All Sustainability articles – Page 213
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ArticleFirst Mile and Fashion for Good team up on closed-loop fashion waste scheme
First Mile has joined forces with Fashion for Good in a new pilot scheme that aims to test a key part of the infrastructure of a potential circular system to tackle the issue of plastic polybag waste.
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ArticlePackaging in the Anthropocene
In a world heading towards climate crisis, Packaging Europe’s Tim Sykes calls for a radical reframing of the sustainability agenda.
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ArticleLidl reveals food packaging made from 30% ocean-bound plastic
Lidl will become the first UK supermarket to launch new packaging using ocean-bound plastic, plastic that would have otherwise ended up in the ocean, collected from beaches and coastline around South East Asia.
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ArticlePrimitives uses nature as the inspiration for its sensing, compostable thin film material
We spoke with San-Francisco-based start-up, Primitives, about its compostable bioplastic product that can sense and respond to the environment around it.
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ArticleAdding value to polymers
How do we determine the value of polymers in a vast global marketplace, and with a balancing act between developing solutions by adding properties to polymers, versus the overall carbon emissions and sustainability of the packaging material?
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ArticleQuinn launches food-grade PET packaging made from 100% recycled material
Quinn Packaging is continuing its drive to improve the sustainability of plastic food packaging with the development of its newest product, Orbital.
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ArticleLooking back at Pharmapack Europe 2020
This year’s Pharmapack Europe event explored the key trends that are projected to have an impact on the pharma packaging industry in the coming year.
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Article"We need to think laterally and in unusual ways" – a conversation with Garçon Wines
Can Garçon Wines’ novel invention challenge the glass bottle for superiority in a notoriously competitive market?
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ArticleThe start-up interview: Is blockchain a key to the circular economy?
Netherlands-based Circularise uses emerging cryptographic and blockchain technologies to speed up the transition to a circular economy.
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ArticleRuinart reveals fibre-based, carbon-reducing case for champagne bottles
The world’s oldest champagne house, Maison Ruinart, has announced a new lighter, fibre-based, recyclable case that it says reduces carbon footprint by 60%.
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ArticleStora Enso introduces new barrier boards
Stora Enso is expanding its range of fibre-based packaging materials by introducing new dispersion barrier materials for paper cups and food packaging.
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ArticleP&G announces “significant” sustainability advances – including HolyGrail update
Procter & Gamble (P&G) has announced “significant advances” across European sustainability projects in pursuit of its “Ambition 2030” goals.
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ArticleP&G and Viridor agree five-year contract for supply of HDPE
Viridor will supply HDPE (high-density polyethylene) to P&G in a move that is projected to save the equivalent of 200 million bottles of virgin plastic over five years.
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ArticleMondi unveils “sustainable by design” solution for avocado packaging
Mondi has partnered with Cartro on a new avocado box that they argue is “sustainable by design”.
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ArticleEMSUR joins CEFLEX initiative
EMSUR has become the most recent member of CEFLEX, a consortium of European companies that promotes the circularity of flexible packaging.
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Article"Only as much packaging as necessary" – an introduction to banding
Thomas Weber, Content Manager at ATS-Tanner Banding Systems AG puts the case forward for banding as a resource-efficient, sustainable solution to the plastic waste issue.
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ArticleA look back at an innovative quarter for UFlex
UFlex announced a range of sustainability, engineering, aesthetic, and anti-counterfeiting innovations in Q3 of FY19-20.
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ArticlePackaging Innovations 2020: next generation of packaging on display
Cutting-edge packaging technologies and solutions will take centre stage at Packaging Innovations 2020, which returns on 26 & 27 February.
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An exclusive interview with Dow ahead of interpack 2020
In anticipation of interpack 2020, we spoke with Dow about circularity in plastics and its advancements in feedstock and mechanical recycling.
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ArticleAmcor develops multivitamin packaging made from 100% recycled content
Amcor has launched what it says is the multivitamin segment’s first PET container made from 100% post-consumer recycled content resin.