All Sustainability articles – Page 171
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Finalist interviews: Highcon's non impact digital finishing technology
We're talking with Highcon in this edition of our interviews with the 2020 Sustainability Awards finalists, who tell us about their technology that they say can minimize waste, reduce carbon footprint, and improve e-commerce packaging.
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Lego to phase out single-use plastic bags from 2021
As part of a $400 million drive to achieve its sustainability goals, Lego Group today announced plans to swap its plastic inner bags for recyclable paper ones.
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Trinseo and Fernholz develop new recycled polystyrene material for food packaging
Trinseo has developed a new grade of post-consumer recycled polystyrene, together with the German packaging manufacturer Fernholz.
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Accolade Wines Europe achieves carbon neutrality for core branded portfolio
Accolade Wines Europe has announced that its core branded portfolio - including Hardys, Mudhouse, Jam Shed, Banrock Station, Echo Falls, and Kumala - has been certified carbon neutral.
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Persil moves to recyclable bottles containing 50% PCR plastic
In line with the launch of its refreshed laundry detergent formulation, Unilever’s Persil brand has transitioned to recyclable bottles made from 50% post-consumer recycled plastic.
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Plastics For Change among winners of the Global Maker Challenge
Plastics For Change, which developed the world's first fairtrade verified recycled plastic supply chain, has been announced as the winner of the Climate Change category of the Global Maker Challenge by the Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Pr
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Finalist interviews: Safe Load Testing Technologies' 'Boomerang' Horizontal Stability Tester
In the next of our interviews with the Sustainability Awards 2020 finalists, we talk with Safe Load Testing Technologies, whose Boomerang Horizontal Stability Tester is a patented solution for packaging optimization and CO2 reduction.
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Talking sustainability with Tetra Pak
We speak with Alex Henriksen, managing director of Tetra Pak North Europe, to understand one of the industry's leading company's perspectives on sustainability.
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New reusable cup scheme announced by McDonald’s and Loop
McDonald's has announced a global partnership with TerraCycle's circular packaging service, Loop, to test a new reusable cup model for hot beverages.
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Reifenhäuser on its innovative new R-Cycle project
We recently caught up with Dr. Benedikt Brenken of Reifenhäuser to talk about the R-Cycle Initiative - a collaborative project that seeks to simplify and improve plastics recycling processes.
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Webinar: Multi-layer flexible packaging
How to combine performance, food safety and sustainability?
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Collaboration between DS Smith and Laithwaite’s Wine results in closed-loop recycling system
DS Smith has teamed up with the UK’s largest online wine merchant, Laithwaite’s Wine, to create a closed-loop recycling system across the two companies’ supply chains.
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Closing the loop – the future of packaging?
Wouter Van Tol, DS Smith's recently-announced head of government, community affairs and sustainability, explains why now is the perfect time for the industry to adopt closed-loop models.
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Siegwerk’s proprietary deinking and delamination primer technology helps to yield clean recyclates
In this Innovation Spotlight, Siegwerk explains to us why its technology is a key lever to integrate plastic packaging materials further towards a circular economy.
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Tesco introduces recycled food-grade soft plastic packaging made from materials returned by customers
This week, Tesco is introducing new plastic packaging made by a pioneering process of recycling soft, flexible plastic packaging.
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HolyGrail 2.0: ground-breaking recycling project enters its next stage with cross-industry backing
Over 85 companies and organisations from the complete packaging value chain have joined forces with the goal to assess whether a pioneering digital technology can enable better sorting and higher-quality recycling rates for packaging in the EU.
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Budweiser Budvar adopts TopClip cardboard multipack topper
Budweiser Budvar UK is trialing Smurfit Kappa's TopClip, a cardboard beer can packaging solution, as the Czech beer brand works to reduce plastic waste.
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Close the Glass Loop – An inside look
How will Close the Glass Loop, the new pan-European action platform, achieve its aim of increasing European glass recycling rates to 90%, and why is this so important now?
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Greiner Packaging reports test success with yogurt cups made from 100% recycled PS
Greiner Packaging's K3® yogurt cup is made from a cardboard-plastic combination that can be printed on. This particular cup is now the focus of a project carried out by Greiner Packaging in Switzerland to highlight the recyclability of polystyrene.
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Coca-Cola transitions to 100% rPET bottles in the Netherlands and Norway
Coca-Cola has taken another step on its journey to eliminating new virgin oil-based plastic by announcing that its brands in the Netherlands and Norway will transition to plastic bottles made from 100% recycled PET (rPET).