All Sustainability articles – Page 220
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ArticleSustainable Humans
SUP bans lead to social and local discrimination - argues Sustainable Packaging Summit keynote speaker, Jocelyne Ehret of www.therightpackaging.com
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ArticleLidl Ireland & Northern Ireland Remove Unrecyclable Black Plastic Packaging
Lidl confirmed today it is removing black plastic packaging from its entire fruit and vegetable range across all 195 Ireland and Northern Ireland stores before Christmas.
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Making the Case for PET Sheets
The EU Single Use Plastics Directive Proposal is currently under the assessment of the European Parliament. The proposal foresees the consumption reduction of PET trays - a circular packaging product with a high amount of recycled content.
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ArticleCo-op Partners with Novamont to Replace Plastic Carrier Bags with Compostable Alternatives
The Co-op and Novamont have announced a collaboration aimed at supplying the British retailer with a new kind of compostable carrier bag, as an alternative to traditional non-biodegradable and non-compostable plastic bag.
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ArticleWalkers Crisps to Create UK's First Nationwide Recycling Scheme for Crisp Packets
Walkers is set to launch the UK’s first nationwide recycling scheme for crisp packets. People will be encouraged to either drop off their packets at one of the hundreds of public access collection points.
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ArticleIs your packaging vegan-friendly?
The increasingly ethical and health-conscious demands of consumers is driving new quality standards and has inspired Gabriel-Chemie to introduce a new range of products to answer the demand for Halal and Vegan-compliant products.
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ArticleSorting the Plastic Recycling Problem
The number of polymers in packaging means raising recycling rates in a single collection stream demands better identification / sorting of plastics. Increasing interest and investment focuses on two technologies: UV tracers and digital watermarking
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ArticlePackaging Connections 05/10/2018
Smurfit Kappa shares a radically open approach to sustainable packaging design, Ball Aerosol Packaging launches Eyeris®- a new HD printing technique, and Tetra Pak explains its new packaging material effects.
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ArticleBeverage Carton Industry: Ambitious Policy Implementation and Industry Initiatives for Increased Recycling
Recycling of beverage cartons is growing in the EU and reached 48% in 2017, according to industry-wide figures. This marks the twelfth consecutive year of increased recovery for recycling. Last year, the total recovery rate reached 76%.
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ArticleParkside Launches Fully Recyclable Flexible Packaging Laminate
Parkside has launched a new fully recyclable single polymer laminate with the barrier properties and sealing performance that mirrors a range of commonly used laminates in the flexible packaging sector that are not currently recycled.
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ArticleEnvisioning a Better Planet
As the world wrestles with the relationship of packaging to the environment, Smurfit Kappa has been rethinking its own engagement with sustainability. Arco Berkenbosch speaks about the challenges and SK's new, radically outward-facing approach
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ArticleMaking Dog Food Packaging More Sustainable
Graphic Packaging International ("GPI") has teamed up with leading British manufacturer of food for dogs, Butcher's Pet Care (Butcher's), to replace shrink film multipacks with sustainable fully enclosed carton board multipacks.
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ArticleShould we be Using Plastic at All?
Noel Morrin, Executive Vice President Sustainability at Stora Enso, makes a bold statement: Anything made from fossil-fuel today can be made from a tree tomorrow.
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Avery Dennison Wins Labelexpo 2018 Sustainability Award
Avery Dennison has announced winning the 2018 Sustainability Award for its new Sustainability Procurement Program at the Label Industry Global Awards ceremony in Rosemont, Illinois.
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ArticleAEROBAL Reports 5% Rise of Worldwide Aluminium Can Output
The companies belonging to the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL) produced nearly 3.3 billion cans in the first half of 2018.
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ArticleNAUM Explores Next-Gen Graphene Nanotube Products
There is a great deal of interest in graphene nanotubes in packaging, where the strength and anti-conductive properties of coatings offer potential downgauging and anti-static applications
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ArticleRecord numbers attend Plastics Recycling Conference
Plastics resource and recycling charity, RECOUP, hosted 400 attendees at their annual Plastics Recycling Conference this year. Discussions covered the whole of the plastics resource and recycling value chain, as did the delegates in attendance.
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"A giant step for the circular economy"
This week’s video features Amcor’s breakthrough launch of a polyolefin high-barrier film platform that’s recyclable in existing streams and matches performance of existing multi-material substrates across a range of ambient & retortable applications.
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ArticleMAUSER and NCG Present New Products for the Circular Economy of Industrial Packaging
MAUSER Group presented innovative and sustainable packaging solutions for a circular economy of tomorrow during this year's FachPack.
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ArticleA Fully Recyclable Reclosure Solution for MAP Packaging
At FachPack2018, Schur Flexibles presented FlexiClose(re), an innovative packaging concept, which offers optimal product protection, consumer-friendly use, attractive optics and excellent recyclability.