All Sustainability articles – Page 106
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ArticleIntelligent packaging: A novel frontier for effective plastic waste management
How might intelligent packaging emerge as a new frontier for plastic waste management? Aditi Basu, marketing head at Future Market Insights, explores how companies are using blockchain, RFID, and AI to enhance the collection, sorting, and recycling of plastic waste.
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ArticleMarket launch for Tetra Pak’s tethered caps on carton packages
Tetra Pak has announced the market-first launches of its plastic and plant-based tethered cap solutions for carton packages in Ireland, the Baltics, Spain, and Germany.
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ArticleBurger King partners with Loop to trial reusable packaging for burgers, sides and drinks
Burger King has announced that it will be piloting a new range of reusable and returnable packaging for burgers, sides, and drinks across selected restaurants with the global re-use platform, Loop.
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ArticleCEFLEX: Demand must be the driving force in a circular economy for flexibles
According to CEFLEX, a truly circular economy must be demand-driven. Following the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s call for a EUR 2 billion investment to increase recycling capacity fourfold by 2025, CEFLEX has worked backwards along the supply chain to clarify the scale of recycling, sorting, infrastructure, and collection needed to ensure demand for recycled materials as they re-enter the economy.
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ArticleAdvanced chemical recycling: Connecting the dots to circularity
Understanding the supply-demand dynamics, current barriers and future growth areas for chemical recycling of flexible packaging.
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Article‘First-to-market’ mono-material PET blister lid unveiled by Huhtamaki
Huhtamaki has today announced the launch of Push Tab, a first-to-market, aluminium-free, mono-material PET blister lid for the global healthcare and pharmaceutical industries
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ArticleMondi to launch two recyclable food tray products at Anuga Foodtec
Mondi will launch a paper-based solution for sliced food and a semi-rigid mono-material MAP solution, which it says are both recyclable, at Anuga Foodtec, the upcoming event focusing on sustainability in food packaging that will run from the 26th to the 29th of April in Cologne, Germany.
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ArticleSihl launches first inkjet film based on 90% PCR
Sihl is set to launch what it says is the first inkjet film based on 90% post-consumer recycled BOPET.
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ArticleEverything you need to know about sustainability in food packaging
On Wednesday 27th of April, The Sustainable Packaging Summit and Packaging Europe will partner with Anuga Foodtec to present a live half-day conference in Cologne, Germany, focusing on the specific challenges around sustainability in food packaging.
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ArticleThe Ukrainian dual system stand-up pouch that offers two products in one pack
Duopack is a flexible packaging solution for stand-up pouches that features a partition dividing the products into two distinct parts, allowing them to be dispensed individually or at the same time depending on the application. The Ukrainian start-up’s founder, Oleksandr Grytsenko, expands on Duopack’s convenient and creative format, as well as his ‘Buy Ukrainian’ campaign to bring together the packaging industry in support of Ukraine after Russia’s invasion.
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ArticleBerry incorporates rPP into range of pots for sauces
Berry Superfos has incorporated 25% recycled polypropylene into Spanish food producer Choví Group’s garlic mayonnaise brand, Allioli, via advanced recycling with a mass balance approach.
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ArticleBall Corporation’s ‘infinitely recyclable’ aluminium cups to contain increased recycled content
Ball Corporation has announced that the “infinitely recyclable” Ball Aluminum Cups now consist of 90% recycled aluminium content as part of its ongoing partnership with the aluminium recycling company, Novelis Inc.
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ArticleNEXTLOOPP begins further trials of prototype rPP resins from post-consumer food packaging
Following successful trials in September 2021, NEXTLOOPP is now dispatching PPristine recycled PP prototype resins derived from post-consumer packaging to its 43 participants – which includes Unilever, Danone, and TerraCycle, among others – for further trials.
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ArticleHow new solutions for recycling thermoset materials are providing fresh opportunities
In this comment piece, PreScouter Project Architect in Chemicals, Materials & Packaging, Priscila Costa Carvalho, discusses the challenges of recycling thermosets and highlights how technological innovations are providing new opportunities through the production of valuable materials from plastics that have, until recently, been considered too difficult to recycle.
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ArticleMcDonald’s to trial clear plastic cups sourced from recycled and biobased materials
McDonald’s will trial clear plastic cups sourced from post-consumer plastic and biobased materials such as used cooking oil, using a mass-balance approach to produce the recyclable solution.
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ArticleWhy isn’t Unilever cutting its use of virgin plastic faster?
With Unilever pledging to halve its use of virgin plastic by 2025, the company sets out to answer the frequently asked question: why isn’t it acting more quickly? The company points to the difficulty of sourcing PCR content, as well as the underdevelopment of collection and recycling infrastructure, as some of the challenges preventing it from reaching its sustainability goals now.
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ArticleElopak rolls out tethered cap solution for customers
Elopak has announced that its lightweight tethered cap solution, the Pure-TwistFlip, which can be combined with any Pure-Pak carton, will be rolled out to customers.
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ArticlePET aerosol container launched by Sidel
Sidel has launched PressureSAFE, a PET aerosol container suitable for home and personal care products, which is approved for recycling in traditional PET streams and reportedly offers a lower carbon footprint than aluminium alternatives.
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ArticleHow can the packaging industry navigate increasing supply shortages?
As shortages of packaging materials persist across various sectors, Gartner sets out strategies for mitigating the impacts, including centralising packaging specifications, collaborating with suppliers, and segmenting different packaging types
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ArticleStora Enso introduces formed fibre lids for takeaway packaging
Stora Enso has partnered with Picadeli to introduce formed fibre lids for takeaway packaging that are reportedly recyclable and biodegradable.