All Sustainability articles – Page 180
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ArticleWhitepaper: sustainable & efficient production in frozen food
Download Syntegon's whitepaper on the ongoing efforts to make frozen food packaging and vertical bagging equipment more sustainable
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ArticleEmballator reveals tubes made from 100% recycled aluminium
Emballator Tectubes has launched a new range of tubes made from 100% post-consumer recycled aluminium.
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ArticleUnilever to introduce recyclable tubes across entire toothpaste portfolio
Unilever’s oral care brands including Signal, Pepsodent and Closeup have announced plans to convert their entire global toothpaste portfolio to recyclable tubes by 2025.
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ArticleKellogg makes major change to cereal packaging
Cereal and snacks giant Kellogg Europe has unveiled plans to remove excess air from its cereal packs – a move that it expects to remove 700 tonnes of carbon a year.
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ArticleIf plastic lasts forever, why do we still make new?
Emma Samson, marketing communications manager at Searious Business, gives her thoughts on how the industry could ensure that it includes more recycled content in its products.
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ArticleInvestment set to make Plastipak ‘largest producer of bottle-grade recycled PET in Europe’
Plastipak, a company involved in the design, manufacture and recycling of plastic containers, has announced a major investment in recycling at its manufacturing site in Toledo, Spain.
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ArticleAvantium interview: Where are we now with PEF?
Last year, we published an interview with Tom van Aken, CEO of Avantium, about the environmental benefits of the plant-based polymer Polyethylene Furanoate (PEF). Victoria Hattersley recently caught up with him to find out where we are now.
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ArticleGSK teams up with Albéa and EPL Global for recyclable toothpaste packs
GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer healthcare division (GSKCH) announced today that it is partnering with Albéa and EPL Global to launch recyclable toothpaste tubes across its toothpaste brands, including Sensodyne, Parodontax and Aquafresh.
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ArticlePlastiCircle project develops new uses for PET waste
PlastiCircle, a pioneering pan-European research project, has identified a number of new applications for recycled polymers from non-bottle PET packaging waste.
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ArticleSanner expands portfolio of bio-based plastic packaging
Following the launch of Sanner’s bio-based effervescent tablet packaging in 2020, additional closure variants and new tube sizes are now available for a broader range of applications in healthcare products and food supplements.
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ArticlePregis interview: Adapting to shifting packaging priorities
We recently spoke to Johan Kennis, Marketing Director Europe for packaging solutions provider Pregis, to find out about the kinds of environmental and efficiency challenges they address.
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ArticleStora Enso and Pulpex partner to scale fibre-based bottles
Stora Enso and packaging technology company Pulpex have joined forces to industrialize the production of paper bottles and containers made from wood fibre pulp.
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PodcastThe German Packaging Act – two years on
Over two years after its introduction, what have been the effects of the German Packaging Act on the industry? Dr. Bettina Sunderdiek shares insights and into the nuts and bolts as well as recent developments.
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ArticleTesco scraps soft plastic rings and shrink wrap from alcoholic beverages
Starting from this month, British retailer Tesco will stop selling beers and ciders that are held together by soft plastic rings and shrink wrap.
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Article‘Game changing’ thermoforming film developed by Sealed Air
Sealed Air has created a new thermoforming packaging solution that seeks to defy the traditionally thick and heavy properties of THF materials.
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Article100% recycled or renewable: A future vision for circular plastic
In an exclusive comment feature, Lucinda Langton, director of sustainable packaging at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, unpacks the company's steps towards creating a low carbon, circular economy for plastic.
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ArticleStora Enso launches bio-based binder
Stora Enso is launching NeoLigno – a fully bio-based binder system without formaldehyde and isocyanates, that the company says can provide healthier indoor and working environments.
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ArticleNew spray system from MULTIVAC replaces plastic interleavers on thinly sliced products
With its innovative new spray system, MULTIVAC is introducing a solution for packaging thinly sliced or highly sticky products that removes the need for conventional interleaving film between the slices of these products.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives - insights into the circularity of PET trays
Marta Matos Gil, head of marketing and sustainability at Evertis, and Rui Silva, the company’s chief product officer, share their insights on the circularity of PET trays and outline the steps the company is taking to promote a circular economy.
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ArticleNew project from Fraunhofer hopes to pave the way for new plastics recycling methods
Seven Fraunhofer Institutes are pooling their expertise in the lighthouse project "Waste4Future", which aims to increase energy and resource efficiency in the use of plastics.