All Sustainability articles – Page 164
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ArticleCOVID-19 and e-commerce: what are the effects?
With 2021 well underway, e-commerce continues to thrive. Sujan Shah, CEO of Rocaba Packaging Limited and Carrier Bag Shop, looks into how this growth has affected innovation, personalisation, and sustainability in the packaging industry.
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ArticleNeopac develops plastic tube with reduced wall thickness
Hoffmann Neopac has introduced the latest addition to its EcoDesign tube portfolio – a new lightweight plastic tube with reduced wall thickness comprising up to 30% less virgin material.
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ArticleNew range of coating resins revealed by DSM
With the aim of providing an alternative to LDPE coatings, DSM has announced a portfolio of reworkable and repulpable barrier coating resins for packaging.
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ArticleMaker of IRN-BRU transitions to 100% recycled shrink wrap
AG Barr, the maker of IRN-BRU and Rubicon, has announced that all its soft drink consumer multipacks will be wrapped in 100% recycled shrink wrap by the end of 2021.
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ArticleEU beverage packaging aims to be fully circular by 2030
UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe pledges that EU beverage packaging will be fully circular by 2030.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives podcast: Taghleef Industries
Accompanying our Sustainability Awards 2020 and the Sustainable Packaging Summit, we are speaking to a range of thought leaders from across the packaging value chain to share their insights on major sustainability topics.
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ArticleTIPA assists Riverford with pivot to compostable packaging
Organic grocery box delivery service Riverford will replace 1.25 million plastic bags each year with home compostable alternatives supplied by TIPA.
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ArticleExclusive: a behind the scenes look at Coca-Cola’s paper bottle European trial
To learn more about Coca-Cola's new paper bottle and consider what it means for the company's wider sustainability strategy, we spoke with Stijn Fransen, R&D packaging innovation manager at The Coca-Cola Company in Europe.
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ArticleOn Second Thoughts... Why shoehorning circularity into disposable business models will not work
Tracy Sutton, packaging design consultant and founder of Root, tells us why ‘talking circularity’ will not solve the industry’s environmental dilemmas.
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ArticleParkside and Addo extend partnership with recyclable mono-PET food pack
Parkside has once again collaborated with Addo Food Group, a producer of chilled savoury products, to create a recyclable, reclosable pack made from PET for its range of Sainsbury’s mini sausage rolls.
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ArticleAvery Dennison launches label liner recycling program in Europe
Avery Dennison today announced the launch of AD Circular, a comprehensive program providing recycling of used paper and filmic label liners in countries across Europe.
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ArticleCEFLEX shows new market potential for recyclates from flexible packaging
A new Quality Recycling Process (QRP) for flexible packaging from CEFLEX and its stakeholders reportedly shows that high-value applications for recycled polymers from a mechanical recycling process are viable.
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ArticleNew paper-based release liner range developed by Mondi
Mondi is launching a range of paper-based release liners that are created using recycled and light-weight materials.
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ArticleBarrier papers or plastics? It’s not so simple
Victoria Hattersley spoke with René Köhler, Head of Business Development Packaging Solutions at Sappi Europe, to delve into the topic of barrier papers and Sappi’s aim to ensure their wider use as the industry begins to phase out fossil-based materia
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ArticleCCL Label set to debut closed-loop system for stretch sleeves
CCL Label, a provider of specialty label and packaging solutions, is planning to offer a closed-loop recycling solution for stretch sleeves.
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ArticleConstantia Flexibles reveals recyclable packaging solution for pharmaceuticals
Constantia Flexibles’ new solution, Perpetua, is a recyclable, high-barrier, polymeric mono-material packaging solution for pharma products.
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ArticleDow presents AFFINITY™ RE. made from bio-based feedstocks
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics has announced the expansion of its high-performance AFFINITY™ GA polyolefin elastomers (POE) with the launch of bio-based AFFINITY™ RE.
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ArticleThe Sustainable Packaging Summit returns
Packaging Europe’s Sustainable Packaging Summit is returning for another round of discussions addressing the biggest questions in packaging sustainability.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives - the role of steel in the circular economy
Tony Waite, outgoing president at APEAL, and newly appointed president Viliam Gašpar share their thoughts and insights on the role steel packaging can play on the road towards a fully circular economy and how APEAL works to accelerate this.
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Article‘A paradigm shift’: ExxonMobil introduces new HDPE grade
ExxonMobil has developed a new Paxon HDPE grade, SP5504, which it says offers a paradigm shift in the properties normally associated with the currently available unimodal HDPE resins.