All Sustainability articles – Page 205
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ArticleFinalist interviews: Frugalpac's coffee cup made from 96% recycled paperboard
In the first of our interviews with the Sustainability Awards 2020 finalists, we talk with Frugalpac, the creator of a coffee cup made from 96% recycled paperboard that has a carbon footprint up to 60% lower than conventional alternatives.
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ArticleSyntegon wins German Packaging Award for innovative form, fill and seal system
The German Packaging Institute has honoured Syntegon Technology with a German Packaging Award for its compact TPU1000 form, fill and seal system.
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ArticleThe Sustainable Packaging Summit 2020 goes digital
Packaging Europe's Sustainable Packaging Summit 2020 will now be taking place as a season of world-class digital events.
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ArticleWebinar: How to achieve recyclability in transparent food contact plastic packaging
In this webinar you will learn about SP GROUP’s RPET trays with up to 100% recycled content for food contact applications, monomaterial structures for recyclable flexible packaging as well as compostable materials.
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ArticleThe Wider View: Sustainable power of flexibles
Packaging Europe finds out about the challenges and opportunities faced when moving from rigid packaging materials such as cans and jars to flexible packaging materials and looks opportunities and limitations of paper packaging.
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ArticleIs refillable and reusable growth set to continue its skyward trend?
In this article, Paul Jenkins, managing director of ThePackhub, takes a look at some of the most exciting products to have come out of the refillable and reusable packaging sectors in the last 12 months.
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ArticleOn Second Thoughts... We cannot recycle our way out of plastic pollution
Yoni Shiran, Programme Director at SYSTEMIQ, tells us why recycling is not the single answer to the plastic pollution dilemma.
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ArticleBaker Perkins reveals extrusion-based biodegradable chip packaging
Baker Perkins has adapted twin-screw extrusion technology used extensively for starch-based foods to produce biodegradable loose fill chips, or peanuts, of expanded packaging.
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ArticleWhat’s the role of bioplastics in a sustainable packaging future?
Join us on 10th September 12:00 (CEST) to watch an expert panel debate the place of bioplastics in packaging sustainability.
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Article“Doing more, with less”: The future of lightweight packaging
At a time when the industry is scrambling to react to societal and political pressure for more sustainable packaging, Andrew Capper, creative director at Echo, looks at how lightweighting could help solve this issue.
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ArticleSous Vide Tools launches compostable vacuum pouches
In what it believes to be an industry first, Sous Vide Tools has launched Sustaina Pouch, a range of plastic-free, compostable chamber vacuum pouches.
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ArticleOmya presents extended portfolio of high-performance and bio-based barrier coatings for food packaging
In this Innovation Spotlight, Omya reports on how it has enhanced its barrier portfolio of high-performance solutions with the acquisition of Solar Inks and its bio-based barrier solutions.
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ArticleKao turns refill packs into primary packaging with new pump
Kao Corporation has developed the Raku-raku Switch, which attaches directly to its Raku-raku Eco Pack Refill packs, turning them into primary packaging.
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ArticleStora Enso accelerates production of fibre-based packaging foam
Stora Enso has announced its plans to build a pilot facility for the production of Cellufoam, a lightweight, fibre-based foam material for protective packaging and cushioning.
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ArticleNude products: Is the end of packaging coming?
The desire for sustainable consumption is growing, but at the same time, the products should also be safe and comfortable. How can the industry react to these sometimes contradictory trends?
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PodcastPodcast: Changing perceptions of packaging in turbulent times
As COVID-19 is changing the way all of us live our lives, Elisabeth Skoda talks to James Harmer, planning & innovation strategy leader at Cambridge Design Partnership about changing perceptions of consumer packaged goods.
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ArticleWaveGrip launches plastic can carrier containing 50% PCR
WaveGrip, a brand of Berry Global, has launched a new style of multi-pack carrier for cans that contains over 50% recycled plastic.
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ArticleZooplus turns to Mondi for recyclable, monomaterial dog food packaging
Mondi is supplying mono-material, recyclable packaging to Zooplus AG, a leading European pet food online retailer, for its new dry dog food product line.
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ArticleQuadpack presents the Sulapac Nordic collection
Quadpack and Sulapac have jointly developed a new biodegradable cosmetics jar range.
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Article“Now is the time to transition to a circular economy”
In this article, TOMRA gives its views on how the current pandemic can support a green recovery, as well as a transition to a circular economy for plastics.