All Sustainability articles – Page 256
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ArticleUflex’s Waterless Internet Flower Packaging Wins Top Honors at Sustainability Awards 2018
Waterless Internet Flower Packaging, a breakthrough in packaging of flowers by Uflex, was pronounced winner of the overall Sustainability Awards 2018. It also emerged as a frontrunner in the ‘Resource Efficiency’ category.
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Faerch Plast UK Launches New 100% Recycled Material into the Food to Go Market
Faerch Plast UK Ltd has announced its launch of 100% recycled PET material into their Food to Go product range.
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ArticleEuropean Parliament Approves Ban on Single-Use Plastics
The European Parliament has approved its report on the draft directive on marine pollution and single-use plastics. The announcement draws mixed reactions from industry associations and consumer bodies.
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa Announces New Set of Sustainability Goals
Earlier this year, Smurfit Kappa announced that it had met, and in some cases exceeded, its previous sustainability goals in the areas of people, climate change and water.
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ArticleBorealis Announces Collaboration with Start-up Qpinch to Scale up Revolutionary Heat Recovery Technology
Borealis has announced its collaboration with Qpinch, a start-up that has developed a revolutionary technology to recover industrial waste heat, using an innovative chemical process.
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2018 Winners Unveiled Live in Gothenburg
The winners of the world’s most prestigious competition for sustainable packaging innovation have been announced in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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ArticleThe 2018 Liderpack Awards G to 26 packaging and POS projects
A total of 25 packaging and POS (Point of Sale) Advertising projects and a “young design” packaging proposal make up the list of winners of the 2018 Liderpack Awards.
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ArticlePlastic Straw Ban in England Set to Come into Force by October 2020
The UK Government has set out its plan to ban the distribution and sale of plastic straws, drinks stirrers and cotton buds. The plan is subject to a consultation launched by Environment Secretary Michael Gove.
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ArticlePetainer Launches New Recyclable KEG
Following the announcement of the partnership between Petainer, KHS Japan and Mitsubishi Chemical to bring one-way PET kegs to the Japanese beer market, the unique new DLC keg.
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ArticleWarning that EU Single Use Proposal Could Increase Risk of Foodborne Illness
A new report addresses the risk of increased foodborne illness if the EU promotes reusable alternatives to single use food and beverage service packaging.
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ArticleNovamont Boosts Production Capacity with New Bio Plastic Plant
Novamont has announced the opening of a revamped Mater–Biopolymer plant south of Rome, significantly boosting production capacity from 120,000 tons per year to 150,000.
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Reviewed European Bioeconomy Strategy Strengthens Defossilisation of Plastics Sector
The European Commission recently delivered its review of the 2012 European Bioeconomy Strategy. The strategy is a step forward towards ensuring that fossil resources are replaced by sustainable natural alternatives.
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ArticleTowards a More Sustainable Pulp and Paper Industry with Deep Eutectic Solvents
At a special conference organized as part of the Paper and Beyond 2018 event in Brussels, the first phase of the PROVIDES project was officially completed.
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Optimised sorting of plastics (video)
A new film from the VDI Zentrum Ressourceneffizienz depicts an optimised sorting method depicts an improved sorting and processing method for valuable plastics, bringing the plastics life cycle full circle
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa Distribute 130,000 Paper Bags to Celebrate European Paper Bag Day
Paper-based packaging provider Smurfit Kappa is celebrating the first annual European Paper Bag day at its Sangüesa Paper Mill in Spain, to promote the use of paper carrier bags as an alternative to plastic bags.
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ArticleCoveris Launches New Recyclable Film for the Co-Op in the UK
In partnership with the Co-op and Freshtime, Coveris has launched a fully recyclable PE film that delivers the same protective, functional and shelf-life benefits as existing non-recyclable solutions.
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ArticleBrittpac Launch New Range of PET Paint Cans Using rPET
After a number of customer trials, Brittpac have launched a comprehensive range of PET paint cans with and without handles using rPET aimed at the £2.3 billion UK Paint and DIY Market.
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COEXPAN to Increase Recycled Content of its PET Products to 70% by 2025
COEXPAN endorses the commitment announced by PET Sheet Europe, the association that brings together Europe’s leading PET sheet producers, to guarantee that their products will have a mean recycled content of 70% by the year 2025.
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Podcast
Sustainability Perspectives: Mondi
Graeme Smith of Mondi addresses the goals for sustainable packaging and the need for the whole value chain to embrace the responsibility for bringing through a new generation of resource-efficient, recyclable solutions.
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INCPEN and OPRL Consolidate Relationship
INCPEN is joining OPRL’s guarantors, recognising the two organisations’ shared membership base and mutual interests in promoting the recyclability of packaging and a public policy environment that supports this.