All Sustainability articles – Page 185
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ArticleSharpak presents new strawberry punnet with no bubble pad
Sharpak Aylesham has announced the launch of SP Airlite, a range of recyclable strawberry punnets with a protected design that mitigates the need for bubble pads, which the company claims is a UK industry first.
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ArticlePlastic packaging and the circular economy
What steps do major plastics producers take to address the circularity challenges of the material? Elisabeth Skoda catches up with Berry’s CEO Tom Salmon to get his take on plastic as a packaging material and its role in a circular economy.
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ArticleAmcor’s recyclable blister packaging begins trial phase
Amcor is today announcing customer trials for the world’s first recyclable, polyethylene-based thermoform blister packaging.
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ArticleNivea announces sustainability upgrade to face care packaging
From June onwards, the packs for Nivea’s Naturally Good face care product range will be made from SABIC’s “certified renewable” polypropylene.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives - discussing polystyrene and circularity with TRINSEO
Tim Sykes speaks with TRINSEO’s Julien Renvoise about the potential of polystyrene as an infinitely recyclable plastic – and the challenges we face in building a fully circular economy.
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ArticleNaturally done: A deep dive into biobased packaging innovations for 2021
The Global Packaging Trends Compendium 2021 by ThePackHub details more than 550 packaging innovations and is grouped into nine trend sections. The first to be tackled in the report is ‘Naturally Done’.
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ArticleResilux to double bottle-to-bottle recycling capacity using Erema technology
Resilux, a leading PET bottle and preform producer, has announced a new technology investment that it says will result in it doubling its bottle-to-bottle PET recycling capacity.
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ArticleExtended producer responsibility Part 2: How far have we come?
In the second of our series on extended producer responsibility, Joachim Quoden tells us how he has watched the concept evolve since the early 1990s.
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ArticleAsda eyes material reductions with refreshed packs for chicken range
In line with its ongoing commitment to ‘use less and recycle more’, UK-based retailer Asda is launching new packaging across its entire chicken range, a move that it projects will save 450 tonnes of plastic a year.
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ArticleCoca-Cola, Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive join AB InBev’s sustainability accelerator
Today, The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive Company and Unilever have joined the Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) 100+ Accelerator, an initiative that aims to fund and pilot sustainable innovation in supply chains.
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ArticleHow can the packaging industry drive down carbon emissions?
Our latest Sustainable Packaging Summit panel discussion, looking into how the industry is tackling one of the biggest issues of our times, is now available to watch on demand.
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ArticleDow to help scale ‘game-changing’ advanced recycling solution
Dow and Mura Technology today announced a partnership to scale up the latter’s advanced plastic recycling solution.
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ArticleDigimind interview: AI and sustainable packaging design
Digimind is a DeepTech startup that is building the ‘first AI platform focused on packaging’ that strives to help brand owners design and manufacture safe, sustainable and cost-effective plastic packaging.
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ArticleUnilever’s Hellmann’s brand shifts to 100% rPET bottles
Hellmann’s, one of Unilever’s condiments brands, is set to transition its ‘squeezy’ range in the UK to bottles made from 100% post-consumer recycled PET.
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ArticleDecarbonizing the paper industry
There are many challenges facing the EU paper industry as it works to meet its emission-reduction obligations. Adrian Hiel explores some of the potential routes to achieving this.
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ArticleFirst commercial launch for SIG’s Paper U-straw for aseptic cartons
SIG’s paper u-bend straw made its commercial debut this month, in partnership with CAPSA Food’s ‘Central Lechera Asturiana’ – a leading Spanish milk brand.
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ArticleINEOS Styrolution, Recycling Technologies and Trinseo progress plans for first polystyrene recycling plants in Europe
INEOS Styrolution, Recycling Technologies and Trinseo today claim to have reached a significant milestone in their plans to build commercial polystyrene (PS) recycling plants in Europe.
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ArticleJohnnie Walker makes new sustainable packaging pledges
Johnnie Walker – the world’s best-selling Scotch – is launching The Next Steps initiative, a move it is describing as its “biggest-ever sustainability push.”
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ArticleUnpacking the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Universal Circular Economy Policy Goals
We spoke with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to find out what its newly-released circular economy policy goals mean for the packaging industry.
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ArticleMondi expands carbon neutral paper portfolio
Mondi has extended its portfolio of CO2 neutral papers to cover almost all of its premium paper brands.