All Sustainability articles – Page 160
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Webinar: A deep dive into sustainable coffee packaging
In this webinar with ROVEMA, we will look at some of the specific challenges when it comes to packaging coffee in an efficient, sustainable way and about the company’s lifecycle approach for existing machines and packaging lines as a turnkey solution
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Aldi trials packaging-free products
Retailer Aldi today announced that it has launched a trial that will measure consumer response to packaging-free products.
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Leading retailers join Mainetti’s recycling initiative for clear polythene
A number of retailers including Superdry, Morrisons and Very, have joined Mainetti’s closed-loop recycling initiative, Polyloop.
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Podcast: A deep dive into plastic packaging R&D with AIMPLAS
Innovation in plastic packaging has made great leaps forward in recent years. Elisabeth Skoda gains insights into key developments and challenges from two packaging experts at AIMPLAS.
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Driving packaging sustainability from the start
Fabien Thibault, global manager, product and packaging sustainability at Merck, gives us an overview of his company's ambitions and actions in the realm of packaging sustainability.
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Extended producer responsibility Part 1: What is it all about?
Over the coming months, in collaboration with CEFLEX, we will be publishing a series of interviews and articles on the sometimes-thorny subject of extended producer responsibility (EPR).
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New ‘Charter of Trust’ founded to reinforce standards for paper straws
Straw producers and companies from across the paper straw supply chain have founded a new charter of trust for compliance standards relating to all aspects of paper straw production
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The carbon crisis: Four big questions for the packaging industry
Victoria Hattersley spoke to experts from the Carbon Trust, Amcor, Mondi, Smurfit Kappa and Tetra Pak to get their views on some of the big questions around the topic of carbon reduction.
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Sustainability Perspectives with Syntegon
Torsten Sauer (sustainability director) shares his insights with Tim Sykes into the pain points and barriers around adopting more sustainable packaging, how to future-proof technology investments, and offers a glimpse of Syntegon’s R&D strategy.
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With audited certificates on recycled content, Faerch aims to set a new standard for transparency
With the goal of ensuring maximum transparency, Faerch has started providing customers with third-party audited statements on the recycled content in its PET food packaging products.
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New polystyrene design for recycling guidelines published by RecyClass
Making plastic packaging genuinely recyclable hinges on clear guidance for the industry. With that goal in mind, RecyClass has developed guidelines for designing coloured polystyrene (PS) containers.
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Versalis to launch new food pack made with 75% post-consumer polystyrene
Versalis, Eni's chemical company, is expanding its Revive portfolio to include a new product for food packaging made with 75% domestic post-consumer polystyrene.
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EU-funded consortium converts fishing and municipal waste into packaging materials
The European DAFIA Project, coordinated by Spanish research centre AIMPLAS, has unveiled new biopolymers and barrier packaging materials made from fishing and municipal waste.
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Webinar: Recycled plastics
With demand currently outstripping supply, particularly for food grade packaging plastics, many FMCGs, manufacturers and converters are finding sourcing the feedstock they require to hit regulatory and sustainability goals challenging
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Make the switch from traditional to innovative and sustainable solutions
Introducing a new white paper from Taghleef Industries – a platinum sponsor of our Sustainable Packaging Summit.
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H.B. Fuller expands Flextra Evolution range with two new compostable adhesive solutions
H.B. Fuller has just launched two new compostable adhesives for the flexible packaging market under its Flextra Evolution brand.
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Gian de Belder on P&G’s ‘Ambition 2030’ sustainability goals
We spoke with Gian de Belder, technical director for R&D packaging sustainability at P&G, to take a deep-dive into the key points made in P&G's recent sustainability update.
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Cross-industry project launched to develop food-grade recycled polypropylene
Companies from across the value chain, including Danone, Viridor, Sealed Air and Tomra, have joined a project to create food-grade packaging from recycled polypropylene.
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Mars makes material reductions in pet food portfolio
Mars Petcare has shared insights from new pilots that are part of ongoing efforts to help reach its 2025 goals of reducing the use of virgin plastic by 25% and for 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable or compostable.
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Evolution of e-commerce in 25 years: towards sustainable packaging
Gavin Mounce, e-commerce design manager at DS Smith, shares his thoughts on the importance of sustainability in the rapidly growing e-commerce channel and what part the creative community has to play in shaping its future.