All Sustainability articles – Page 205
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ArticleThe debate: Biodegradable and compostable plastic bags
As we reported recently, a study conducted by researchers at the University of Plymouth, designed to provide insights into the environmental deterioration of plastic bags made from different polymer types, has been the subject of some dispute.
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Circa Group's renewable solvent wins environmental leader's top product 2019 award
CyreneTM, a bio-based, renewable solvent produced by biotechnology company Circa Group, has won Top Product 2019 at the Environmental Leader (EL) and Energy Manager Today (EMT) Awards.
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ArticleSABIC Introduces LNP™ ELCRIN™ iQ Upcycled Compounds to Extend Useful Life of PET Bottles
SABIC has introduced its LNP™ ELCRIN™ iQ portfolio of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) compounded resins derived from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) to support the circular economy and help reduce plastic waste.
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ArticleCOEXPAN teams up with NatureWorks and AMUT to Develop Biobased PLA Sheets for Barrier Packaging Applications
COEXPAN has entered into a partnership agreement with NatureWorks LLC, a biopolymers supplier and founder of Ingeo™ PLA bioplastic, and with the AMUT Group, an Italian manufacturer of extrusion and thermoforming lines.
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ArticleFiber-based Food Tray by Jospak Receives WPO Best Packaging Award
The World Packaging Organization WPO has chosen the world’s best packaging of 2019. The cardboard-based food tray by Jospak Oy, a start-up from Finland, has won the WorldStar award in the Food Packaging category.
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ArticleDiscussing Challenges and Solution across the Plastics Value Chain
The EU has set a series of very ambitious, and at the same time necessary, targets by 2030. All plastic packaging on the EU market must be reusable or cost-effectively recycled.
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ArticleThe Post Plastic Waste Era
Hugh Ross, CEO of Petainer explores refillable bottles (RefPET) as a stepping stone towards a zero-wate economy.
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ArticleEastman to Showcase its Trēva™ Engineering Bioplastic
At LUXE PACK New York on May 15th and 16th at stand A 38, Eastman will discuss two new products: Eastman Trēva™ engineering bioplastic and Cristal EV600™ copolyester.
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ArticleMultiple Routes toward Sustainability
PepsiCo VP (and Sustainability Awards judge) Chris Daly spoke to Tim Sykes about the environmental challenges for packaged goods and the need to follow a multi-dimensional, long-term roadmap to meet them.
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Chemical Recycling Enables Production of Polyester Film Containing 70% Post-Consumer Recyclate
Polyplex and TPL have presented a bioriented (Biaxially oriented) polyester films containing 70% post-consumer recyclate.
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ArticleOdour Contaminated Plastics Get ‘Second Life’
Technical knowledge based plastics compounder Luxus has as part of a consortium won an £840,462 Innovate UK grant to develop a novel process to remove retained odour from post-consumer recycled plastics.
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Bormioli Pharma launches 'first pharma-grade sustainable plastic packaging'
Italy-based Bormioli Pharma has announced what it calls the 'first sustainable plastic packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical industry'.
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ArticleBASF Signs Partnership Deal with Lactips to Market Films Based on Milk Protein
BASF and Lactips have announced that both companies have signed an exclusive contract to market Lactips’ water-soluble, 100% biobased and fully biodegradable material prepared from natural ingredients.
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ArticleScotland's new deposit return scheme a 'game-changer'?
Last week, Scotland announced its new Deposit Return Scheme which will include aluminium and steel cans as well as drinks containers made of glass and Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic with a 20p deposit.
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ArticleA new flexible packaging material based on wood fibres
Finland-based company Paptic Ltd claims to have forged a material category of its own with PAPTIC®.
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ArticleVolpak Inaugurates PouchLAB R&D centre
Volpak, focused on the design and manufacturing of horizontal form-fill machines for flexible pouches, will inaugurate in May 2019 its “PouchLAB”, a new area inside its premises, to serve as an R&D centre to support its customers
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ArticleArla Embraces Renewable and Recyclable Packaging Solutions
By the end of the year, across six countries, Arla is making 600 million fresh milk cartons renewable and 560 million yogurt pots recyclable in a move that the company says will cut 7.330 tonnes of carbon.
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ArticleThe Keys to Achieving Sustainable Plastic Food Packaging: MeetingPack 2019
On 29 and 30 May, MeetingPack2019 will present cutting-edge solutions in sustainable plastic packaging for food and beverages.
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ArticleStora Enso explores recycling paper cups for magazine paper
Stora Enso aims to start recycling used paper cups on a large scale at its Langerbrugge Mill in Belgium.
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ArticleNew bottle from Weener Plastics helps Kao reach sustainability goals
The Japanese personal care manufacturer Kao is introducing rPET bottles for its renowned hair care brand Guhl. These are manufactured by Weener Plastics.