All Sustainability articles – Page 23
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ArticleCollaboration service from DS Smith to streamline packaging redesign
DS Smith has launched PackRight 2.0, a hybrid collaboration service designed to help businesses in e-commerce, fast-moving consumer goods, and more redesign their packaging for improved sustainability – quickly, efficiently, and at low cost.
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ArticleBEUMER’s stretch hood technology envisions safe, efficient recycled film wrapping
BEUMER Group will display its latest ‘maintenance-friendly’ stretch hood technology – compatible with films containing recycled content and targeting improved safety, efficiency, and ergonomic performance – at FACHPACK 2024.
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ArticleIMA Group targets pharma and consumer goods by acquiring Sarong divisions
In an effort to strengthen its presence in the pharma and consumer goods sectors, IMA Group has closed the acquisition of Sarong’s Packaging Machinery and Packaging Materials divisions, forming IMA Sarong.
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Henkel’s rPET film made from household waste
Ahead of this year’s Sustainability Awards, we spoke to finalist Henkel about its entry in the Commercialized Driving the Circular Economy category - an rPET film for blister packaging made from unused PET blisters and trays from household waste.
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ArticleEntries open early for Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025
Entries for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025 are now open - earlier than usual - with participants from every part of the plastics recycling chain in Europe invited to enter.
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: BOTTA EcoPackaging’s paper cushioning bag
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to BOTTA EcoPackaging about its Eco-Paper Cushioning Bag, nominated in the Commercialized E-commerce category. You’re a finalist in the Sustainability Awards 2024. Congratulations! To start off, could you summarise your entry, in less ...
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ArticleAll 27 Member States miss collection and recycling targets and face infringement procedure
The European Commission is commencing an infringement procedure against all 27 EU Member States for falling short of legally binding collection and recycling targets, including the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive’s expectation of recycling 55-80% of packaging waste by the end of 2008.
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ArticleWhat lessons can be learned from brands missing their packaging sustainability targets?
Major brand owners like PepsiCo, Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive have recently announced that they will fail to reach their sustainable packaging objectives. John Blake, a senior director analyst at Gartner who predicted this trend back in 2021, tells us more about the important learnings the industry can take away.
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ArticleUpcoming project sets sights on high-quality LDPE recyclate from household waste
RWTH Aachen University’s Institute for Plastics Processing in Industry and Craft (IKV) has announced an industrial research project aspiring to combine the best recycling technologies available and boost LDPE recyclate quality in mechanical recycling processes.
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ArticleMarine Conservation Society reports 80% drop in carrier bags on UK beaches
The Marine Conservation Society says that its beach clean data has shown an average drop of 80% in carrier bags found washed up on UK beaches.
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ArticleNew Domino printing lines replace bottle labels with on-cap QR codes
Domino Printing Sciences aims to support the transition into label-free beverage bottles with a range of Bottle Closure Printing Stations, designed to print variable data and machine-readable codes onto HDPE bottle caps and closures.
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ArticleArchroma secures gold EcoVadis sustainability rating
Specialty chemicals company Archroma has been awarded a Gold rating by EcoVadis, the global rating agency for sustainability performance.
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ArticleMetsä Group envisions 240,000-ton capacity at upcoming tissue paper mill
Metsä Group is planning a state-of-the-art tissue paper mill with an annual capacity of 240,000 tons – a move intended to reduce reliance on tissue product imports and contribute to a transition into fossil-free material raw materials.
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ArticleIndustry and academia join forces to integrate lignin into epoxy coatings
AGC Vinythai and Michigan State University’s Prof. Mojgan Nejad are working alongside allnex to increase the biobased content of epoxy resins and coatings by replacing the traditional bisphenol A with lignin.
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ArticleSiegwerk achieves ISO certification for carbon calculation and reporting
Siegwerk has announced the completion of its carbon audit - consisting of the validation of the Partial Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of inks, coatings and varnishes and the verification of the Corporate Carbon Footprint (CCF) – which it says has received International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification.
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ArticleHow to get everyone on board with reuse and refill – the Unilever way
Unilever has laid out its six steps to unlock successful reusable and refillable packaging models, including advice for encouraging uptake among consumers and retailers – basing its findings on systems currently operating in Africa and Asia.
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ArticleWooden cutlery dispenser aims to minimize germs and avoid single-use plastics
Celebration Packaging has developed a zero-touch dispenser for disposable wooden cutlery, striving for a hygienic, convenient, and sustainable solution for single-use tableware.
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ArticleRenewi and Freepoint Eco-Systems to build new waste plastic sorting and treatment infrastructure
Renewi and Freepoint Eco-Systems are set to enter into a long-term partnership to produce feedstock for the advanced recycling of waste plastics.
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ArticleWhat can a local football team teach us about young people’s views on water bottles?
Over the previous football season, Packaging Europe got involved in a packaging sustainability collaboration with a local youth football team, with a view to learning about young consumer habits and behaviour. What results is a small-sample snapshot of differing behaviours, differing perceptions of sustainability – and the familiar gap between consumer ideas and actions.
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ArticleWorld-famous blue NIVEA Creme tin now made from 80% recycled aluminium
Beiersdorf has incorporated a minimum of 80% recycled aluminium into its NIVEA Creme tin – a move expected to cut around 8,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions from the company’s operations between now and 2025.