All Sustainability articles – Page 216
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ArticleFachPack 2018 Last Look
Elisabeth Skoda picks out some of the highlights of this year’s most important European packaging expo – Nürnberg’s FachPack.
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ArticleGerman Plastics Packaging Industry Sets itself Ambitious Recycling Targets for 2025
Handling resources in an efficient and responsible manner has long played an important role in the German plastics packaging industry – in ecological as well as in economic terms.
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ArticlePackaging Connections 30/11/2018
This week's video highlights from the world of packaging include a bottle from 100% recycled plastics and a cardboard honeycomb structure previously used for surfboards protecting wine bottles in transit.
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ArticleMars Petcare Announces Europe's First Recycling Scheme for PET Food Packaging
Mars Petcare UK and recycling experts TerraCycle have launched a nationwide pet food packaging recycling programme, led by brands WHISKAS® and JAMES WELLBELOVED®.
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ArticleFirst Reusable Coffee Cup Offering Contactless Payments to be Packaged in Recycled Takeaway Cups
Sustainability Awards winner James Cropper has been working with Costa on recovering and recycling its takeaway coffee cups since the launch of CupCyclingTM in September 2017.
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ArticleThe Bioplastics Benchmark
The European Bioplastics Conference takes place next week in Berlin. Ahead of the annual, industry-defining summit, Tim Sykes caught up with Hasso von Pogrell to discuss the latest advances in bio-based polymers and their growing impact on packaging
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ArticlePackTheFuture Award 2018: 13 Winners Announced
The ceremony for the 4th edition of «PackTheFuture – The Sustainable Plastic Packaging Award», managed by ELIPSO & IK, the trade organisations representing plastic & flexible packaging in France and Germany, took place in Paris at ALL4PACK.
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ArticleAn Answer to PET Recycling Challenges
At the PETnology conference in Paris, EREMA presented its newly developed VACUNITE technology.
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ArticleGermany’s First Mineral Water Bottle from 100% Recycled Plastics
Social enterprise brand share is the first manufacturer in Germany to offer its mineral water made from bottles made from 100% recycled plastics.
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What does biodegradable packaging mean?
Following soundings with the UK packaging sector, non-government organisations and litter charities, the Foodservice Packaging Association is calling for an end to the description ’biodegradable’ in reference to packaging.
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ArticleRPC BPI Protec Launch New Recyclable Shrink Film
Governments and consumers are now demanding packaging that minimises its impact on the environment by ensuring the use of recycled content and delivering full recyclability.
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ArticleAvoiding Damage in Transit: from Surf Boards to Glass Bottles
A new biodegradable packaging solution to prevent damage to glass bottles in transit is set to transform delivery for the UK drinks industry. The packaging has been created by brothers Will and Sam Boex, founders of Flexi-Hex.
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ArticleDealing with the Special Challenges of Dairy Closures
Dairy products belong to a growing product group in global food consumption. Liquid dairy products are forecasted to grow by 30% between the years 2010 and 2020 to reach 350 billion liters.
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ArticlePackaging Connections Black Friday 23/11/2018
As Black Friday merges into Cyber Monday we focus on Amazon's and Procter and Gamble's Tide brand's efforts to optimise packaging functionality and minimise waste for the e-commerce channel
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PodcastAvery Dennison shares sustainability perspectives
Georg Müller-Hof, vice president marketing LPM-EU declares Avery Dennison’s 2025 sustainability goals.
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa’s TOPPsafe™ Adds a New Sustainability Dimension to the Supply Chain
Smurfit Kappa has invented a sustainable new alternative for the heavy wooden, chipboard and plastic boards that are used to protect palletised products during transport and storage.
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ArticleSupporting the Circular Economy with Compostable Packaging Solutions
Plastics derived from renewable biomass such as PBC are rising to the sustainability challenge - write Fabien Resweber (PTTMCC Biochem) and Lawrence Theunissen (Reverdia)
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ArticleCollect, Sort, Recycle, Repeat
Introducing the Frog Prince of packaging? Werner & Mertz, Mondi, EPEA Switzerland, Der Grüne Punkt–DSD, cyclos-HTP and the quest to create cradle-to-cradle packaging.
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ArticleNew Eye Catching Folding Carton with Nanotechnology Decorative Elements
A new recyclable folding carton featuring advanced brand enhancement technology, has been launched by specialist Fresnels Inc.
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ArticleTurning the Tide: The Eco-Box eCommerce Rethink
P&G has introduced a new bag-in-box for North American e-commerce channels to ship Liquid Tide laundry detergent with greatly increased efficiency. Tim Sykes spoke to some of the creators of the new format.