All Sustainability articles – Page 4
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ArticleReady meals, meat, and more to be served on Yangi’s dry-formed fibre tray
Yangi intends to replace traditional plastic food trays with a dry-formed, fibre-based alternative geared towards ready meals, meat products, and takeaway options.
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ArticleEuropean interest in sustainable packaging and recycling rates ‘highest in Northern Europe’
Ahead of this year’s European Paper Bag Day, Paper Bag Co compared different European countries in terms of their interest in ‘sustainable packaging,’ using Google data to reveal which countries were searching for the term in their respective countries and languages the most, combined with each country’s recycling rate.
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ArticleAI in recycling: How artificial intelligence is transforming waste management
TOMRA and NEXTLOOPP are currently working on a project that uses cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology to make critical recycling processes more efficient. In this article, Professor Edward Kosior founder of Nextek and NEXTLOOPP, tells us more about this groundbreaking collaboration.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Replacing polystyrene with recyclable materials
What are the challenges and possibilities around switching to recyclable packaging materials particularly in the pharmaceutical and food space? Jonathan Cage, Director for Business Development at ICPG, a division of Impact Plastics, speaks to Elisabeth Skoda about the company’s XPP® Polypropylene solution.
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ArticleFish trays from Lidl constitute 80% rPET in bid to reduce virgin plastic
Lidl is packaging its entire fish range in trays made with 80% recycled PET – which, alongside pre-existing rPET trays for fresh meat, are set to avoid 2,116 tons of virgin plastic every year.
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ArticleA deep dive into reusable packaging solutions
In this comment piece, Marija Jovic, technical director for PreScouter’s chemicals, materials and packaging vertical, takes a detailed look at the reuse market as it stands today.
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ArticleCustomers can now license Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN’s PET recycling technology
Axens is commercially licensing its Rewind PET chemical recycling process for PET waste, developed in collaboration with IFPEN and JEPLAN, in an effort to achieve circularity for plastics and further accelerate the energy transition.
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ArticleWorking together to unlock sustainable packaging solutions
BOBST, a supplier of packaging processing, printing, and converting equipment and Henkel, a solution provider for adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings worldwide, have started a collaboration, harnessing their complementary expertise. Elisabeth Skoda spoke to Nanni Bertorelli, product line director for coating & laminating at BOBST, and Mauro Bonfiglio, business development director for Packaging at Henkel Adhesive Technologies to find out more.
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ArticleEU project targets wood-based meat packs, fibre adhesive, smart sensors and more
Following its one-year anniversary, the REDYSIGN project – which aims to develop recyclable, wood-derived packaging alternatives for fresh meat products – reports such progress as using fibre as an adhesive, testing smart solutions to signal spoilage, and applying markers for traceability.
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ArticleGoogle’s machine learning model expects to boost Indian recycling rates
Saahas Zero Waste is utilizing Google’s open-source machine learning model, CircularNet, in a bid to sort plastic waste more effectively, responsibly manage over 500 tonnes of waste every day by 2026, and help improve recycling rates in India.
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ArticleSABIC’s 50% ‘ocean-bound’ PP resin moulded into food vacuum container
In a move set to eliminate over 300 plastic bags per person and reduce CO2 emissions by 30kg per capita, SABIC’s high-gloss polypropylene resin containing around 50% ‘ocean-bound’ plastic has been incorporated into food-contact vacuum containers from SAES Getters business unit B!POD.
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ArticleBerry launches ‘fully recyclable’ alternative to coloured PET pill bottles
Berry Global has launched a range of clarified polypropylene (PP) bottles for healthcare applications, said to have a reduction of approximately 71% in CO2 emissions and improved recyclability compared to traditional coloured PET pill bottles.
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ArticleFrozen potatoes packed in ‘bio-renewable’ bags from cooking oil feedstock
SABIC, Lamb Weston, and OPACKGROUP have collectively packaged frozen potato products in a thin, low-weight coextrusion film, with at least 60% made using bio-feedstock from used cooking oil; the pack claims to reduce the previous design’s carbon footprint by 30%.
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ArticleFashion packaging: The route to a more sustainable future
What is the fashion industry’s problem when it comes to packaging sustainability – and what are the major routes to positive change? We explore these questions, with essential input from Georgia Parker, innovation director at Fashion for Good – a platform for sustainable innovation in fashion.
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ArticleAvantium markets plant-based PEF polymer under Releaf brand name
Avantium’s plant-based, recyclable polyethylene furanoate (PEF) polymer – recommended as an alternative material in packaging, bottle, and textile production – has been released under the brand name Releaf.
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ArticleTotalEnergies aims to enhance recyclability of stretch hood applications with new polyethylene grade
TotalEnergies has introduced its Very Low Linear Density Polyethylene (VLLDPE) grade, named Advanced Supertough 12AST05 and designed to address a wide range of film applications.
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ArticleHow Unilever thinks about packaging sustainability
When we last spoke to Unilever about its controversial decision to extend the timeframe on its sustainable packaging targets, head of Packaging Pablo Costa said the company was “doubling down rather than watering down” its efforts. What does this mean in practice? Emma Liggins attended the company’s media roundtable to dive into Unilever’s revised sustainability strategy and its views on the upcoming Global Plastics Treaty.
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PodcastThe growing role of co-packing - with Ton Knipscheer
Ton Knipscheer of the European Co-Packers Association talks to Tim Sykes about the reasons why contract manufacturing is more and more central to the strategies of not just retailer’s private label products, but also to delivering the innovation to brands. We also discuss the need for dialogue between the co-packing sector and the wider packaging-FMCG world, particularly in order to ensure alignment around sustainability objectives that contract packers will have an increasing role in delivering.
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ArticlePlant-based Morro Coating applied to Transcend’s quick-service food packs
In a multi-year commercial supply agreement with 2M Group of Companies, Transcend Packaging will help upscale Xampla’s plant-based Morro Coating by applying it to selected paperboard packaging for quick-service restaurants.
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ArticleProject to establish bio-based value chain for bioplastics kicks off
Involving 14 partners from 8 countries, the POLYMEER project has officially begun, aiming to convert wet brewers’ spent grain (BSG) into high added value materials and diversify the range of material solutions capable of replacing traditional plastics.