All Sustainability articles – Page 137
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Article‘Green chemicals’: The next industrial revolution?
A recent report from consultancy firm PreScouter argues that ‘green chemistry’ could be the next industrial revolution that impacts all industries.
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ArticleBuilding a coherent circular economy: The view from the industry
Over the past few weeks, we have been asking representatives from key organizations across the packaging industry two key questions about circularity. Here is what they had to say.
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ArticleExtended Producer Responsibility Part 3: PepsiCo – the Brand owner perspective
In the third part of our series on EPR, Victoria Hattersley spoke with Archana Jagannathan, senior director for sustainable packaging at PepsiCo, about the pressures EPR requirements puts on brand owners.
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ArticleUnilever scales up refillable packaging trials with household brands
Unilever has announced that it is expanding its refillable packaging trials across the UK, including its first ‘return on the go’ refill trial, in selected Asda supermarket and Co-op convenience stores.
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ArticleLeading businesses call for adoption of Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging
Today, for the first time, more than 100 businesses in the packaging value chain, together with more than 50 other organisations, have publicly announced their support for the adoption of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).
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ArticleCircular Packaging Q&A with Vincent Mooij
Welcome to the first in an ongoing series in which Vincent Mooij, Director of SUEZ.circpack®, gives his take on some of the biggest challenges faced by the industry today on its journey towards circularity.
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ArticleUnilever joins pioneering rPP food packaging project
Unilever has joined Nextek’s global NEXTLOOPP project, which aims to create food-grade recycled polypropylene (rPP) from post-consumer packaging waste.
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ArticleResearchers develop polymer film made from 100% natural ingredients
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have created a polymer film made from 100% plant protein that requires no chemical additives – and they claim it has comparable functionality to conventional plastics.
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ArticleUnilever reveals ‘world’s first’ paper-based laundry detergent bottle
Unilever is set to launch what it says is the first-ever paper-based laundry detergent bottle.
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ArticleConsumers prioritise product safety and user-friendliness with tethered closures, according to new survey
Sidel recently carried out a survey with the aim of getting a better understanding of consumers’ environmental perceptions, their requirements for closures in general, and their opinions about tethered caps.
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ArticleCollection of flexible packaging waste is central to achieving a circular economy, says CEFLEX
A collaboration of European companies, associations, and organisations representing the flexibles value chain have agreed a common position on the essentials for collecting flexible packaging waste in a circular economy.
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ArticleBorealis to expand Project STOP in Indonesia
On World Ocean Day, Borealis announced a significant financial commitment to expand Project STOP, an initiative it co-founded with SYSTEMIQ in 2017 to prevent plastic waste from entering the world’s oceans.
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ArticleNestlé reveals two new packaging innovations for Vittel bottles
Nestlé has developed two new packaging innovations for its Vittel natural mineral water bottles with the goal of reducing its use of plastic while maintaining the functionality of traditional plastic bottles.
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PodcastPodcast: Packaging, food waste and the consumer
According to some statistics, up to a third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. In our latest podcast episode, we take a closer look at the issue of food waste and role packaging can play to prevent it.
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Article7UP to transition bottles to clear PET
This summer, several 7UP bottles (375ml, 500ml & 600ml) will transition from their existing green colour to clear PET for the first time, with the aim of making them easier to recycle.
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ArticleWebinar: The Importance of Advanced Recycling
When building a zero waste and fully circular economy for plastics, advanced (chemical) recycling is regarded as a promising technology to provide virgin-like polymers made from waste to be used again in high-demanding applications
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ArticleHow can the industry increase the rate of easily recyclable plastic packs?
A recent study from Wageningen Food & Biobased Research found that only 27% of plastic packaging on the Dutch market is easily recyclable. How can the industry boost this rate?
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ArticleAB InBev develops ‘lightest beer bottle in the world’
AB InBev claims to have developed the world’s lightest longneck beer bottle for commercial production.
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ArticleConfectionery in paper – more than a gimmick?
In recent weeks and months, we have seen a flurry of announcements of confectionery brands moving some of their packaging from plastics to paper. What were the challenges that had to be overcome, and how scalable is paper as a packaging solution?
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ArticleBallygowan Mineral Water bottles move to 100% rPET
Ballygowan, a Britvic-owned Irish mineral water brand, is moving to 100% recycled plastic bottles after the company invested €2m in operations at Ballygowan’s Newcastle West source in Limerick.