All Sustainability articles – Page 213
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Glass Packaging Key to Connecting with Eco-conscious Millennial Beauty Fans, Industry Survey Finds
hen it comes to packaging for beauty, fragrance and medical products, three in four European millennials would opt for products in glass over any other packaging material, according to a survey.
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ArticlePackaging Connections 31/01/2019
This week's big packaging stories: engage in our #unboxingEurope digitally printed customised corrugated experiment; introducing Loop - the new shopping concept using reusable premium packaging; and Smurfit Kappa's sustainable design challenge.
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ArticleJames Cropper takes significant step towards recycling coffee cups
James Cropper has received the first bales of used coffee cups from a pioneering pilot scheme in collaboration with Forge Recycling, environmental charity Hubbub and Leeds City Council.
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Article"Setting the Record Straight": Airpop/styrofoam Successfully Recycled
The Forum for EPS Recycling, EPSY, organised within the IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V., and the airpop expert group emphasise that airpop can be recycled and is being recycled successfully.
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ArticlePolyolefins United
The embryonic PCEP project is starting to take shape. On taking on the role of chairman in December 2018, David Baker spoke to Tim Sykes about the organisation’s aims and the conclusions of its recent workshop
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ArticleThe Ambitious Realism of kp’s Pledge
Positive Plastics Pledge articulates kp's sustainability strategy and commitments for the coming decade. Tim Sykes visited CEO Daniel Dayan in London to interrogate the vision and concrete plans behind this document.
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ArticleLive from Davos: TerraCycle & Global Brand Owners Launch Retail Platform Based on Reusable Packaging
Working towards a world of zero waste and a lighter overall environmental footprint, a coalition of global brand owners and TerraCycle today unveils Loop™ – an innovative, online shopping concept challenging our reliance on single use packaging
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ArticleHP digital corrugated packaging verified for standard recycling technology
HP’s water-based corrugated packaging printing on HP PageWide digital presses is easily recyclable using standard industry recycling technology, Papiertechnische Stiftung (PTS) of Germany has verified
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ArticleIn Search of a Bio-Based Barrier
Swedish researchers, packaging manufacturers, printing companies and brand owners are investing in a joint test bed for fossil-free packaging solutions to make the packaging of tomorrow more environmentally friendly.
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ArticleSmart Adhesives
Video interview: Noel Zilberfarb, European sales director, and Pascal Peroni, Global marketing manager, discuss the latest solutions Bostik has introduced to the marketplace
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ArticleAxion: Industry Needs a Recycling Solution for PP Films
With research showing that polypropylene (PP) film is readily recyclable, industry needs to plan a viable solution to recover the 100,000 tonnes of this packaging material put on the market every year in the UK, urges Axiom.
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ArticleThe Difference between ‘Recyclable’ and ‘Circular’ Materials
All manufacturers of plastic kegs claim that their kegs are ‘recyclable’, often 100% recyclable. But what does that really mean? What’s the difference between recyclable kegs and kegs with a circular design?
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ArticleDatalase Launches New Functional Coating for Corrugated Packaging
DataLase, a provider of photonic printing solutions, has launched a new functional coating for corrugate packaging to further help brands achieve their CSR packaging goals.
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ArticleThe Long Road to Carbon-Neutral Paper
On the occasion of the official completion of the first phase of the PROVIDES project, Bernard de Galembert, CEPI’s innovation director, tells Packaging Europe about the progress of CEPI’s 2050 roadmap.
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ArticleStoropack Launches New Type of Paper Made from 50% Grass Fibers
PAPERplus® Grass, Storopack’s new type of paper, increases the focus on sustainability. The paper consists of 50 percent grass, which is a renewable raw material and requires less water and energy during production than conventional varieties.
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ArticleAchieving a circular economy through packaging and packaging waste
2019 will be a crucial year for industries involved the packaging and waste management value chain.
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ArticleQuadpack launches PCR tube
The new PCR tube from international beauty packaging manufacturer and provider Quadpack Industries is made entirely of recycled plastics.
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ArticleGlobal Alliance to End Plastic Waste Launches with $1bn commitment
An alliance of global companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain today launched a new organization to advance solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean.
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Nestlé Accelerates Action to Tackle Plastic Waste
Nestlé today laid out its broader vision to achieve a waste-free future and announced a series of specific actions towards meeting its April 2018 commitment to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025
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ArticleOne step back, two steps forward
Libby White spoke to Pablo Cartagena, Business Development Manager, Cadel Deinking, about the value and potential of deinking technology. ‘Deinking’ is a water-based technology that converts printed scrap, flexible or rigid, into new valuable pellets