All Sustainability articles – Page 194
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ArticleJokey, Repsol and Cantero de Letur promote recycled packaging in Spanish dairy market
Repsol has reached an agreement with Jokey Group and Spanish organic dairy company Cantero de Letur to pioneer the use of recycled plastic packaging in the organic dairy industry in Spain for its cheese products.
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ArticleEnhancing the properties of polymers
As we settle into 2021, we take a glance at how some of the leading players in materials science are continuing to address the need to improve the recyclability and functionality of packaging polymers.
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ArticleProcter & Gamble announces update on 2030 sustainability goals
Procter & Gamble has shared an update on its progress towards its “Ambition 2030” goals, in which it has pledged to reduce virgin plastic usage by 50% and reach 100% recyclability or reusability by 2030.
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ArticleTesco partners with Mondi on circular recycled bag initiative
Mondi and Tesco Central Europe have launched a new partnership, in which Mondi will create recycled paper shopping bags using the retailer’s warehouse corrugated waste.
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ArticlePackaging safe enough to eat?
High-quality food-grade additives represent a sustainable solution as well as offering a range of functional benefits in packaging applications, writes Christina Normann Christensen, Product & Application Manager, Palsgaard.
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ArticleJMP reveals recycle-ready microwavable food pouch
J M Packaging has partnered with FEI Foods, the largest processer of ready-to-eat rice and grain pouches in Europe, to launch a new mono-material microwavable pouch that is both recycle-ready and retort-ready.
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ArticleBP and SABIC to cooperate on advanced plastics recycling scheme
BP and SABIC have signed a new agreement with the aim of driving the circular economy at the Gelsenkirchen chemical complex in Germany.
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ArticlePartnership to explore the functional properties of algae
Brightplus has announced a partnership with Origin by Ocean with the aim to explore the functionality of algae as an ingredient of biomaterials.
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ArticleKHS now offers Nature MultiPack™ solution for high-capacity ranges
In the latest edition of our Innovation Spotlight feature, KHS updates us on the progress of its Nature MultiPack™ system, which is now suitable for high-capacity ranges.
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ArticleThe Circular Economy in 2021
The value chain will continue to progress on design for recycling this year – but needs to continue to build cross-industry alignment and will look to regulators to provide a supportive landscape.
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ArticleBischof + Klein boosts PCR content in gusseted monomaterial bag
Bischof + Klein’s B+K U-Pack side gusseted bag is now available with over 40% PCR (post-consumer recyclate).
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Article‘Our struggle is our strength’: A closer look at KIDV’s Community of Practice
We talked to the CoP to learn more about the current state of circularity in flexibles, the challenges the industry faces, and the actions it can take to meet these challenges.
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ArticleNew initiative launched to promote place of mono PET flexible packaging in circular economy
BOPET Films Europe and Searious Business have launched Vita Nova - a new consortium of industry players promoting the use of mono-PET flexible packaging in the circular economy.
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ArticleExploring the sustainability potential of seaweed
SYSTEMIQ set up the Seaweed for Europe coalition in June 2020 to advance and scale a sustainable and innovative seaweed industry in Europe. Packaging Europe takes an in-depth look at the sustainability potential a growing seaweed industry could have.
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ArticleEuropean steel packaging industry announces 2025 sustainability vision
APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, has announced its 2025 vision for recycling – ‘Zero steel packaging to landfill.’
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ArticleProAmpac launches recyclable film for frozen food products
In the hopes of filling the market gap for premium and high-performance recyclable frozen food packaging, ProAmpac has announced the launch of ProActive Recyclable R-2000F.
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ArticleCOVID-19 and e-commerce: what are the effects?
With 2021 well underway, e-commerce continues to thrive. Sujan Shah, CEO of Rocaba Packaging Limited and Carrier Bag Shop, looks into how this growth has affected innovation, personalisation, and sustainability in the packaging industry.
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ArticleNeopac develops plastic tube with reduced wall thickness
Hoffmann Neopac has introduced the latest addition to its EcoDesign tube portfolio – a new lightweight plastic tube with reduced wall thickness comprising up to 30% less virgin material.
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ArticleNew range of coating resins revealed by DSM
With the aim of providing an alternative to LDPE coatings, DSM has announced a portfolio of reworkable and repulpable barrier coating resins for packaging.
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ArticleMaker of IRN-BRU transitions to 100% recycled shrink wrap
AG Barr, the maker of IRN-BRU and Rubicon, has announced that all its soft drink consumer multipacks will be wrapped in 100% recycled shrink wrap by the end of 2021.