All Sustainability articles – Page 225
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ArticleExploring the Norwegian Model
Tracy Sutton, renowned consultant in circular economy packaging design and founder of Root, reports on her recent field trip to study Norway’s waste management systems.
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Article25 years of Sustainability in Action – 25 years of RIGK
Growing environmental protection – plastics recycling in practice: in 1993 RIGK began organising the recovery and recycling of industrial and commercial plastics packaging.
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ArticleUK’s Leading Packaging Show Calls for Truly Innovative and Sustainable Solutions
The UK’s largest event for the entire packaging community, Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print, returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 28 February & 1 March 2018.
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ArticleWeener Plastics adopts pioneering approach with PCR
Driven by innovation and the ambition to push boundaries, Weener Plastics has initiated a variety of circular economy programmes.
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ArticleMetsä Board Launches an Innovative Eco-barrier Paperboard
Metsä Board, a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards, is launching a new eco-barrier paperboard, which offers brands looking for non-plastic packaging with barrier properties a viable alternative.
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ArticleHolistic Approach Needed to Solve Coffee Cup Recycling Problem
Paul Foot, a partner and patent attorney at intellectual property firm Withers & Rogers, explores innovation in the context of the proposed 'latte levy'.
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa’s Sustainable Fruit Packaging on Show at Fruit Logistica
Smurfit Kappa’s sustainable packaging is having a transformative effect on the European fresh produce sector, with one customer reporting a sales increase of 50%.
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Amcor is First Global Packaging Company Pledging to Develop all its Packaging to be Recyclable or Reusable by 2025
Amcor has become the first global packaging company pledging to develop all its packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2025, directly addressing a major environmental issue with capability, scale and reach.
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ArticleEcoCortec® Announces Partnership in European BIOCOMPACK Project
EcoCortec® d.o.o. is proud to announce that it is the first bioplastics plant in Croatia and is a partner in the €1.95 million European BIOCOMPACK project.
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ArticleLIFE RECYPACK project implements alternative management of commercial packages
The LIFE RECYPACK project will implement a new public-private waste management project for commercial plastic packages in line with the circular economy criteria.
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ArticleSustainability Takes Centre Stage at Packaging Innovations 2018
With the reduction of plastic packaging a current hot topic in the media, the UK’s only sustainable packaging event, Ecopack is more relevant than ever.
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Article‘Meanwhile the flexibles industry is quietly working on solutions’
As popular media focuses unprecedented attention on the issue of plastic waste, stakeholders across industry have continued working to integrate polymers into the circular economy model. Exclusive interview with CEFLEX’s Graham Houlder
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ArticleRPC To Highlight Plastics’ Essential Role
The many positive benefits of plastics – in particular the material’s contribution to a more sustainable world – will be highlighted on the RPC Group stand (A40) at this year’s Packaging Innovations at the NEC.
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ArticleA second life for flexible plastic packaging
According to research of the MacArthur Foundation (EMF), merely 14 percent of the plastic packaging used globally makes its way to recycling plants, while 40 percent ends up in landfill and only 1/3 in fragile ecosystems.
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FPA Welcomes 25 Year Environment Plan
The FPA welcomes the Prime Minister Theresa May’s statement and 25 Year Plan for the Environment paper. All efforts to increase sustainability and recycling should be encouraged.
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ArticleWhen is plastic 'avoidable'?
Rose Brooke, editor of our sister magazine EPPM, raises important questions about the UK government's plan to stamp out all 'avoidable plastics' in 25 years.
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ArticleThe Coming Year in Packaging: Predictions for 2018
Packaging Europe canvassed opinion on the trends and technologies that will characterise CPG and retail packaging over the coming year. A diverse group of industry authorities passed around our crystal ball. Here's what they foresaw.
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ArticleIndustry responds to EU Plastics Strategy
On the backdrop of blanket calls for elimination of plastics, major packaging industry stakeholders have reacted positively to the European Commission’s holistic strategy, released yesterday, for integration of polymers into the Circular Economy.
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ArticlePackaging in Europe at Epicentre of Bioplastics Explosion
Packaging Europe’s Tim Sykes was among the 330 delegates seeking to map the future of a sector that looks to have an increasingly prominent role in packaging
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ArticleEU Releases Holistic Strategy for Plastics in Circular Economy
Amid a flurry of popularly driven single-bullet announcements on plastic waste and packaging, the EU's new strategy is a typically deliberative and balanced approach, setting out to define how plastics fit the broader circular economy agenda.