All Sustainability articles – Page 226
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ArticleFirst Major Retailer Goes Plastic-Free
The UK’s leading frozen food specialist announced that it aims to eliminate plastic packaging by 2023. Iceland’s head of packaging Ian Schofield spoke to Tim Sykes about the implications.
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ArticleCircular Recycling System for Used Drinks Packaging to Take Shape in Cornwall
In direct response to the 5p bottle tax and the threat of an imposed 25p ‘latte levy' on coffee cups, a new project will begin later this year in Cornwall to establish the viability of a radical new ‘Beverage Bin'.
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ArticleInside Coca-Cola’s Sustainability Strategy
Tim Sykes discusses packaging and Coca-Cola's European Sustainability Action Plan with Joe Franses and Ulrike Sapiro, and discovers that alternative feedstocks, refill systems and returnables are all on the table.
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ArticleMixed reception to UK Government Plan
Specialists in the packaging, sustainability and recycling world have responded with qualified welcome for the 25-year sustainability plan unveiled by Theresa May
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ArticleWhat the UK's 25 year plan means for packaging & sustainability
May's beleaguered government won praise for 'getting serious about plastic waste'. What are the connotations for industry - and is the direction of travel conducive to holistic sustainability goals?
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ArticleTata Steel Develops Mobile Canning Concept to Cut Food Loss
Tata Steel has developed a mobile canning line concept which will allow farmers, anywhere in the world, to process and preserve their produce on site, helping to reduce food loss at source whilst generating additional revenues for farmers.
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ArticleB&G Products Produces Earthpouch® for Troofoods
Driven by a desire to make an environmentally friendly stand up pouch which can be recycled and is compostable, B&G Products and partner HAVI have spent the last couple of years developing a solution that is credible, high performing and affordable.
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ArticleLondon Student scoops National Packaging Design Competition
Young packaging designer and Ravensbourne student, Balazs Kovacs has been recognised as winner of the Pro Carton UK Young Designer Competition.
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ArticleAxion launches ‘Design for Recycling’ service
Axion has launched a new ‘Design for Recycling’ service aimed at helping the plastic packaging value chain ensure that packaging placed on the market has been optimised for end of life, while maintaining its primary function of product protection.
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ArticleIs moving to a single polymer the answer?
The M&S Plan A 2025 steps up the retailer's sustainability goals, featuring a One Polymer Road Map & target for 100% of packaging widely recycled. Tim Sykes spoke to Kevin Vyse about the implications & the company's approach to sustainable packaging
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Suez Supports Environmental Audit Committee's Conclusion on Deposit Return Schemes
David Palmer-Jones, Chief Executive Officer of SUEZ recycling and recovery UK comments on the importance of the Environmental Audit Committee's conclusion on deposit return schemes
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Promising Conclusions to Circular Economy Package
On Wednesday, EU deputy ambassadors were briefed on the deal reached on Monday by negotiators on the EU waste package.
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FPA Calls for Complete Reform of the Packaging Recovery Note System to Increase Recycling
The Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) is calling for Government to reform the Packaging Recovery Note System currently used to enable obligated businesses to meet their Producer Responsibility requirements
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ArticleNew pack improves food preservation without metallised materials & modified atmospheres
AIMPLAS coordinates the European project REFUCOAT, whose main objective is to develop new materials for food packaging in a more sustainable way.
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Revised Design for Recycling Guidelines for Polyolefin Packaging
An updated version of Design for Recycling Guidelines developed by Plastics Recyclers Europe is now available.
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ArticleSustainability Beyond Recycling
Tom Garsed, Marketing Design and Innovation Director at Graphic Packaging International (GPI), discusses the sustainability credentials of cartonboard packaging beyond recyclability.
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ArticlePET collection and recycling rates in Europe significantly increased in 2016
Out of 3.147.000 tonnes of PET bottles and containers placed in the European market in 2016, a remarkable number of 59.8% - in total 1.880.900 tonnes - were collected and thereof 1.773.200 tonnes mechanically recycled.
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65% Plastics Packaging Recycling Target is Attainable
A new study by Plastics Recyclers Europe shows that the 65% recycling target for plastic packaging is achievable by 2025. The study determines a set of measures and necessary tools that will result in attaining this recycling rate.
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ArticleStyropor from Renewable Resources
BASF’s customer Schaumaplast GmbH & Co.KG, an internationally active manufacturer of molded parts made from particle foams, is now offering packaging made from biomass-balanced Styropor®.