All Sustainability articles – Page 20
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ArticleUnilever’s packaging sustainability goals get a major reality check
Unilever – one of the world’s largest FMCG brands – recently made a number of major updates to its packaging sustainability objectives. Why has this move caused so much controversy, what does it actually mean in practice, and could it signal change across the rest of the packaging value chain? Tim Sykes, Packaging Europe’s brand director, tells us more.
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ArticleIndustry rallies behind simplified environmental certification process
The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN), the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE), and the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) are among the signatories calling for a “simplified procedure” to be introduced under the EU’s Green Claims Directive – streamlining the verification process for claims that are based on recognized methodologies or do not require a full life cycle assessment.
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PodcastDeveloping a sustainable future
Libby Munford catches up with Koon-Yang Lee, Professor of Polymer Engineering at Imperial College London and Lead of the Future Materials Group - a dynamic research group consisting of scientists and engineers proficient in the development of chemical engineering-driven materials innovations to create a sustainable, resource efficient, low-carbon and low-waste future. Keeran Ward also joins the conversation from the University of Leeds, who focuses on developing alginate film for packaging.
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ArticleALPLA claims to halve carbon emissions with lightweight PET wine bottle
ALPLA’s recyclable wine bottle made from PET claims to weigh approximately an eighth of a glass bottle, halve its carbon footprint by 50%, and achieve price savings of up to 30%.
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ArticleThe Brief: How bad is ‘greenwashing’ in fast fashion packaging?
Fast fashion often comes under fire for promoting the overconsumption of clothing, but where does its packaging come in? What are big brands doing to overcome packaging waste, how reliable are their claims, and what can we expect in the future? We cover it all in this edition of The Brief.
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ArticleColgate-Palmolive doubts recyclability, reusability, or compostability for flexibles by 2025
Colgate-Palmolive cautions that it could miss its target to achieve recyclability, reusability, and compostability across its packaging range by 2025, citing “industry-wide challenges” related to flexible packaging.
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ArticleEuropean countries make up 7 of top 10 plastic waste exporters, according to report
Seven of the top ten countries that export and import the most plastic waste annually are European, according to a new report from CleanHub.
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Articlehubergroup shares insights on food, printed, and recyclable packaging inks
At drupa 2024, hubergroup Germany will present its water-based and food-contact packaging inks on three stands; and deliver four presentations regarding flexible, food, and recyclable packaging solutions, as well as digital colour communication.
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ArticleOrigin and IMDvista pursue PET cap and closure manufacturing system
Origin Materials and IMDvista have formed a strategic partnership with their sights set on the ‘world’s first’ commercial-scale PET cap and closure manufacturing system, aiming to unlock design-for-recycling for bottles.
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ArticleE-commerce disc top from Aptar Closures seeks product protection in transit
Aptar Closures has designed its recyclable, single-component E-Disc Top closure for e-commerce applications in the beauty, personal care, and home care sectors, intending to prevent damage to products during transportation.
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ArticleSustainable Innovation Report 2024: Current trends and future priorities
Packaging Europe’s industry-leading Sustainable Innovation Report is back for another year – and this time there’s more insights than ever before. The report digs into the most important packaging innovations and solutions of the past year, as reflected in the submissions to our 2023 Sustainability Awards.
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ArticleTechnologies for the future
Germany-based Fraunhofer Gesellschaft is an applied research organization that sets out to act as a driving force for the transformation towards a resilient and sustainable food and packaging industry, with a focus on three main strategic topics: health & wellbeing, bioeconomy & circular economy and safety & resilience. They recently released their annual report. We take a closer look at their work in the packaging field.
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ArticleCarbios’ bio-recycling plant set to receive 15kt PET supply from Hündgen Entsorgungs
Hündgen Entsorgungs has entered a supply agreement to source, prepare, and supply Carbios’ industrial-scale bio-recycling plant with 15kt of post-consumer PET flakes every year from late 2026.
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ArticleSmart Planet Technologies produces recyclable coating for flexible paper
Smart Planet Technologies aims to facilitate a transition into paper-based flexible packaging with its recyclable nanocomposite coating – said to offer ten times the moisture barrier and twenty times the oxygen barrier performance of conventional polyethylene coatings.
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ArticleDow, Henkel, and Kraton cut carbon footprint of hot melt adhesives
Dow, Henkel Adhesive Technologies, and Kraton Corporation have apparently reduced the carbon footprint of two of Henkel’s hot melt adhesive formulas for end-of-line packaging.
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ArticleStarbucks joins Podback’s coffee pod recycling scheme
Starbucks has partnered with Podback to collect used Starbucks At Home coffee pods from drop-off points or at kerbside, recycling them into beverage cans, supermarket crates, and more.
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ArticleCompostable crisp packet displays mental health messages when opened
Beavertown has revealed a limited-edition crisp packet made from Parkside’s compostable films, with on-pack designs offering conversation starters surrounding mental health in a partnership with the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM).
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ArticleUnpacking the positive and negative developments from INC-4
The latest round of negotiations on the creation of the United Nations’ legally-binding treaty on plastic pollution has ended. And, while important progress has certainly been made, there were still a number of setbacks and shortfalls. To learn more about all of this, we spoke with Erin Simon, Vice President and Head of Plastic Waste and Business at WWF, who was present at INC-4.
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ArticleUPM Raflatac unveils Carbon Action portfolio in global decarbonization drive
UPM Raflatac has launched its Carbon Action Plastic Labels portfolio in a bid to help its customers reduce the carbon footprint of their packaging materials and demonstrate its own commitment to the United Nations’ climate action initiatives.
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ArticleSiegwerk prints mono-PE pet food bag with recyclable barrier coatings
Aiming for a high-barrier, fully recyclable packaging solution for dry pet food, Siegwerk has applied its CIRKIT functional coatings to a mono-PE bag developed alongside Windmöller & Hölscher and B&B.