All Sustainability articles – Page 245
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ArticlePackaging Connections 07/12/18
This week's video highlights includes Corona's launch of bio-based six pack rings, a beer advent calendar using clever design, and Tata Steel reimagining the can.
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Articlepladis UK & Ireland to make all plastic packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025
pladis UK & Ireland, the snacking company behind McVitie’s, Jacob’s and go ahead! brands, has today announced a wide range of measures to reduce its environmental impact through plastic waste.
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ArticleConvenience is Key to a Successful Deposit Return Scheme in the UK
Plastics Recycling Charity, RECOUP, has undertaken consumer insight research to understand a range of considerations for a Deposit Return Scheme in the UK.
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ArticleLivingPackets: A Smart Pack for e-commerce
LivingPackets, a next-generation packaging solutions start-up, has launched "LivingPackets THE BOX," a revolutionary, sustainable and trackable shipping box which generates almost zero packaging waste.
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ArticleUnilever to Invest €100,000 in a Crowdsourced Solution to find Plastic Packaging Alternatives
Unilever will develop and pilot a plastic-free laundry solution to combat single-use sachets. The solution was developed during a one-day hackathon which gathered leading designers, innovators and packaging experts.
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ArticleScaling Solutions to Produce Sustainable Polymers
Biome Technologies, the parent company of Biome Bioplastics, has received further government funding as part of its £6 million programme to use industrial biotechnology techniques to produce a new range of highly sustainable polymers.
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ArticleTotal Corbion PLA starts-up 75,000 tons per year bioplastics plant
Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, announces the start-up of its 75,000 tons per year PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) bioplastics plant in Rayong, Thailand.
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ArticleStora Enso and Sulapac develop renewable and biodegradable straws
Stora Enso and Sulapac continue to combat the global problem of plastic waste by launching a demo for sustainable drinking straws at Slush 2018, a leading startup event that gathers 20,000 tech enthusiasts from around the world.
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ArticleCorona Launches Bio-Based Six-Pack Rings
Another major beer brand has innovated to replace plastic aggregation rings in its packaging portfolio. Mexican brand Corona has become the first global beer brand to use an aggregator made from plant-based biodegradable fibres
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ArticleFachPack 2018 Last Look
Elisabeth Skoda picks out some of the highlights of this year’s most important European packaging expo – Nürnberg’s FachPack.
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ArticleGerman Plastics Packaging Industry Sets itself Ambitious Recycling Targets for 2025
Handling resources in an efficient and responsible manner has long played an important role in the German plastics packaging industry – in ecological as well as in economic terms.
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ArticlePackaging Connections 30/11/2018
This week's video highlights from the world of packaging include a bottle from 100% recycled plastics and a cardboard honeycomb structure previously used for surfboards protecting wine bottles in transit.
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ArticleMars Petcare Announces Europe's First Recycling Scheme for PET Food Packaging
Mars Petcare UK and recycling experts TerraCycle have launched a nationwide pet food packaging recycling programme, led by brands WHISKAS® and JAMES WELLBELOVED®.
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ArticleFirst Reusable Coffee Cup Offering Contactless Payments to be Packaged in Recycled Takeaway Cups
Sustainability Awards winner James Cropper has been working with Costa on recovering and recycling its takeaway coffee cups since the launch of CupCyclingTM in September 2017.
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ArticleThe Bioplastics Benchmark
The European Bioplastics Conference takes place next week in Berlin. Ahead of the annual, industry-defining summit, Tim Sykes caught up with Hasso von Pogrell to discuss the latest advances in bio-based polymers and their growing impact on packaging
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ArticlePackTheFuture Award 2018: 13 Winners Announced
The ceremony for the 4th edition of «PackTheFuture – The Sustainable Plastic Packaging Award», managed by ELIPSO & IK, the trade organisations representing plastic & flexible packaging in France and Germany, took place in Paris at ALL4PACK.
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ArticleAn Answer to PET Recycling Challenges
At the PETnology conference in Paris, EREMA presented its newly developed VACUNITE technology.
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ArticleGermany’s First Mineral Water Bottle from 100% Recycled Plastics
Social enterprise brand share is the first manufacturer in Germany to offer its mineral water made from bottles made from 100% recycled plastics.
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What does biodegradable packaging mean?
Following soundings with the UK packaging sector, non-government organisations and litter charities, the Foodservice Packaging Association is calling for an end to the description ’biodegradable’ in reference to packaging.
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ArticleRPC BPI Protec Launch New Recyclable Shrink Film
Governments and consumers are now demanding packaging that minimises its impact on the environment by ensuring the use of recycled content and delivering full recyclability.