All Sustainability articles – Page 10
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Certified compostable coffee capsule lid developed by Ahlstrom
Ahlstrom’s fibre-based lid for single-serve coffee capsules is certified compostable in home and industrial conditions and aims to replace plastic and aluminium alternatives.
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Biobased additives, modifiers and material replacements expand UBQ Materials portfolio
UBQ Materials has unveiled three biobased material replacements and additives and two modifiers in its Sustainability Product Portfolio – a range intended to help customers achieve such targets as increased post-consumer recycled content, reduced emissions, waste diversion, and circularity.
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Packmatic’s digital packaging marketplace secures €15 million for European expansion
Packmatic has raised €15 million in a Series A funding round set to facilitate the expansion of its SaaS-enabled, B2B digital packaging marketplace in Europe and help product companies optimize the speed, cost, and sustainability of their packaging processes.
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Sacma produces recyclable, compostable, ovenable bag for rotisserie applications
Sacma has revealed an ovenable bag made from FSC-certified grass paper and a cellulosic inner liner from Futamura, with the pack also said to be recyclable and compostable in home and industrial conditions.
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Austria to introduce DRS with Sensoneo technology in January 2025
Starting in January 2025, Sensoneo will power a deposit return system for single-use beverage containers in Austria with its end-to-end IT system.
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JDE Peet’s rolls out home-recyclable paper refill packs for instant coffee brands
JDE Peet’s coffee brands Kenco, Douwe Egberts, and L’OR are introducing paper refill packs to retailers in the UK and Ireland in a bid to achieve home recyclability for instant coffee packaging.
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Paptic raises €27.5 million in growth funding for wood fibre-based materials in 2023
By the end of 2023, Paptic closed €27.5 million in growth financing, including investments from the UB Forest Industry Green Growth Fund, Emerald Technology Ventures, SIG InnoVentures, and EIC Fund towards the end of the year.
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Hydro becomes supplier for First Movers Coalition’s decarbonization efforts
At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Hydro joined the First Movers Coalition’s “green” supplier database for the decarbonization of heavy-emitting sectors, and the First Suppliers Hub – a tool designed to help companies action their climate commitments – was launched.
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Podcast
Unpacking circular packaging films with Hatzopoulos
Hatzopoulos’s Eleftherios Kassianidis and Lefki Prountzou take a close-up look at the challenges and opportunities around plastic films that incorporate post-consumer recycled and bio-circular content together with Elisabeth Skoda, using the example of the company’s X-LOOP range.
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PFAS-free additives for flexible plastic food packaging revealed by Tosaf
Two new processing aids have been designed by Tosaf for the extrusion of fluoroelastomer-free polyolefins – reportedly unlocking the creation of PFAS-free, certified food-safe plastic films.
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TekniPlex’s pharma-grade blister film with PCR content to debut at Pharmapack
TekniPlex Healthcare and Alpek Polyester have developed the ‘world’s first’ pharmaceutical-grade PET blister film containing post-consumer recycled content, which will be showcased at Pharmapack 2024.
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‘Time is running out’ to prepare for Ireland’s DRS, cautions Reconomy
Businesses must be prepared for the incoming implementation of Ireland’s deposit return scheme in February 2024, Reconomy warns, with less than two weeks left to arrange collection points.
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Wyld packages edibles in TIPA’s home-compostable laminate to reduce waste
TIPA and Wyld are teaming up to package legal edibles in home-compostable laminate and take steps to keep hard-to-recyclable, single-use flexible plastics out of the environment.
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Open-managed reusable takeaway packaging system makes debut in Aarhus
TOMRA and the municipality of Aarhus are piloting the ‘world’s first’ open-managed system for reusable takeaway packaging – a solution expected to help entire cities transition away from single-use packaging.
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Patient safety and efficient dosing foregrounded by Berry at Pharmapack
Berry Global Healthcare will display various pharmaceutical packaging solutions at Pharmapack 2024, including a new dry powder inhaler for combination drugs; an ophthalmic nozzle designed for safe and reliable administration; and a child-resistant closure featuring digital technology for improved medication adherence.
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Paper tape from monta features natural rubber adhesive for enhanced strength and recyclability
monta has added a new paper tape – featuring a natural rubber adhesive and backing reportedly sourced from sustainable forestry – to its Greenline range in hopes of streamlining customers’ transitions into mono-material, recyclable packaging solutions.
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Infinity Recycling’s Circular Plastics Fund reaches €135 million in fifth close
Upon the fifth close of its Circular Plastics Fund in December 2023, Infinity Recycling has reached €135 million in committed capital from various institutional investors, with which it aims to support advanced recycling companies to scale up their operations.
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Aquinos Group targets traceability for one million mattresses by 2027 using atma.io cloud
Avery Dennison and TripleR have teamed up with Aquinos Group to tag its bedding materials via the atma.io connected product cloud, ensuring their digital identifiability and management in a bid to align with EU Digital Product Passport rules.
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A look at Starbucks’ journey towards a more sustainable cup
Starbucks has outlined its roadmap towards more sustainable coffee cup consumption, which involves designing cups, straws and lids for recycling or composting; accepting consumers’ reusable cups in all North American order channels; and sharing recyclability data between stores.
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New smart labelling entity emphasizes secure, transparent, sustainable supply chains
All4Labels Global Packaging Group has launched INTEGRITAG, an entity implementing secure and intelligent features into digital printing solutions to enhance protection, transparency, efficiency, and sustainability across supply chains.