All Sustainability articles – Page 195
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ArticleFilms Extending the Shelf Life of Cherries
Providing better fresh produce, bakery products and proteins, by producing packaging for extending their shelf-life and quality, is the core objective of the EU-funded NanoPack Project.
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ArticleAstroNova introduces range of grass paper labels
AstroNova GmbH, European headquarters of AstroNova Inc. (RI, USA), is extending its Product Identification range with new approved labelling for direct foodstuff contact.
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ArticleDemand for corrugated: could growing reach of China create European waste mountains?
In what looks like an unintended consequence, China’s recent ban on importing rubbish for recycling looks set to have an impact on the European corrugated waste market.
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ArticleMultiBio project to create value from pulp and paper mill waste
The MultiBio project, led by a group of Swedish experts and coordinated by RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden, is aiming to create new bio-based products from excess waste sludge produced from wastewater effluent at pulp and paper mills.
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New digital platform for Europe's plastics converting industry
Launched today, MOnitoring Recyclates for Europe (MORE) is a single, unified digital platform to monitor the uptake of recycled polymers into products.
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ArticleAhlstrom-Munksjö launches fiber-based straw solution
Ahlstrom-Munksjö has launched CelluStrawTM, a new fiber-based solution for paper straws, enabling the food industry to provide consumers an alternative to single-use plastic straws.
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ArticleExclusive! Amcor launches AmLite Ultra Recyclable Film
Amcor is today launching AmLite Ultra Recyclable. Thanks to high barrier properties for oxygen and moisture, the new laminate is suitable for ambient products with demanding barrier requirements, such as coffee and personal care sachets.
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ArticleP&G Fabric Care brands like Ariel and Lenor commit to 30% plastics packaging reduction across Europe by 2025
Today at the Sustainable Brands Conference Virginie Helias, Chief Sustainability Officer at P&G, announced that Ariel, Lenor and other P&G Fabric Care brands across Europe aim to reduce plastics use in their packaging by 30% by 2025.
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ArticleOn the Need for a Fundamental E-Think
Smurfit Kappa’s Gérard van den Boogaard discusses the mind-boggling array of variables presented by e-commerce, overturning almost all of the suppositions that have served logistics and tertiary packaging well until now.
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ArticleScanning the new retail landscape
It’s no big news to say that the way we consume is changing. And, ever mindful of consumer demands, retailers and brand owners are evolving to cater to these new habits. Victoria Hattersley reports.
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ArticleHenkel’s Recycling Program Benefits Additive Manufacturing Customers and Reinforces Commitment to Sustainability
Henkel Corporation, a leading manufacturer of adhesives, sealants and functional coatings continues to build on the success of its groundbreaking Recycling Program by offering additive manufacturing customers recycling options across its Loctite®
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ArticleChemical Recycling Gains Traction
Last year Packaging Europe began to take a closer interest in chemical recycling – not a new concept in itself but one gaining momentum in the context of the challenges of dealing with plastic waste. Libby White takes a look at the progress.
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Articlesimple Fish & chip box redesign encourages recycling
SAICA Pack has collaborated with the Q-Partnership to produce an innovative fish and chip box design.
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Assessing Sustainability of Flexible Stand-Up Pouches for Laundry Detergent Pods
The Flexible Packaging Association’s report, A Holistic View of the Role of Flexible Packaging in a Sustainable World, highlights the sustainability benefits of flexible packaging.
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ArticleCEFLEX: Transformative Collaboration in Flexibles
For 2 years CEFLEX worked quietly on mapping a flexibles circular economy. Now it's ready to share its detailed vision and direction of travel. Tim Sykes was privileged as the first journalist to attend its general meeting – and left deeply impressed
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ArticleOne size doesn’t fit all when it comes to more sustainable packaging
Sustainability is complicated, and when it comes to packaging, it can manifest itself in many ways and on many levels.
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ArticleDS Smith to Trial First Compostable, Water-resistant Cardboard Bird Boxes
DS Smith is trialling what it says is the world’s very first water-resistant, compostable bird box made from recycled cardboard.
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Sustainability Awards 2019 seeks the best packaging innovation (video)
The most important global competition promoting sustainable packaging innovation is open for submissions. A short introduction to the biggest Sustainability Awards to date.
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Articleevian® Launches Plastic-Saving Mineral Water Appliance with Shrinking Water "Bubble"
On Monday, evian® unveiled evian® (re)new – an in-home water appliance which provides consumers with evian® mineral water at home from the source with what the company claims is a significant reduction in plastic packaging.
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ArticleRecycling - An essential measure for the circular economy
K 2019 makes the case for plastics and highlight advances in recycling innovation.