All Sustainability articles – Page 56
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ArticleRabobank highlights energy costs and decarbonisation targets as challenges to European paper packaging industry
A recent Rabobank report suggests that rising energy costs and increasing emphasis on decarbonisation in regulation and supply chains are threatening the competitiveness of paper packaging producers in Europe.
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ArticleCurrent PPWD rules unfairly target beer packaging and threaten existing systems, new statement warns
A statement released by The Brewers of Europe posits that the revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive disproportionately singles out beer packaging and does not uplift the EU Single Market – calling for non-discriminatory rules, an appropriate timeline to transition into new technologies, and more.
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ArticlePulPac launches the world’s first injection molding machine for fibre-based products
PulPac is launching the PulPac Scala, a new machine platform combining its Mill-to-Web fibre unit with injection moulding technology, in the hopes of increasing the accessibility of Dry Molded Fiber worldwide. Approximately 100,000 injection moulding machines are produced every year, PulPac says, and many of them ...
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Article100 billion PET bottles recycled by Indorama Ventures in twelve years
Indorama Ventures claims to have recycled 100 billion post-consumer PET bottles since February 2011, diverted 2.1 million tons of waste from the environment, and saved 2.9 million tons of carbon footprint from product life cycles. Reportedly, the company has spent over $1 billion on collecting used PET ...
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ArticleLego backs down on recycling plastic bottles into bricks, citing increased emissions
According to Financial Times, Lego has reversed its decision to manufacture bricks from recycled plastic bottles, reporting that it has not reduced carbon emissions in comparison to virgin plastics made from crude oil.
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ArticleConsumer survey brands plastic ‘material of the past’ as Xampla reveals new biomaterials
Xampla has designed its new consumer brand, Morro, to provide bio-based alternatives to plastic packaging in response to consumer belief that plastic is a ‘material of the past’.
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Articletraceless aspires to scale up natural biomaterial production with €36.6 million in funding
traceless has secured €36.6 million in funding to expand its natural biomaterial technology – which hopes to provide an alternative to conventional plastics – to industrial scale. Described as a ‘holistically sustainable material’, traceless’ patent-pending solution is based on natural polymers and utilizes agricultural residues in a ...
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ArticleAldi aligns with HolyGrail 2.0 by trialling digital watermark technology
In the third phase of the HolyGrail 2.0 initiative, Aldi Nord and the Aldi South Group are implementing watermark technology into their packaging; this is hoped to improve sorting in waste facilities and optimise recycling in pursuit of circularity.
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ArticleMetal overcap from Eviosys sets its sights on ‘infinitely recyclable’, 100% metal food tins
Eviosys has revealed Horizon, a lightweight, ultra-shallow metal overcap for tins – designed to phase out plastic alternatives and facilitate infinite recycling.
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ArticleDanimer and Chevron Phillips Chemical to create biodegradable materials from PHA
Danimer Scientific is expanding its collaboration with Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) to use Rinnovo polymers produced in a loop slurry reactor process to create biodegradable cast extrusion films, blown extrusion films, injection moulded parts, and rational moulded parts.
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ArticleRefillable eco-homecare range from Kit & Kin harmonizes branding with babycare line
Kit & Kin has produced a new range of plant-based eco-cleaning products – stored in refillable bottles with refill pouches that can be returned for recycling – and ensured consistent branding with its mother and baby products in collaboration with B&B. Kit & Kin’s twelve products ...
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ArticleAvery Dennison unpacks the PPWR
Alena Maran, Director, Strategy & Sustainability for Avery Dennison LPM, looks at the emerging challenges facing the industry and the desired outcomes as the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations (PPWR) gains momentum. We are all inspired and stand by the EU’s Green Deal to become ...
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Article‘CO2-neutral’ machine-glazed kraft paper revealed by LC Paper
LC Paper is launching its machine-glazed K-Zero kraft paper range – reportedly manufactured in a CO2-neutral process – for use in the food and retail industries. Apparently, the paper is produced using only renewable resources – namely wind, photovoltaic, and hydroelectric energy generation, and heat from ...
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2023 Finalist Interview: Avery Dennison’s paper wash-off labels
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to Avery Dennison about its paper wash-off label range, nominated in the commercialized Climate category.
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ArticleSaveggy enters partnership to upscale production and application of edible cucumber coating
Saveggy has signed a partnership with Swedish-grown cucumber and tomato producer odlarna.se to create production and packaging lines, and an application technology, for its plant-based, edible coating – hoping to replace fossil-based plastic wrapping for cucumbers.
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ArticleAlternative goals for responsible plastic management by 2040 proposed by SYSTEMIQ
A new report from SYSTEMIQ suggests fifteen global policy interventions that it believes could drive down the mismanagement of end-of-life plastics and the leakage of microplastics into the environment by 2040.
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ArticleReconomy intends to lower emissions, costs, and waste with reusable food and drink packaging service
Reconomy has revealed a new food and drink container service set to reduce carbon emissions by up to 96%, cut down on landfill and litter, and deliver cost savings of around 70-85%, including lower storage and transport costs. Every year, 10.7 billion single-use takeaway containers for food ...
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2023 Finalist Interview: Nextek’s COtooCLEAN recycling solution for flexible films
In our latest Finalist Interview for the Sustainability Awards we hear from Nextek’s managing director Edward Kosior about its COtooCLEAN solution for recycling flexible films (polyolefins) back to food-grade plastic, nominated in the pre-commercialised Driving the Circular Economy category.
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ArticleGrand opening for ‘world’s biggest and most advanced’ recycling plant announced by Swedish Plastic Recycling
Swedish Plastic Recycling has announced that the grand opening of its Site Zero plant site – which aspires to recycle all kinds of plastic packaging without emitting CO2 – will take place on 15th November, intending to commence a ‘new era’ for the recycling of plastics.
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ArticleCross-industry collaboration set to collect and recycle LDPE pollution from the ocean
Chase Plastics, Summit Systems, and Ocean Integrity are partnering to collect and recycle LDPE waste recovered from the ocean and hope to ensure a circular economy for recovered plastics.