All Sustainability articles – Page 228
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ArticleDS Smith Launches Solution to Reduce E-commerce Packaging Size
DS Smith has announced a solution set to be the first ever 3D-adaptable packaging, minimising size and cut associated costs by up to 60 per cent.
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ArticleWorking toward packaging that doesn't cost the earth
In the first of a series of interviews with the sponsors of the Sustainability Awards 2018, Georg Müller-Hof, VP marketing, introduces Avery Dennison’s sustainability vision to Packaging Europe.
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Ettlinger’s ECO melt filters make fines almost one hundred percent recyclable
By incorporating Ettlinger’s ECO high performance melt filters into the extrusion process, these substances can be continuously and almost completely removed from the melt
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ArticleNew plastics recycling partnership gives major potential for plastics
Funding of over £3m has been announced today for four projects comprising a ground-breaking new plastics recycling partnership, Project Beacon, which has the potential to recycle all plastics in Scotland and beyond
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ArticleBanning individual plastic products is ineffective
ALPLA, the Austrian packaging solutions specialist, condemns planned EU regulations on single use plastics, arguing that banning individual products threatens the European Circular Economy Action Plan in its entirety.
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ArticleAPI offers sustainable option with film-free laminate for paperboard packaging
API is witnessing an uptake in demand for its innovative Transmet™ solution as brands look to reduce the environmental impact of their packaging.
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ArticleQuorn™ eliminates black plastic trays
Meat-substitute brand takes first steps to remove black plastic from packaging, eliminating 297 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic from its supply chain. Head of packaging development Ester Takacs talks to Packaging Europe.
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ArticleSustainability‘s Race to the Top
Our panel of wonderful judges will spend the summer analysing and grading the 108 entries to this year’s Sustainability Awards. Here some of the judges share their perspectives on the initiative and on sustainability in general.
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ArticlePlastic Free Coffee Cups with Kotkamills ISLA® Duo
ISLA® Duo cupstock does not contain any plastics or waxes that are harmful for the environment or health. Easy recycling makes ISLA® Duo cups an integral part of the circular economy and makes sure that the valuable wood fibre can be reused.
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ArticlePackaging Connections 01/06/2018
Highlights this week focus on high speed print personalisation as well as changeovers, and on new supermarket with no single-use packaging.
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ArticleHuhtamaki Trials New Fiber Based Ready Meal Pack
A trial version of a renewable fiber based ready meal packaging will be tested with consumers in the UK starting end May. Huhtamaki is part of a three-party consortium developing an alternative to existing plastic ready meal trays.
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WPO Releases a Position Paper about Packaging in the Circular Economy
Under the coordination of its Sustainability Committee, WPO (World Packaging Organisation) is releasing a Position Paper about Packaging in Circular Economy.
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ArticleCorrugated: Circular by nature, and ready for a sustainable future
The FEFCO Summit brought together 200 high-level corrugated industry representatives and their suppliers from 23-25 May.
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ArticleSaica Launches New Collection of 100% Recycled White Papers
Saica has started the production of Infinite; a new collection of high quality white papers which are 100% recycled.
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European Bioplastics: Directive on Reduction of Single-use Plastic Products Remains Vague on Sustainable Alternatives
The European Commission presented an ambitious new Directive to tackle marine litter by introducing a number of measures including reduction and restriction of selected single-use plastic products.
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ArticlePlastic-free shopping range launched in Glasgow
A wide range of products, from locally-made herbal shampoo, to an array of herbs for cooking is available at Locavore, an innovative new ‘super’ market in Glasgow - without single-use plastics.
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ArticlePackaging Connections 25/05/2018
A good week for sustainable innovations, including a new compostable coffee capsule, a milk pack that dissolves in hot drinks and a new household-biocompostable film.
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ArticleTesco to Stop Using Hard to Recycle Materials
Tesco has announced its ambitions for a closed loop system across its UK operations.
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ArticleInternational Nonwovens Symposium Closes with an Eye on Sustainable Future
EDANA has closed its 2018 International Nonwovens Symposium (INS), having confirmed the industry’s confidence in the opportunities and strengths of the nonwovens industry.
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ArticleNew Research Project MIPLASCOE for Biodegradable and Compostable PBS Bottles
The project MIPLASCOE, framed within the call Innterconecta, seeks to recover the wastes generated in the orange juice sector productive activity through the extraction of different monomers by microbial fermentation and synthesis of biopolyesters.