerging challenges facing the industry and the desired outcomes as the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations (PPWR) gains momentum. We are all inspired and stand by the EU’s Green Deal to become ...