All Sustainability articles – Page 230
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ArticlePackaging Connections 11/05/2018
Weekly highlights including UV light fluorescing adhesive, mailing bags made from 100% sugarcane and an extra thin ovenable film.
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ArticleDevelopments in packaging sustainability and efficiency secure Amcor two 2018 Alufoil Trophies
Two sustainable packaging innovations from Amcor that boost efficiency and improve consumer convenience have won 2018 Alufoil Trophies at the European Aluminium Foil Association awards.
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Hispack Highlights Sustainability and User Experience as the Big Challenges for Packaging
Sustainability, improving the user experience, automation and packaging logistics are the four vectors that will define the development of the packaging industry,
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ArticleFirst online retailer to use mailing bags made entirely from sugarcane
Online flash sale retailer SportPursuit has become the first e-commerce site to package its products in plastic mailing bags made entirely from sugarcane.
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ArticleTwo days left for Sustainability Awards Submissions
Submissions for the fourth annual Sustainability Awards have been are open for just another two days - closing on 15th May.
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A sweet alternative: Plastic mailing bags made from sugarcane
A new ‘greener’ plastic mailing bag has launched in the UK which has the potential to save CO2 emissions equivalent to a plane flying around the world over 10,000 times.
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Packaging Connections 04/05/2018
Weekly round-up, featuring Tetra Pak's paper straw pledge, Schur's ultra-thin barrier film, Tracy Sutton on Design Thinking, and Ulma's new skin pack solution.
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ArticlePregis Joins How2Recycle coalition
Pregis LLC has joined the How2Recycle coalition to help get more materials into the recycling stream by taking the guesswork out of the process.
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Sustainability Awards 2018
Participate in the most important competition for sustainable packaging innovation.
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ArticleTerinex Presents New Thin Ovenable Film
Terinex, a food and ovenable packaging solutions supplier and manufacturer has introduced the new Q-Tex film, a heat sealable PET mono layer HD printed food grade ovenable film.
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ArticleNew ULMA Packaging Skin Solution Cuts Film Waste
The new TFS407R by ULMA Packaging increases throughput by over 10 per cent and reduces film waste by almost half, the company claims.
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ArticleBiggest Hispack yet
Occupying three pavilions of the Fira de Barcelona Gran Via venue, Hispack 2018 will highlight innovation by offering solutions in packaging, bespoke processes and logistics for manufacturers and distributors of food, beverages, chemicals, pharmaceut
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ArticleDesign Thinking: Shifting to Value-Driven
Brands are faced with highly visible evidence that a ‘recyclable’ pack isn't always recycled. Significant efforts are being made to ensure that single-use packaging ends up in a recycling stream rather rather than in our seas – writes Tracy Sutton.
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ArticleStarbucks UK Reports 150% Increase in Reusable Cup Use
Starbucks has revealsed results from the first six weeks of a three-month trial, evaluating the impact of a 5p paper cup charge in 35 stores across the City, West End, and west London.
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ArticleStudy Finds Consumers Don't Notice On-Pack Sustainable Messaging
Consumers say that sustainability influences their purchases but most don’t notice sustainability branding on packaging, according to a new study by QuadPackaging and Package InSight, a Clemson University partner.
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ArticleTop Takeaways from the First European Shopping Bag Summit
Shopping bag converters, suppliers and customers came together in Prague on 19 April for Let’s Paper the World 2018 – the first European shopping bag summit, organised by Mondi Group’s Speciality Kraft Paper segment.
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ArticleTetra Pak to Develop Paper Straws for its Portion-size Carton Packages
Tetra Pak aims to launch a paper straw that is suitable for its portion-sized carton packages before the end of the year, as part of a broader programme to help address the issue of plastic straw waste.
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Survey: 74% of UK Public Support Bottle and Can Return Deposit Scheme
A new plastics and recycling survey by polling company D-CYFOR reveals that the majority (74%) of the UK general public say they support the bottle and can return deposit scheme proposed by the government.
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ArticleA Million Recups a Month and Counting
Production of the reCUP™, the first fully recyclable paper cup made from EarthCoating™ topped a million cups during the month of March, for the first time since production began at Cup Print in October 2017.
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One in Three UK Households in Favour of PAYT
Councils charging households for disposing of any waste and packaging they don’t recycle, a system known as pay-as-you-throw (PAYT), has the support of one in three people according to a new study.