All Sustainability articles – Page 241
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ArticleSustainability Awards: One week to go!
In just one week we will find out who will be the winners of the coveted Sustainability Awards at Scanpack in Gothenburg. Find out more about the finalists in this video.
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ArticleMondelēz International Commits to Making All Packaging Recyclable by 2025
Following similar pledges by fellow brand owners such as Nestlé and packaging suppliers such as Amcor, Mondelēz International has announced a new commitment to make all packaging recyclable and provide recycling information by 2025.
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ArticleFirst Coffee Capsule Compostable at Home
In cooperation with Golden Compound, packaging manufacturer ALPLA is bringing a world first onto the market: a biodegradable coffee capsule that consumers can dispose of in their home compost.
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ArticleCambridge Consultants Boosts Production of Reusable Beeswax Food Wrap
With consumers embracing increasingly eco-conscious lives, Cambridge Consultants have announced their latest partnership, which is set to transform the business of BeeBee Wraps, a UK-based start-up.
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ArticlePackaging Connections 12/10/2018
Looking back at this week's product and innovation highlights in the packaging world, focusing on new technologies for cost-efficient recycling, a new collection scheme for crisp packets and a new convenient drink box.
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ArticleWine bottle wins best recycled plastic product of the year
The unique slimline wine bottle in 100 per cent recycled PET for the mail-order market, made by RPC M&H Plastics, has been named Best Recycled Plastic Product of the Year at the recent Plastic Industry Awards.
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ArticleFinding a solution to the packaging waste challenge
Reinhard Steup, Senior Manager, Supply Chain Management, HAVI Europe discusses how foodservice businesses should be using advanced analytics and trend forecasting to lower packaging waste levels in the industry.
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polynSpire project kicks off
Last 25-26 September, Brussels hosted the kick off meeting of a new European research project, polynSPIRE, aimed at improving the overall performance of plastics recycling looking for a more sustainable plastic value chain.
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ArticleSustainable Humans
SUP bans lead to social and local discrimination - argues Sustainable Packaging Summit keynote speaker, Jocelyne Ehret of www.therightpackaging.com
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ArticleLidl Ireland & Northern Ireland Remove Unrecyclable Black Plastic Packaging
Lidl confirmed today it is removing black plastic packaging from its entire fruit and vegetable range across all 195 Ireland and Northern Ireland stores before Christmas.
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Making the Case for PET Sheets
The EU Single Use Plastics Directive Proposal is currently under the assessment of the European Parliament. The proposal foresees the consumption reduction of PET trays - a circular packaging product with a high amount of recycled content.
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ArticleCo-op Partners with Novamont to Replace Plastic Carrier Bags with Compostable Alternatives
The Co-op and Novamont have announced a collaboration aimed at supplying the British retailer with a new kind of compostable carrier bag, as an alternative to traditional non-biodegradable and non-compostable plastic bag.
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ArticleWalkers Crisps to Create UK's First Nationwide Recycling Scheme for Crisp Packets
Walkers is set to launch the UK’s first nationwide recycling scheme for crisp packets. People will be encouraged to either drop off their packets at one of the hundreds of public access collection points.
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ArticleIs your packaging vegan-friendly?
The increasingly ethical and health-conscious demands of consumers is driving new quality standards and has inspired Gabriel-Chemie to introduce a new range of products to answer the demand for Halal and Vegan-compliant products.
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ArticleSorting the Plastic Recycling Problem
The number of polymers in packaging means raising recycling rates in a single collection stream demands better identification / sorting of plastics. Increasing interest and investment focuses on two technologies: UV tracers and digital watermarking
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ArticlePackaging Connections 05/10/2018
Smurfit Kappa shares a radically open approach to sustainable packaging design, Ball Aerosol Packaging launches Eyeris®- a new HD printing technique, and Tetra Pak explains its new packaging material effects.
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ArticleBeverage Carton Industry: Ambitious Policy Implementation and Industry Initiatives for Increased Recycling
Recycling of beverage cartons is growing in the EU and reached 48% in 2017, according to industry-wide figures. This marks the twelfth consecutive year of increased recovery for recycling. Last year, the total recovery rate reached 76%.
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ArticleParkside Launches Fully Recyclable Flexible Packaging Laminate
Parkside has launched a new fully recyclable single polymer laminate with the barrier properties and sealing performance that mirrors a range of commonly used laminates in the flexible packaging sector that are not currently recycled.
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ArticleEnvisioning a Better Planet
As the world wrestles with the relationship of packaging to the environment, Smurfit Kappa has been rethinking its own engagement with sustainability. Arco Berkenbosch speaks about the challenges and SK's new, radically outward-facing approach
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ArticleMaking Dog Food Packaging More Sustainable
Graphic Packaging International ("GPI") has teamed up with leading British manufacturer of food for dogs, Butcher's Pet Care (Butcher's), to replace shrink film multipacks with sustainable fully enclosed carton board multipacks.