All Sustainability articles – Page 163
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ArticleThe journey towards paper packaging for chocolate
Elisabeth Skoda speaks with Katja Binder, Head of Packaging Development at Ritter Sport about the company's chocolate paper packaging trial.
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ArticleEnval works with Kraft Heinz and Sonoco to expand use of innovative recycling technology
Enval has launched Touchdown, a joint project with The Kraft Heinz Co. and Sonoco aimed at improving packaging sustainability and accelerating the deployment of its novel plastic recycling solution in the United States.
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ArticleToppan launches technology for production of ultra-thin-walled containers
Using supercritical fluid and its original moulding technology, Toppan Printing has developed an ultra-thin-walled container that it says is roughly 30% thinner than conventional injection moulded containers.
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ArticleInsights into the circularity potential of polystyrene – mechanical recycling
Packaging Europe recently hosted a highly attended online event with a total of 877 registrants together with Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers.
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ArticleJokey, Repsol and Cantero de Letur promote recycled packaging in Spanish dairy market
Repsol has reached an agreement with Jokey Group and Spanish organic dairy company Cantero de Letur to pioneer the use of recycled plastic packaging in the organic dairy industry in Spain for its cheese products.
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ArticleEnhancing the properties of polymers
As we settle into 2021, we take a glance at how some of the leading players in materials science are continuing to address the need to improve the recyclability and functionality of packaging polymers.
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ArticleProcter & Gamble announces update on 2030 sustainability goals
Procter & Gamble has shared an update on its progress towards its “Ambition 2030” goals, in which it has pledged to reduce virgin plastic usage by 50% and reach 100% recyclability or reusability by 2030.
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ArticleTesco partners with Mondi on circular recycled bag initiative
Mondi and Tesco Central Europe have launched a new partnership, in which Mondi will create recycled paper shopping bags using the retailer’s warehouse corrugated waste.
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ArticlePackaging safe enough to eat?
High-quality food-grade additives represent a sustainable solution as well as offering a range of functional benefits in packaging applications, writes Christina Normann Christensen, Product & Application Manager, Palsgaard.
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ArticleJMP reveals recycle-ready microwavable food pouch
J M Packaging has partnered with FEI Foods, the largest processer of ready-to-eat rice and grain pouches in Europe, to launch a new mono-material microwavable pouch that is both recycle-ready and retort-ready.
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ArticleBP and SABIC to cooperate on advanced plastics recycling scheme
BP and SABIC have signed a new agreement with the aim of driving the circular economy at the Gelsenkirchen chemical complex in Germany.
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ArticlePartnership to explore the functional properties of algae
Brightplus has announced a partnership with Origin by Ocean with the aim to explore the functionality of algae as an ingredient of biomaterials.
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ArticleKHS now offers Nature MultiPack™ solution for high-capacity ranges
In the latest edition of our Innovation Spotlight feature, KHS updates us on the progress of its Nature MultiPack™ system, which is now suitable for high-capacity ranges.
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ArticleThe Circular Economy in 2021
The value chain will continue to progress on design for recycling this year – but needs to continue to build cross-industry alignment and will look to regulators to provide a supportive landscape.
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ArticleBischof + Klein boosts PCR content in gusseted monomaterial bag
Bischof + Klein’s B+K U-Pack side gusseted bag is now available with over 40% PCR (post-consumer recyclate).
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Article‘Our struggle is our strength’: A closer look at KIDV’s Community of Practice
We talked to the CoP to learn more about the current state of circularity in flexibles, the challenges the industry faces, and the actions it can take to meet these challenges.
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ArticleNew initiative launched to promote place of mono PET flexible packaging in circular economy
BOPET Films Europe and Searious Business have launched Vita Nova - a new consortium of industry players promoting the use of mono-PET flexible packaging in the circular economy.
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ArticleExploring the sustainability potential of seaweed
SYSTEMIQ set up the Seaweed for Europe coalition in June 2020 to advance and scale a sustainable and innovative seaweed industry in Europe. Packaging Europe takes an in-depth look at the sustainability potential a growing seaweed industry could have.
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ArticleEuropean steel packaging industry announces 2025 sustainability vision
APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, has announced its 2025 vision for recycling – ‘Zero steel packaging to landfill.’
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ArticleProAmpac launches recyclable film for frozen food products
In the hopes of filling the market gap for premium and high-performance recyclable frozen food packaging, ProAmpac has announced the launch of ProActive Recyclable R-2000F.