All Sustainability articles – Page 226
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ArticleTri-Star Launches Sustainable Deli Pot Range
Tri-Star Packaging has launched a brand new addition to its extensive deli pot range for the food-to-go sector.
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ArticleInternational Plastic Recycling Groups Announce Global Definition of “Plastics Recyclability”
In an effort to provide a consistent metric to guide the efforts of sustainability for plastics in the Circular Economy, two international recycling organizations have developed a global definition governing the use of the term “recyclable”.
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ArticleAeropowder Launches Pluumo, Thermal Packaging Created from Surplus Feathers
London based start-up AEROPOWDER has unveiled pluumo, a new form of sustainable thermal packaging material.
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ArticleIncreased Demand for Reusable Plastic Containers in the US
Demand for new reusable plastic containers) for fresh produce is projected to increase 7.6% per year to $185 million in 2022, making them one of the fastest growing produce packaging products, Freedonia Group reports.
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ArticleBag-in-Box 2.0.: A Twist on Beverage Packaging from NWB
A Finnish start-up has launched an innovative packaging for liquids that pushes the boundaries of design, cuts costs and helps to save the environment.
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ArticleRKW Launches Starseal Tie Handle, Biodegradable Waste Bags
RKW is launching a biodegradable star-sealed bag for organic household waste in Germany. Certified as fully compostable by DIN Certco, it is also the first T-shirt starseal bag available on the market made of more than 50 % from renewable materials.
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ArticleForever Living Reformulates its Flagship Drinking Gels & Introduces 100% Recyclable Tetra Pak Packaging
Forever Living, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year has reformulated its flagship product range so its aloe vera drinking gels now contain even higher concentrations of aloe.
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ArticlePackaging Connections 06/07/2018
The highlights of this week in video format, featuring crispy bacon out of the microwave, films and nets made from fruit and vegetable byproducts and unique identifiers for beverage cans thanks to Blockchain.
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ArticleThe Plastics Strategy Still Has Room for Improvement
In light of the ENVI Committee’s upcoming vote on the Plastics Strategy on July 10, FEAD, the EU private waste and resource management industry, welcomes MEP Mark Demesmaeker’s draft own-initiative report.
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ArticlePET Recycling Industry Installed Capacity Reviewed
78 PET recycling facilities located all over Europe were evaluated. The results point to a PET recycling capacity in Europe of 2.1 million tonnes for 2017.
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Co-op’s new initiative for plastic bottle recycling
The Co-op is set to implement the UK’s first plastic bottle deposit scheme, becoming an example for retailers to look back upon when implementing their own schemes, according to GlobalData.
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ArticleALPLA and FROMM cooperate in PET recycling
ALPLA, the Austrian packaging solutions specialist, and FROMM (Switzerland) have agreed on a collaboration in relation to PET recycling.
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ArticleBiodegradable Films and Nets for Vegetables
The project BIOVEGE, in which AIMPLAS participates, has resulted in new biodegradable films and nets for horticultural products and food colourants and additives from waste coming from products harvested in the field of Almería.
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ArticleFirst Plant to Recover Food Packaging Waste
In September 2018 the world’s first facility for POAL recycling will be in operation to produce Ecoallene.
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ArticleRecoup and Norfolk Waste Partnership Cut Householders Confusion on Plastics Recycling
National Recycling Charity, RECOUP, have joined forces with Norfolk Waste Partnership with support from Marks & Spencer plc and RPC Group plc, to deliver a programme within Norfolk aimed at inspiring young people to recycle.
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ArticleCradle to Cradle – a Tangible Vision?
Experts are warning that there might be more plastic than fish swimming in the sea in 2050 – at the moment, 150 million tonnes of plastic are in the world’s oceans.
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ArticleSuppliers Inspire Innovation: A Preview of Packaging Innovations and Luxury Packaging London
Packaging Innovations and Luxury Packaging London 2018 return to London Olympia on 12-13 September. More than 150 names are already on board for 2018, with early indications that 45 percent of the showfloor will be launching new products.
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ArticleTetra Pak Index 2018 Sees Opportunities for Smart Packaging in Growing Online Grocery Market
Smart packaging technologies based on unique digital codes will take both online and off-line grocery in exciting new directions during the next few years, says the Tetra Pak Index 2018, launched on Wednesday.
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ArticleUPM Raflatac launches sustainable RAFNXT+ versions of BPA-free thermal label materials
UPM Raflatac is introducing to the European market three new sustainable, BPA-free label materials for retail weigh-price and backroom labelling applications as well as for logistics labeling.
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ArticleSustainability 4.0
As every engineer is taught, ‘what you can measure, you can manage’. In an age of smart manufacturing, there’s an opportunity to leverage information to improve the environmental footprint of CPG – according to Rockwell Automation’s Marcel Woiton.