All Sustainability articles – Page 146
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ArticleFerrero issues update on 2025 sustainability goals
The Ferrero Group has issued an update on its efforts towards making 100% of its packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.
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ArticleGerman waste management giants announce joint venture
German EEW Energy from Waste GmbH (EEW) and DSD - Duales System Holding GmbH & Co. KG have announced plans to jointly develop a a procedure for processing mixed plastics and other residues from consumer packaging waste.
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ArticleR-Cycle wins at the German Sustainability Awards 2021
R-Cycle - the digital product passport for sustainable plastics - has received a German Sustainability Award in the ‘Packaging’ category.
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ArticleNew tool from Ecoveritas aims to solve packaging data management challenges
Packaging data specialist Ecoveritas will unveil a new online analysis and reporting tool, ecoview, later this month.
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ArticleA closer look at ICP's corrugated cardboard box made from tomato stems
The Slovenian Pulp and Paper Institute (ICP) recently presented a corrugated cardboard pack made partly from tomato stems. The tomato stems are from locally sourced agricultural waste.
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ArticleMcDonald’s and Loop join forces on reusable coffee cup pilot
In partnership with Loop, six McDonald’s restaurants in the UK are set to pilot a returnable coffee cup scheme – a ‘world first’ for the company.
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ArticleSiegwerk on rethinking packaging
A recent report from Siegwerk, a platinum sponsor of our 2021 Sustainable Packaging Summit, unpacks the ways in which the industry can reconfigure packaging systems to realise a circular future.
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ArticleLatvia’s upcoming deposit return system appoints TOMRA as reverse vending provider
TOMRA is set to provide the reverse vending technology for Latvia’s upcoming deposit return scheme, which is set to launch in just over six months on February 1st, 2022.
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ArticleAvery Dennison consolidates existing products into new sustainability-focused range
Avery Dennison has announced the launch of Sustainable ADvantage, a new flagship products and solutions portfolio that it hopes will set a benchmark for innovation and sustainability.
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ArticleBreaking down the barriers to reusable packaging
The environmental and commercial benefits of reusable packaging are clear, but it could be argued that, thus far, consumer uptake has not grown accordingly. What are the reasons for this, and how can the industry look to overcome these impediments?
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ArticleFinalist interview: Gorilla Spirits
For the next in our series of interviews with the Sustainability Awards 2021 finalists, we find out about Gorilla Spirits, a UK-based company manufacturing its bottles entirely from post-consumer recycled glass.
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ArticleMondi and IUFRO aim to tackle impact of climate change on forests with new partnership
Mondi Group and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) have announced a three-year partnership that will seek to identify viable, science-based responses to climate-related threats to forests and forest-based industries.
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ArticleWhy are reuse models still underperforming – and how do we design them right?
The second of our ‘From Competition to Collaboration’ live broadcast series, to take place on Thursday, 22nd July at 14:00 CET, puts the spotlight on the subject of refills and reusable packaging models
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PodcastPodcast: Beverage cartons and sustainability
Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Annick Carpentier, Director General at ACE, the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment, and Michael Brandl, Director General at EXTR:ACT, and discusses beverage carton recycling challenges and recent developments.
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ArticleTechnology from Coperion seeks to simplify bottle-to-bottle recycling
A new process developed by Coperion has made it possible for PET flakes to be processed back into bottles again without first pre-drying them into pellets.
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ArticleFinalist interview: NEXTLOOPP’s quest for food-grade rPP
Nextek’s innovative NEXTLOOPP project is on a journey to create food-grade packaging from recycled polypropylene. We spoke with the organization to learn more about this initiative.
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ArticleIK interview: The insider perspective on plastic packaging
Elisabeth Skoda discusses recycling and recyclate goals and challenges, bioplastics, consumer behaviour and much more with Dr Isabell Schmidt, the managing director at IK, the German plastic packaging industry association.
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ArticleCo-op launches collection scheme for soft plastics
Co-op has today announced the launch of an ambitious in-store recycling scheme for plastic bags and product wrapping.
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ArticleOn Second Thoughts… Why current EPR guidelines need clarification
In his second of his two On Second Thoughts… columns, Dominic Hogg asks: are current European EPR guidelines really enough to motivate brand owners to switch to more sustainable packaging formats?
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ArticleHeinz unveils recyclable cap for squeezy bottles
Heinz has announced that it is introducing recyclable caps for its squeezy sauce bottles, meaning that every part of the packs can now be recycled.