All Sustainability articles – Page 153
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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.
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ArticleCircular Packaging Q&A with Vincent Mooij
In this ongoing series, 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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ArticleBall Corporation to include ‘ultra-low carbon’ aluminium in packs
Today, Ball Corporation and EN+ Group’s Metals segment RUSAL announced an exclusive partnership to incorporate “ultra-low carbon” aluminium in the slugs and impact extruded containers manufactured by Ball.
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ArticleFinalist interview: MOSSUP (Moroccan supermarkets tackling single use plastic)
In the latest in our series of interviews with the Sustainability Awards 2021 finalists, we find out about MOSSUP, a collaboration between Searious Business and Moroccan supermarkets that addresses the issue of plastic pollution in Morocco.
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ArticleNew Nivea bio-based jars for the cosmetics mass market
Beiersdorf has launched packaging made from certified renewable tall oil in a step that is described as a first for the cosmetics mass market.
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ArticleOrigin Group launches SnappD for recyclable sachets
The Origin Group has launched a new business unit, SnappD, which the company says offers "first of its kind" brandable 100% recyclable single-dose sachets for a range of industries.