All Sustainability articles – Page 204
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa Launches New Olive Oil Packaging
Smurfit Kappa has recently launched a new stand-up Pouch for olive oil. Part of its Pouch-Up® portfolio, the new pouch is available as a 1.5L unit, and weighs 17 times less than its glass counterpart.
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ArticleDevelopment of an International Tool for the Circular Design of Packaging
From a request of WPO Vice President Sustainability, Antro Säilä, Ernst Krottendorfer, Managing Director of Packforce, WPO member in Austria, prepared the Circular Packaging Design Guideline.
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ArticleSustainable Design Series 1 - Sculpted By The Sun
Global creative agency Anthem Worldwide’s Benelux team are passionate about the role of design in creating more sustainable packaging solutions.
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ArticleAmcor Evolves High-Barrier Packaging with New Recyclable Material
There is an urgent need to address packaging waste, a challenge that is widely acknowledged. The challenge has been finding solutions. A new material now makes recycling an option for previously hard-to-recycle high-barrier packaging
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ArticleSidel: Creating Value from Plastic Waste
As a leader in solutions for PET packaging, among others, Sidel is well placed to give us a picture of how the industry is tackling the complex and often divisive sustainability issues the plastics industry is faced with.
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ArticleBelow the Surface
A strong magnifying lens has been focused on the sustainability of materials, plastics generally being placed at the epicentre of debate and blame. But what about aluminium?
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AVERY DENNISON’S RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE (rPE) FACESTOCK OFFERS INDUSTRY FIRST
The labelling industry’s first-ever facestock made from recycled polyethylene (rPE) has been introduced by Avery Dennison.
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Article“Small steps can make a huge collective impact”
Libby White talks to Susie Ma, founder of Tropic Skincare, a beauty brand which has recently launched its products with a fresh approach in refillable packaging.
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ArticlePioneering sorting technology: HolyGrail project moves towards a circular economy
The pioneering project HolyGrail, led by Procter & Gamble and facilitated by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, officially closed on May 23rd.
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ArticleDow and Menshen reverse tradition for spouted pouches
Dow and Menshen, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of caps, closures and single-serve capsules, announce the new transformative Reverse Spout Sealing Technology that enables the production of spouted pouches made of mono-material films.
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ArticlePackaging Papers with Improved Barrier Properties
Sustainable materials that are easy to recycle have become decisive parameters in the choice of packaging for branded goods.
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Plastiroll acquisition broadens Walki Group's offering of sustainable packaging solutions
Walki Group has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the shares of Plastiroll Oy, a Finnish sustainable packaging material producer, from funds managed by Sponsor Capital and key personnel of the company.
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa announces winners of its Better Planet Packaging Design Challenge
Smurfit Kappa has announced the winners of its first ever Better Planet Packaging Design Challenge.
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ArticlePackaging that Measures the Ripeness of Tropical Fruit
ILIP's Smart Ripe is a packaging that provides real-time information on the ripeness of fruit, which the company says can provide value to the supply chain and offer consumers the product that best suits their needs.
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ArticleThe Challenge of Creating a "Net Positive" Supply System
Rolf Stangl, chief executive at SIG Combibloc, explores the role packaging companies can play to build zero carbon and circular economy solutions.
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ArticleFrom PET Flakes Directly to 100 percent rPET Preforms
The first XTREME Renew Flakes to Preform System, which directly produces new, food-grade 100 percent rPET preforms from recycled PET flakes in a single process step, was recently presented with a World Star Packaging Award in Prague.
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ArticleBarrier Packaging Films for the Circular Economy
Innovia Films is launching the first of its new range of transparent high barrier packaging films, Propafilm™ Strata SL.
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ArticleNew Fiber-based Ready Meal Trays from Huhtamaki to Replace Black Plastic
Waitrose & Partners launches its Italian ready meal range in the new fiber-based tray suited for both microwave and regular ovens.
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ExxonMobil Introduces New Polyethylene Technology Advancements at Chinaplas 2019
ExxonMobil has announced that it plans to introduce two new performance polyethylene (PE) polymers for high-quality flexible packaging, and recyclable* full PE laminated packaging solutions, at Chinaplas 2019.
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ArticleKite Packaging launches new chilled range with 100% recyclable and eco-friendly products
Employee-owned business, Kite Packaging, has added a new chilled packaging range to its product offering.