All Sustainability articles – Page 237
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ArticleLIFE RECYPACK project implements alternative management of commercial packages
The LIFE RECYPACK project will implement a new public-private waste management project for commercial plastic packages in line with the circular economy criteria.
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ArticleSustainability Takes Centre Stage at Packaging Innovations 2018
With the reduction of plastic packaging a current hot topic in the media, the UK’s only sustainable packaging event, Ecopack is more relevant than ever.
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Article‘Meanwhile the flexibles industry is quietly working on solutions’
As popular media focuses unprecedented attention on the issue of plastic waste, stakeholders across industry have continued working to integrate polymers into the circular economy model. Exclusive interview with CEFLEX’s Graham Houlder
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ArticleRPC To Highlight Plastics’ Essential Role
The many positive benefits of plastics – in particular the material’s contribution to a more sustainable world – will be highlighted on the RPC Group stand (A40) at this year’s Packaging Innovations at the NEC.
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ArticleA second life for flexible plastic packaging
According to research of the MacArthur Foundation (EMF), merely 14 percent of the plastic packaging used globally makes its way to recycling plants, while 40 percent ends up in landfill and only 1/3 in fragile ecosystems.
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FPA Welcomes 25 Year Environment Plan
The FPA welcomes the Prime Minister Theresa May’s statement and 25 Year Plan for the Environment paper. All efforts to increase sustainability and recycling should be encouraged.
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ArticleWhen is plastic 'avoidable'?
Rose Brooke, editor of our sister magazine EPPM, raises important questions about the UK government's plan to stamp out all 'avoidable plastics' in 25 years.
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ArticleThe Coming Year in Packaging: Predictions for 2018
Packaging Europe canvassed opinion on the trends and technologies that will characterise CPG and retail packaging over the coming year. A diverse group of industry authorities passed around our crystal ball. Here's what they foresaw.
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ArticleIndustry responds to EU Plastics Strategy
On the backdrop of blanket calls for elimination of plastics, major packaging industry stakeholders have reacted positively to the European Commission’s holistic strategy, released yesterday, for integration of polymers into the Circular Economy.
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ArticlePackaging in Europe at Epicentre of Bioplastics Explosion
Packaging Europe’s Tim Sykes was among the 330 delegates seeking to map the future of a sector that looks to have an increasingly prominent role in packaging
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ArticleEU Releases Holistic Strategy for Plastics in Circular Economy
Amid a flurry of popularly driven single-bullet announcements on plastic waste and packaging, the EU's new strategy is a typically deliberative and balanced approach, setting out to define how plastics fit the broader circular economy agenda.
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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.