All Sustainability articles – Page 194
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Chemical Recycling Enables Production of Polyester Film Containing 70% Post-Consumer Recyclate
Polyplex and TPL have presented a bioriented (Biaxially oriented) polyester films containing 70% post-consumer recyclate.
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ArticleOdour Contaminated Plastics Get ‘Second Life’
Technical knowledge based plastics compounder Luxus has as part of a consortium won an £840,462 Innovate UK grant to develop a novel process to remove retained odour from post-consumer recycled plastics.
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Bormioli Pharma launches 'first pharma-grade sustainable plastic packaging'
Italy-based Bormioli Pharma has announced what it calls the 'first sustainable plastic packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical industry'.
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ArticleBASF Signs Partnership Deal with Lactips to Market Films Based on Milk Protein
BASF and Lactips have announced that both companies have signed an exclusive contract to market Lactips’ water-soluble, 100% biobased and fully biodegradable material prepared from natural ingredients.
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ArticleScotland's new deposit return scheme a 'game-changer'?
Last week, Scotland announced its new Deposit Return Scheme which will include aluminium and steel cans as well as drinks containers made of glass and Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic with a 20p deposit.
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ArticleA new flexible packaging material based on wood fibres
Finland-based company Paptic Ltd claims to have forged a material category of its own with PAPTIC®.
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ArticleVolpak Inaugurates PouchLAB R&D centre
Volpak, focused on the design and manufacturing of horizontal form-fill machines for flexible pouches, will inaugurate in May 2019 its “PouchLAB”, a new area inside its premises, to serve as an R&D centre to support its customers
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ArticleArla Embraces Renewable and Recyclable Packaging Solutions
By the end of the year, across six countries, Arla is making 600 million fresh milk cartons renewable and 560 million yogurt pots recyclable in a move that the company says will cut 7.330 tonnes of carbon.
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ArticleThe Keys to Achieving Sustainable Plastic Food Packaging: MeetingPack 2019
On 29 and 30 May, MeetingPack2019 will present cutting-edge solutions in sustainable plastic packaging for food and beverages.
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ArticleStora Enso explores recycling paper cups for magazine paper
Stora Enso aims to start recycling used paper cups on a large scale at its Langerbrugge Mill in Belgium.
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ArticleNew bottle from Weener Plastics helps Kao reach sustainability goals
The Japanese personal care manufacturer Kao is introducing rPET bottles for its renowned hair care brand Guhl. These are manufactured by Weener Plastics.
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ArticleConsortium to Support World’s First Enzymatic Technology for Plastics Recycling
Carbios and L’Oréal have announced a major partnership with Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe. The consortium was originally founded by Carbios and L’Oréal to bring recycling technology developed by Carbios to the market.
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ArticleThe Battle of the Bags
Within the framework of its sustainability strategy "Avoid, Reduce, Improve", German discount supermarket chain PENNY has launched an interesting initiative.
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ArticleDS Smith Plastics Injection Moulding Business Introduces Loop Ready Packaging
DS Smith Plastics, Injection Moulding business segment has launched a new line of packaging options known as Loop Ready Packaging (LRP).
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ArticleThermoforming with biobased plastics for greater sustainability
Are biobased and biodegradable plastics also suitable for thermoforming? Find out in this case study by FKuR in an English language exclusive for Packaging Europe.
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ArticleGermany’s new Packaging Act: Manufacturers need to become proactive
Gunda Rachut, Chair of Germany’s Central Packaging Registry (ZSVR), explains why the “new” Packaging Act is not really all that new and should not bring any real surprises. In this interview she explains why.
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ArticleThe Shelf-Life Challenge
Pressure on the planet’s resources continues to grow, and with it our need for packaging technologies that prevent food waste, particularly for energy-intensive products such as meat. How is flexible packaging catering to this need?
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ArticleWorking towards solving the circular economy challenge
SYSTEMIQ is a B corporation created in 2016 to drive achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement by transforming markets and business models in three key economic systems: land use, materials and energy.
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ArticleNEW STUDY 'MISLEADS ON VALUE OF BIODEGRADABLE AND COMPOSTABLE PLASTICS'
A new study intends to provide insights into the ‘environmental deterioration’ of plastic carrier bags made from different polymer types under littering conditions.
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ArticleCardboard composite launch for fresh food
In order to meet the demand from the market for alternative packaging materials, the two companies LEIPA Georg Leinfelder GmbH and Koehler Paper Group have developed in conjunction with MULTIVAC a cardboard composite