All Sustainability articles – Page 149
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PodcastPodcast: Waste4Future - a lighthouse project for plastics efficiency
Seven Fraunhofer Institutes have recently announced that they are pooling their expertise in the lighthouse project “Waste4Future”, which aims to increase energy and resource efficiency in the use of plastics. Elisabeth Skoda talks to professor Peter Michel, who is Head of the Polymer Applications Business Unit at Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, to find out more.
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ArticleHolyGrail 2.0 receives validation for prototype detection sorting unit
Following last week’s announcement that it has reached its semi-industrial trial stage, the digital watermarking initiative HolyGrail 2.0 has reached another milestone – the successful validation of its first prototype detection sorting unit.
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ArticleFinalist Interview: Plastic Scanner
The next of our Sustainability Awards 2021 finalist interviews is with Jerry de Vos, creator of the Plastic Scanner - an open-source, low-cost device that he tells us can identify over 75% of all the plastics used by consumers around the world.
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ArticleCelebration Packaging launches ‘100% recyclable’ foodservice packaging
Foodservice packaging supplier Celebration Packaging has announced its new range of PET packaging, which it says is made from recycled materials and is fully recyclable itself.
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ArticleLoop launches in Tesco stores: ‘The impact could be enormous’
Reuse packaging platform has potential to change the way we shop, claims Ken Murphy, Tesco Group CEO.
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ArticleFinalist interview: RecycleMich
RecycleMich’s app for smartphones, which allows users to collect points for recycling plastic packaging and aluminium cans, is one of our 2021 Sustainability Awards finalists. We caught up with the company to learn more about the app.
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ArticleEuPC responds to calls for mandatory recycled content targets
Plastics converter representative EuPC has responded to PlasticsEurope’s call for a 30% recycled content target, claiming that this would place the risk solely on plastic converters instead of sharing responsibility across the value chain.
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ArticleBOBST announces new samples ‘designed for recyclability’
Packaging and label equipment and services supplier BOBST, along with its collaborators, has announced the launch of its ‘Generation 2.0’ samples of high barrier flexible packaging solutions designed for recyclability.
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ArticleIs a UN treaty needed to address plastic pollution?
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has published a white paper outlining its views on a UN treaty to strengthen current efforts to tackle plastic pollution and support the transition to a circular economy for plastics.
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ArticleFinalist interview: Cera2seal by watttron
In the latest edition of our Sustainability Awards finalist interviews, the spotlight is on watttron’s digital sealing technology Cera2seal, which enables the use of mono and recycled materials without loss of output.
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ArticleEuropean plastics producers call for mandatory EU recycled content target
Plastics industry representative PlasticsEurope says it endorses revisions to the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), while calling for a new recycled content target of 30% by 2030.
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ArticleEmballator launches ‘100% plastic free’ monotube
Emballator has announced the pre-launch of its monotube prototype, which it says is made of 100% aluminium, as it looks for collaborators on the pilot project.
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ArticleMars Petcare UK ‘to remove 180 tonnes of plastic’ from pet food multipacks
Mars Petcare is set to replace shrink-film with cardboard across its UK multipack pet food range, in a bid to meet its goal of 100% recyclable packaging by 2025.
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ArticleMondi: How to Solve the Materials Puzzle
There is no ‘perfect’ solution when it comes to sustainability, but in this exclusive article Mondi Group looks at some of the strategies the industry could be employing to help turn the tide of climate change.
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ArticleJoin the R-Cycle webinar and learn how to turn plastic trash into treasure
In this edition of our Innovation Spotlight feature, Merck introduces a webinar on the topic of R-Cycle – a digital product passport for sustainable plastics.
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ArticleFinalist Interview: Inspecta BE from Piovan
In the most recent of our Sustainability Awards 2021 finalist interviews, Davide Cappellini, CTO at Piovan Group explains the company’s entry Inspecta Be, a finalist in the Machinery category, which helps to simplify the control of Benzene values.
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ArticleHolyGrail 2.0 project reaches semi-industrial trial stage
AIM and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste announced today a partnership to start semi-industrial trials in the next phase of the HolyGrail 2.0 project, which is testing digital watermarks for the intelligent sorting of packaging waste.
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ArticleImproving circular performance: A chat with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and DS Smith
In January 2020, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation launched its Circulytics tool to help businesses measure and improve their circular economy performance.
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ArticleAptar Food + Beverage launches closure composed of renewable feedstock material
Aptar Food + Beverage’s Neo closure solution for the infant formula market is now available in food grade renewable feedstock material based on the mass-balance approach.
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ArticleTape based on industrial plastic waste released by Monta
German tape manufacturer Monta Klebebandwerk GmbH has developed a self-adhesive tape based on industrial plastic waste.