All Sustainability articles – Page 120
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ArticleWhat I learned about plastic waste by watching bread bake
Countless brands are repackaging their products to combat plastic pollution, but is it fair to hold the packaging industry responsible in the first place? Would the complete eradication of plastic packaging make a significant difference? Robert Lilienfeld, founder and executive director of sustainable packaging think tank SPRING, argues ‘no’ on both counts, and warns us against knee-jerk reactions that could ultimately cause greater environmental harm.
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ArticleSainsbury’s to implement evian and re-universe’s digital reward scheme for recycling beverage packaging
In a collaboration with Sainsbury’s, evian is set to launch its ‘Return4Reward’ digital reward scheme in partnership with re-universe, hoping to encourage customers at Sainsbury’s to recycle their empty drink containers.
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ArticlePulpac, Hébert Group, MCC Verstraete, and Pagès Group aim to improve recyclability of fibre-based packaging with Moulded Fibre Labelling
Hébert Group, PulPac, MCC Verstraete, and Pagès Group are set to commercialise Moulded Fibre Labelling (MFL), or the glue-free application of labels to dry moulded fibre during the moulding process, intending to provide recyclable and biodegradable options for fibre-based packaging without sacrificing its decoration quality.
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ArticleTotalEnergies and Indaver announce commercial agreement to supply recycled mixed polyolefin feedstock for contact-sensitive packaging
TotalEnergies has signed an agreement to purchase Indaver’s petrochemical feedstock generated from recycled mixed polyolefins; the company is now set to use it in contact-sensitive applications such as food packaging.
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ArticleTekniPlex Healthcare announces ‘world’s first’ fully transparent, ‘recyclable’ mid-barrier blister package
TekniPlex Healthcare is claiming to have developed the world’s first fully transparent recyclable mid-barrier blister package.
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ArticleSidel opens PET recycling pilot line with aim of increasing production of rPET food-contact bottles
Sidel has opened a new, small-scale PET recycling pilot line in Octeville, France, hoping to gain an understanding of and guide the packaging industry through the use of recycled PET.
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ArticleFinalist interview: polycirQ’s deinking surfactant aiding mechanical recycling
We speak to polycirQ to learn more about their technology which boosts the yield of high-quality recyclate by removing printing inks from LDPE and PP films. The company is a finalist in the pre-commercialized Driving the Circular Economy category of our Sustainability Awards 2022.
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ArticleUN-backed study warns of ‘colossal’ litigation risk for plastics industry
A new report by Minderoo Foundation in collaboration with Clyde & Co and Praedicat warns that the reported impacts of plastic pollution on human health could incur steep costs in liability claims against the petrochemical industry – over $20 billion between 2022 and 2030 in the US alone.
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ArticleTest Valley Packaging and envoPAP unveil packaging made from sugar cane waste
Test Valley Packaging is collaborating with envoPAP to launch Reused Agricultural Waste (RAW), a line of packaging products said to be made of by-products from sugar cane farms across India.
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ArticleEU-backed project aims to develop packaging material from shrubs
AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, is working on developing bioplastics for active cosmetics packaging made from trees and shrubs, within the EU-funded BeonNAT Project.
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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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ArticleBorealis and Vibac collaborate on ‘designed-for-recycling’, BOPP-based food packaging film
Borealis and the Vibac Group have designed a new BOPP-based film for food packaging, reportedly designed for easy sorting in PP recycling streams.
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ArticleDe Gouden Noot 2022 casts spotlight on smart, inclusive, and sustainability-oriented packaging solutions
NVC Netherlands Packaging Centre has announced the winners of this year’s De Gouden Noot competition, with Masterpack Group taking home the golden walnut trophy for its application of Modified Atmosphere technology to FIBCs.
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ArticleHow can smart reusable packaging be implemented at scale?
Joshua Young, Circular Economy Lead at PragmatIC Semiconductor, gives his insight into the role smart reusable packaging can play in reducing waste and the impact to our environment, by extending the life and use of plastic packaging that is still fit for purpose.
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ArticleCepi announces new method of testing recyclability of paper packaging
Cepi has unveiled an updated test method to evaluate the recyclability of paper products in laboratory conditions, intended to assist companies in achieving their goals of sustainability and circularity.
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ArticleHenkel and LyondellBasell unveil hotmelt adhesive for re-sealable food trays
Henkel and LyondellBasell have joined forces to develop a hotmelt adhesive for re-sealing APET and polyolefin trays containing food products.
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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.
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ArticleAluminium and the energy crisis: Is it time for politicians to step in?
Aluminium is one of many industrial sectors suffering under the weight of rising energy prices. Rob van Gils, CEO and managing partner at Hammerer Aluminium Industries, talks to us about tackling the crisis on an industrial and political level, and whom he feels is responsible for leading the effort.
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ArticleToppan announces mono-material PE barrier packaging for liquids
Toppan has expanded its GL BARRIER transparent barrier film range with a mono-material PE barrier designed to package liquid products in a durable, sterile, and easy-to-recycle material.
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ArticlePlastipak announces metal-free aerosol container designed for PET recycling streams
Plastipak has launched SprayPET Revolution, which claims to be a fully recyclable, 100% polymer aerosol container compatible with standard PET recycling streams.