All Sustainability articles – Page 183
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ArticleThe 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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PodcastSustainability 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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ArticleWith 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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ArticleNew 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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ArticleVersalis 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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ArticleEU-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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ArticleWebinar: 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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ArticleMake 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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ArticleH.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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ArticleGian 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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ArticleCross-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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ArticleMars 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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ArticleEvolution 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.
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ArticleMondi enables material savings for Bell Germany with new mono-material pack
Mondi has produced a recyclable mono-material pack for Bell Germany’s thinly sliced gourmet ham ranges.
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ArticleSustainable packaging solutions: We will get you there!
As a leading supplier of packaging machinery for more than 50 years, Syntegon explains how it leverages the knowledge it has built up over time to provide sustainable packaging solutions in the latest edition of our Innovation Spotlight series.
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ArticleEcoTensil launches new AquaDot range of plastic-free paperboard cutlery in the EU ahead of single-use plastic ban
In our latest Innovation Spotlight, we get a close-up look at California-based EcoTensil and the European launch of its new AquaDot© range of plastic-free paperboard cutlery for packaging.
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ArticleRecyClass doubles capacity to certify recycled plastics content
The certification is geared at determining the actual shares of recycled content in plastic. To allow for the maximum transparency the certifications are issued by independent third-party auditors who ensure reliable assessments and impartiality.
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ArticleAldi removes plastic straws from own-label drinks cartons
Aldi has removed plastic straws from all own-label drinks cartons. Instead, all of these drinks now come with a paper straw that’s fully recyclable and made from FSC-certified cardboard.
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ArticleBoosting the use of recycled/recyclable plastics in luxury cosmetics packaging
The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) and specialty materials provider Eastman have announced a global memorandum of understanding (MOU) that the companies say will enable ELC to take significant strides towards its 2025 sustainable packaging goals.
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ArticleFurnace for the Future Project selected for EU Innovation Fund Stage 2
The Furnace for the Future (F4F) has been selected out of 311 projects to progress to the second phase of the EU Innovation Fund, one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the demonstration of innovative, low-carbon technologies.