All Sustainability articles – Page 199
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ArticlePACKAGING CONNECTIONS 01/03/2019
In this week's video round up we take a look at Johnson & Johnson’s new contact lens recycling scheme, find out how polyester recycling specialist Cumapol’s new CuRe technology and the renewed demand for glass packaging.
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ArticleGarçon Wines Launches 10 Flat Bottle Case
Garçon Wines have launched a 10 Flat Bottle Case that the company says will significantly cut carbon emissions and logistics costs from the supply chain of wine.
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ArticleCARBIOS produces PET bottles from 100% recycled plastic waste
France-based CARBIOS, which develops bioindustrial solutions to ‘reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers’, has announced its successful development of the first PET bottles made from 100% Purified Terephthalic Acid (rPTA).
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ArticleAre Alternatives to Single-Use Plastics the Answer?
National Geographic and Sky Ocean Ventures have launched a global search for alternatives to single-use plastics. Libby White asks Valerie Craig, Deputy to the Chief Scientist at the National Geographic Society to explain their motivation.
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ArticleWRAP and OPRL form Strategic Partnership
WRAP and OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) have announced a strategic partnership which sets out how the two organisations will work together towards meeting the UK’s recycling targets.
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ArticleFirst Bottle Design Change for Desperados in 22 years reduces carbon emissions
Untouched since it was first introduced 22 years ago, Desperados sees a global, brand redesign roll out in the UK this March 2019.
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Now Plastics Targets Europe With 60 to 90% PCR PET Films
Now Plastics, one of the world's largest suppliers of films and aluminum foil, is now targeting European markets with a line of films made from 60 to 90 per cent PCR PET resin.
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ArticleNeopac Participates in Smart Green Island Makeathon Youth Education Challenge
Neopac, a global provider of high-quality tube packaging for a broad array of industries and applications, participated in a forward-thinking event that challenges young people to create innovative and sustainable solutions.
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ArticleVTT develops new extruder for processing problematic plastics and textiles
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a cylindrical extruder which it says could revolutionise the processing of recyclable materials and thereby promote circular economy business.
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Gabriel-Chemie presents PCR colours
As part of its sustainability initiative, the Gabriel-Chemie Group is implementing several strategy programs. One of the first modules is the introduction of a colour range based on Post Consumer Recycled polypropylene.
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100% Renewable Plastic Bottle Significantly Closer to Reality
Sustainable technology company Anellotech and its joint development partners IFPEN and Axens have processed renewably-sourced aromatics made at Anellotech’s TCat-8® pilot plant to successfully recover high-purity bio-based paraxylene
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ArticleBiome Bioplastics and Futamura present biobased multilayer films
Biome Bioplastics and Futamura have formed a partnership to demonstrate a range of bio-based and compostable multilayer films.
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Recyclability of Household and Personal Care PET bottles
Petcore Europe ODR Working Group achieves a three-year temporary endorsement for perforated sleeves on Household and Personal Care (HPC) PET bottles by the European PET Bottle Platform
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Repsol Commits to Develop Quality of Recycled Plastics
Repsol has adhered to the "Circular Plastics Alliance", an initiative launched by the European Commission on December 11, 2018
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ArticleCarrefour: the Retail Giant Acting like a Start-Up on Sustainability
Sustainability director Bertrand Swiderski tells Tim Sykes about Carrefour’s strategy for cutting carbon, food waste and plastics, as well as the role it is playing the launch of the Loop online shopping concept.
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ArticleHovis® Launches UK-wide Bread Bag Recycling Initiative in Partnership with TerraCycle
All Hovis® bread bags are 100% recyclable through the plastic bag collection points at most major retailers’ stores. Recently, Hovis® has started rolling out clearer recycling labels on packs to encourage more people to recycle.
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ArticleSurvey reveals shocking use of plastics and packaging in construction
The Considerate Constructors Scheme has launched its industry-wide campaign ‘Spotlight on...plastics and packaging’ to raise awareness and showcase best practice in how the construction industry can reduce, reuse and recycle plastics and packaging.
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ArticleRETAL: Greater transparency needed in plastic packaging
Sustainability. Innovation. Disruption. Words that get used freely. The time has come to prove what we say.
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ArticleQuinn Packaging launches 'first fully recyclable black plastic tray'
Ireland-based Quinn Packaging has introduced a new range of patent-pending black plastic food trays, Detecta, which it says addresses the long-standing recyclability concerns around black PET.
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Survey: Consumers Show Willingness to Adopt Nanotechnology in Active Food Packaging
The EU-funded NanoPack project completed extensive research to examine how active food packaging technologies are perceived by consumers and retailers.