All Sustainability articles – Page 12
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ArticlePulp trays and plastic punnets removed from Aldi’s fruit and veg lines
Aldi has removed pulp trays and plastic punnets from various fruit and vegetable lines in hopes of eliminating over 370 tonnes of plastic and packaging yearly across all its stores.
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ArticleSustainability 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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ArticleSustainability 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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PodcastCollaborative Strength: Three experts unify
Libby Munford chats with Marius Tent, Director & Founder, ViaPackaging; Benoit Piette, Founder - Packaging Ecodesign and Circularity Consultant, Bluenote Pack; and Thibaut Mirieu de Labarre, Founder, InspireCo - to find out why they have united to combine their expertise.
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ArticleEviosys lightweights metal overcap for reduced emissions in mono-material tins
Eviosys has revealed a new, lighter version of its metal Horizon overcap, thought to be ‘infinitely recyclable’ and save 33% of CO2 emissions compared to its previous design.
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ArticleAll 27 EU member states have missed their recycling targets – what happens next?
The European Commission claims that all 27 EU countries have failed to achieve a number of collection and recycling targets, and is set to launch infringement procedures as a result. What does all of this mean in practice? Tim Sykes, Packaging Europe’s brand director, tells us more.
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ArticleAnnual 100k of bio-recycled textiles envisioned for Turkish depolymerization plant
CARBIOS has licensed its PET bio-recycling technology to SASA and approved the construction of an enzymatic depolymerization plant in Adana, Turkey, with an anticipated yearly capacity of 100,000 tons of prepared PET waste sourced from textiles.
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ArticleIceland’s vacuum-packed beef and pork mince to save plastic and boost shelf life
By transitioning into new vacuum packaging across its beef and pork mince range, Iceland Foods plans to increase the products’ shelf life by almost 50% and reduce its own annual plastic consumption by 35 tonnes.
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ArticleCollaboration service from DS Smith to streamline packaging redesign
DS Smith has launched PackRight 2.0, a hybrid collaboration service designed to help businesses in e-commerce, fast-moving consumer goods, and more redesign their packaging for improved sustainability – quickly, efficiently, and at low cost.
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ArticleBEUMER’s stretch hood technology envisions safe, efficient recycled film wrapping
BEUMER Group will display its latest ‘maintenance-friendly’ stretch hood technology – compatible with films containing recycled content and targeting improved safety, efficiency, and ergonomic performance – at FACHPACK 2024.
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ArticleIMA Group targets pharma and consumer goods by acquiring Sarong divisions
In an effort to strengthen its presence in the pharma and consumer goods sectors, IMA Group has closed the acquisition of Sarong’s Packaging Machinery and Packaging Materials divisions, forming IMA Sarong.
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ArticleSustainability 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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ArticleEntries open early for Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025
Entries for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025 are now open - earlier than usual - with participants from every part of the plastics recycling chain in Europe invited to enter.
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ArticleSustainability 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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ArticleAll 27 Member States miss collection and recycling targets and face infringement procedure
The European Commission is commencing an infringement procedure against all 27 EU Member States for falling short of legally binding collection and recycling targets, including the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive’s expectation of recycling 55-80% of packaging waste by the end of 2008.
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ArticleWhat lessons can be learned from brands missing their packaging sustainability targets?
Major brand owners like PepsiCo, Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive have recently announced that they will fail to reach their sustainable packaging objectives. John Blake, a senior director analyst at Gartner who predicted this trend back in 2021, tells us more about the important learnings the industry can take away.
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ArticleUpcoming project sets sights on high-quality LDPE recyclate from household waste
RWTH Aachen University’s Institute for Plastics Processing in Industry and Craft (IKV) has announced an industrial research project aspiring to combine the best recycling technologies available and boost LDPE recyclate quality in mechanical recycling processes.
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ArticleMarine Conservation Society reports 80% drop in carrier bags on UK beaches
The Marine Conservation Society says that its beach clean data has shown an average drop of 80% in carrier bags found washed up on UK beaches.
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ArticleNew Domino printing lines replace bottle labels with on-cap QR codes
Domino Printing Sciences aims to support the transition into label-free beverage bottles with a range of Bottle Closure Printing Stations, designed to print variable data and machine-readable codes onto HDPE bottle caps and closures.
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ArticleArchroma secures gold EcoVadis sustainability rating
Specialty chemicals company Archroma has been awarded a Gold rating by EcoVadis, the global rating agency for sustainability performance.