All Sustainability articles – Page 217
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WPO Releases a Position Paper about Packaging in the Circular Economy
Under the coordination of its Sustainability Committee, WPO (World Packaging Organisation) is releasing a Position Paper about Packaging in Circular Economy.
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ArticleCorrugated: Circular by nature, and ready for a sustainable future
The FEFCO Summit brought together 200 high-level corrugated industry representatives and their suppliers from 23-25 May.
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ArticleSaica Launches New Collection of 100% Recycled White Papers
Saica has started the production of Infinite; a new collection of high quality white papers which are 100% recycled.
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European Bioplastics: Directive on Reduction of Single-use Plastic Products Remains Vague on Sustainable Alternatives
The European Commission presented an ambitious new Directive to tackle marine litter by introducing a number of measures including reduction and restriction of selected single-use plastic products.
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ArticlePlastic-free shopping range launched in Glasgow
A wide range of products, from locally-made herbal shampoo, to an array of herbs for cooking is available at Locavore, an innovative new ‘super’ market in Glasgow - without single-use plastics.
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ArticlePackaging Connections 25/05/2018
A good week for sustainable innovations, including a new compostable coffee capsule, a milk pack that dissolves in hot drinks and a new household-biocompostable film.
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ArticleTesco to Stop Using Hard to Recycle Materials
Tesco has announced its ambitions for a closed loop system across its UK operations.
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ArticleInternational Nonwovens Symposium Closes with an Eye on Sustainable Future
EDANA has closed its 2018 International Nonwovens Symposium (INS), having confirmed the industry’s confidence in the opportunities and strengths of the nonwovens industry.
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ArticleNew Research Project MIPLASCOE for Biodegradable and Compostable PBS Bottles
The project MIPLASCOE, framed within the call Innterconecta, seeks to recover the wastes generated in the orange juice sector productive activity through the extraction of different monomers by microbial fermentation and synthesis of biopolyesters.
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ArticleMaking the Case for Plastics Packaging
Gary Buchalter, Innovations Director, RPC bpi protec, warns against demonising plastic packaging and writes about the potential benefits plastics packaging can have to cut food waste.
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ArticleTesco to Remove ‘Best Before’ Dates off Selected Fruit and Vegetable Lines
Tesco is to remove ‘Best Before’ consumption guidance dates off nearly 70 fruit and vegetable lines in a move to help reduce food waste and to prevent perfectly edible food from being thrown away.
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa MB12 Food-Safe Carton Now Available for Primary Packaging
The food-safe MB12 packaging helps customers to eliminate mineral oil migration with a sustainable solution.
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ArticleSouthgate® launches household-biocompostable air pillow film
Pacplan® AirWave™ household-biocompostable films perform just like their polythene cousins, but when their working life is over they retire to a compost heap where they quietly disappear.
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ArticleEuro Group encourages Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Return
This week, Euro Group introduced the launch of its brand-new, multi-use mailing bag concept, Retain/ Return.
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ArticleStora Enso accelerates growth in renewable materials by co-operating with the start-up Sulapac
Stora Enso and Sulapac have signed a joint development agreement to combat the global problem of plastic waste by accelerating the use of fully renewable, recyclable and biodegradable materials in packaging.
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ArticleFocus on Sustainability, Digitisation and Efficiency at Hispack 2018
The digitisation of the industry, sustainability, logistic efficiency and the improvement of the experience of use of packaging have been the main concepts that marked the recent edition of Hispack.
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ArticleNew UK Company Unveils Plans to Revolutionise End-of-life Plastic Recycling
A new company has announced its plans to build and operate new plastic recycling plants in the UK, using a breakthrough technology to chemically recycle end-of-life plastics into valuable oils and chemicals.
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ArticlePackaging Connections 18/05/2018
The latest from the packaging industry, including a talking skull that reacts to facial expressions, the world's only mass production DTS digital decoration technology and biocomposites as a replacement for plastics.
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ArticleA new generation of compostable coffee capsule
Flo has introduced Gea, an industrially compostable coffee capsule created in partnership with NatureWorks. Flo’s Gea capsule is the result of a two-year joint development process.
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ArticleDow and Pumpart take ground-breaking tube design to next level
Dow to further develop high efficiency tube in collaboration with PumpArt System, a French packaging designer.