All Sustainability articles – Page 136
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa develops paper-based child-lock box for laundry pods
Smurfit Kappa have partnered with McBride to produce the “100% paper-based” Click-to-Lock Pods Box, which it says is a safe and sustainable alternative to the traditional plastic box for laundry pods.
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ArticleCMC secures Amazon Climate Pledge investment
CMC Machinery announced yesterday that Amazon has made a minority investment in the company through its Climate Pledge Fund, which provides funding to companies developing sustainable and decarbonising technologies.
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ArticlePLA with ‘20% recycled content’ unveiled by Total Corbion
Total Corbion PLA launches new Luminy PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) made with chemically recycled post-industrial and post-consumer waste, which it claims is the world’s first commercially available bioplastic product of its kind.
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ArticleEssity invests in green hydrogen tissue production pilot
Essity is set to launch a pilot project at its facility in Mainz-Kostheim, Germany, which will involve replacing natural gas with green hydrogen to enable allegedly CO2-free tissue production.
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ArticleFedEx Express completes rollout of reusable portfolio
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of the FedEx Corp. transportation company, says it has completed the rollout of its FedEx Reusable Pack, which reportedly reduces waste and promotes reuse during returns for the European e-commerce industry.
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ArticleTaking a critical look at the French plastic packaging ban
Robert Lilienfeld, founder of sustainable packaging think tank SPRING, looks at some of the potential unintended negative consequences of France’s upcoming ban on plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables.
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Article‘Edible’ stock cube made from pea protein to be trialled by Gousto
Gousto has announced plans to trial an edible stock cube, which uses a pea protein packaging developed in partnership with Xampla, in its recipe boxes during November.
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ArticleAbsolut on its aim to develop a fully bio-based and recyclable bottle
The Absolut Company is expanding into fibre technology through its collaboration with paper bottle company Paboco.
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ArticleNeste and Ravago announce plans for new chemical recycling plant
Neste and Ravago are aiming to build a facility for chemical recycling in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, as the first stage of a joint venture in expanding capacity based on Alterra Energy’s thermochemical liquefaction technology.
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ArticleGentlebrand matches label material with beverage flavour for new bottle concept
Gentlebrand unveils the Aroma beverage bottle concept featuring an organic paper label that is attached the neck of the bottle without adhesive for easier separation and recycling, and contains seeds that match the flavour of the beverage.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Flexible packaging for healthcare
In the latest edition of our Sustainability Perspectives podcast series, Noemi Bertolino, VP for R&D EMEA at Amcor Flexibles, talks to Tim Sykes about sustainable flexible packaging solutions for the healthcare market.
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ArticleThe Week in Brief: 18th-22nd October
News on Coca-Cola’s experiments with plant-based plastics made up our most-read stories this week.
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ArticleTesco to launch PET ‘tray to tray’ recycling initiative with Faerch
Tesco and Faerch have collaborated on what it claims is an industry first, closed loop recycling solution that ensures secondary plastic packaging used to transport and display products on shelves is retained by the food packaging industry.
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ArticleKey players from the chemical industry launch development platform for net-zero emissions technologies
The World Economic Forum will collaborate with companies from the chemical sector, including Dow, BASF and Solvay, to move the Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies (LCET) initiative into its implementation stage by the end of 2023.
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ArticleWillemijn Peeters on building a business to prevent ocean plastics
For Willemijn Peeters, tackling ocean plastics became her entire work’s mission in 2016 when she started Searious Business with the aim of using upstream innovation to prevent new plastics from entering the ocean.
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ArticleGreiner Pacakging re-develops resealable lid for dairy packaging
Greiner Packaging offers a range of two-in-one sealing and re-closable lids designed for direct-printed, sleeved and K3 cardboard-plastic combination packaging solutions, which it says is its unique selling point in Czechian and Slovakian markets.
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ArticleFinnish dog food brand relaunches with Mondi monomaterial packaging
Mondi announces its monomaterial packaging developed for Hau-Hau Champion, a dog food brand from Prima Pet Premium Oy of the Vafo Group, which it says replaces unrecyclable plastic packs while offering high barrier protection and resealability.
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ArticleNEXTLOOPP unveils results of tracer-based sorting trials
NEXTLOOP, the PP recycling project led by Nextek Limited, has announced that its trial to sort food-grade plastic packaging waste using a label marker achieved 99.9% sorting purity at maximum production speed.
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ArticleNewly released app aims to simplify and reward recycling
Released earlier this month in the UK, Scrapp aims to make recycling simple by informing consumers which packaging is recyclable in their location.
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ArticlePrimary packaging innovation for e-commerce
Elisabeth Skoda looks at just a small selection of notable developments of primary packaging geared towards e-commerce.