All Sustainability articles – Page 223
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reCUP™ Set to be Collected by Panda Recycling
Panda Recycling has announced plans to include paper products coated with Smart Planet Technologies’ EarthCoating®, available in the UK on the reCUP™ recyclable cup range, into its existing UK and Ireland recycling operations.
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Article'Imagine if we had thousands of Colosseums!' - on the need for reality-based design
Arco Berkenbosch, Smurfit Kappa’s VP, Innovation and Development, speaks to Libby White and Tim Sykes about the importance of factoring in realistic end-of-life scenarios when designing packaging for sustainability.
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ArticlePack the Future
The Museum of Brands opened a new display to the public on Thursday 22nd February 2018, Pack the Future, focussing on the topic of sustainable packaging.
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ArticleHOW SUSTAINABILITY COMPLEMENTS THE DESIGN PROCESS
Sustainability has always been a key factor in plastic packaging design and new techniques are now ensuring it is even more at the heart of the process, explains Brian Lodge, RPC design manager.
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ArticleTetra Pak Delivers Over Half a Billion Fully Renewable Packages
Tetra Pak has now delivered more than half a billion packs of Tetra Rex® Bio-based, the world’s first beverage carton to be manufactured entirely from renewable materials.
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Recycling Technologies Expands on Specialism in Chemical Recycling of Plastics
Recycling Technologies Ltd, specialists in the chemical recycling of plastics, today announced two new additions to its leadership board.
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ArticleFood waste: at the convergence of technology and structure
Toine Timmermans is one of Europe’s leading authorities on food waste. Ahead of his appearance at NVC’s Forum Resource Efficiency at Anuga Foodtec, Toine shared his insights on the barriers, opportunities and role of packaging with Tim Sykes.
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ArticleTomorrow’s World: Pack to the Future
David Jahn, director at packaging automation specialist Brillopak, examines how robotics can help food manufacturers and packhouses to seize the opportunities presented by disruptive packaging trends.
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ArticleGPI's Plastic Free Food Bucket Presented at Packaging Innovations
The award-winning, plastic-free food bucket is being presented to Packaging Innovation visitors on the Graphic Packaging International stand (A24) at the 2018 show (NEC, Birmingham, February 28 – March 1).
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ArticleImagine Chemistry Winner to Supply Watermark Technology to AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has agreed to use watermark technology developed by FiliGrade, one of the winners of the 2017 Imagine Chemistry challenge.
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ArticleTotal Corbion PLA at Chinaplas: PLA Bioplastics for Demanding Applications
Total Corbion PLA will be exhibiting at the Chinaplas trade fair from 24th – 27th April in Shanghai. On display will be a number of partner applications based on Luminy® PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) resins from Total Corbion PLA.
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ArticleChemical Recycling 101
Breaking apart LEGO bricks, unbaking a cake… The use of metaphors reflects the fact that chemical recycling is a poorly understood concept in the margins of mainstream debate about plastic waste. Three experts spoke to Tim Sykes about its potential.
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Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury Launches Recycled Shrink Sleeve
Shrink sleeve manufacturer Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury (formerly Chadwicks) has announced it is one of the first UK companies to introduce a shrink sleeve that contains post-consumer recycled content (PCR).
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ArticleDalehead Foods unveils recyclable packaging for the fresh market
Dalehead Foods, a division of Tulip Ltd, has introduced paper board packaging to the fresh protein market for the first time.
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Sustainability at risk? ‘Brands must take a holistic view of the packaging life cycle to meet environmental targets’
A study exploring the importance of sustainability in packaging has revealed some worrying statistics that demonstrate the potentially misguided view held by a number of brand owners and retailers across Europe
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ArticlePlastic-free Compostable Food Pouch will be on Show at Packaging Innovations
EARTHPOUCH – the first plastic-free compostable food pouch – will be on show at Packaging Innovations following a successful first product launch earlier this year.
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ArticleThe Challenge to Packaging
Louise Edge, senior oceans campaigner for Greenpeace UK, sets out the environmentalist challenge to packaging.
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ArticleEver Changing Expectations to Drive Packaging Innovation
Brumotactillophobia is the fear of different foods touching on the same plate, viewed by food psychologists as a hangover from childhood fussy eating.
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ArticlePlastics Debate: "Investment in Recycling and Consumer Education is Key"
“Whilst industry can always do more, investment in improved recycling and consumer education has to be the way forward” says Paul Glover, Commercial Technical Director of Skymark, one of the UK’s leading independent flexible packaging manufacturers.
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ArticleInnovation at the Forefront at Packaging Innovations
Innovation will take centre stage when Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print 2018, returns to the NEC later this month.