All Sustainability articles – Page 72
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ArticleEU invests €5 million into Itero’s mixed plastic waste chemical recycling plant
Itero Technologies has been awarded €5 million by the EU’s Just Transition Fund to contribute to its chemical recycling demonstration plant for mixed plastic waste at Brightlands Chemelot Campus.
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ArticleReport calculates 76% aluminium can collection rate in 2021
According to a new report from Metal Packaging Europe and European Aluminium, the overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the EU, UK, Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland reached a ‘record level’ of 76% in 2021 – yet it encourages the introduction of more ambitious separate collection targets for beverage containers to reach 90% recycling targets.
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ArticleCarlsberg and Ball envision higher recycling rates and more PCR content for cans
After taking steps to lightweight its beer cans, Carlsberg and Ball are laying out a joint roadmap to pursue their shared sustainability goals, including higher recycling rates and an increase in recycled content in cans by 2030.
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ArticleBranston brings product information to smartphone screens with QR technology
Pickle, sauce and beans brand Branston plans to connect its consumers to recipes, allergens, sustainability information, and more using the Orca Scan GS1 Digital Link QR solution, scannable on supermarket shelves with a smartphone.
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ArticleUkrainian packaging innovations win big at WorldStar 2024 awards
In the midst of the ongoing Russian invasion, the Club Packagers of Ukraine has congratulated Ukrainian companies RPE Aventin LLC, Intpack, and VPC Vesna for their success in the World Packaging Organisation’s WorldStar competition in 2024 – receiving awards for their respective biodegradable pouch, chocolate and sweets box, and aroma diffuser and candle packaging.
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ArticleRising calls for industrial deal to drive competitive, sustainable European market
Seventy-three industry leaders from almost twenty industrial sectors have supported the Antwerp Declaration for a European Industrial Deal, which calls for enhanced competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience for basic industry sectors in Europe in light of economic and political conditions.
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ArticleStudy indicates Avery Dennison label solutions’ HDPE recycling compatibility
A semi-industrial trial conducted by Avery Dennison and the National Test Center Circular Plastics (NTCP) suggests that the former’s standard adhesion filmic labels are released from rigid HDPE packaging during hot and cold recycling processes, resulting in clean recycled flakes.
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ArticleTesco’s kitchen foil goes tubeless in effort to cut down on cardboard
Tesco aspires to save 12.5 million cardboard rolls from being produced every year with its new tubeless design for aluminium kitchen foil.
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ArticlePaboco commences full-scale production for fibre-based bottles
Paboco, The Paper Bottle Company, has launched full-scale production for its paper-based bottle product at its manufacturing site in Slangerup, Denmark – aspiring to produce over 20 million fibre-based bottles by the end of 2025.
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ArticleEuRIC implores PPWR to prevent unfair competition linked to rising plastic waste imports
In a new position paper, The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) cautions against Europe becoming reliant on plastic imports from outside the EU and facilitating unfair competition, instead recommending that minimum recycled plastic targets are met using post-consumer plastic packaging waste sourced on the continent.
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ArticleAsda vacuum-packs beef mince line in 60% less plastic than trays
Asda is replacing the traditional tray packaging for its Just Essentials beef mince range with a lighter, recyclable plastic film said to contain 60% less plastic – a move hoped to save over 60 tonnes of plastic every year.
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ArticleRecyclable takeaway cups containing 30% PCR released by Faerch
Faerch Group has unveiled its new Tumbler range of recyclable on-the-go beverage containers, which are said to contain a minimum of 30% post-consumer recycled material.
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PodcastMicrofibrillated cellulose and the future of renewable packaging
In our latest Sustainability Perspectives podcast, the experts from Stora Enso Packaging Materials discuss microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) as an innovation that enables lightweight paperboard. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Kati Ekman, Tuomas Puonti and Mateo Saavedra del Oso about MFC, its role in lightweighting and how it supports the efficient use of fibres.
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ArticleCarbios and De Smet form partnership for ‘world’s first’ PET bio-recycling plant construction
Carbios and De Smet Engineers & Contractors are joining forces in an engineering partnership to build what is claimed to be the world’s first PET bio-recycling plant, offering an expected processing capacity of 50,000 tons every year.
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ArticleTOMRA acquires stake in AI waste flow monitoring start-up
In a bid to improve its position in the AI space, TOMRA has acquired a 25% stake in start-up PolyPerception, which develops AI-based waste flow monitoring for PET recyclers and sorting plants.
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ArticleConsumer behaviour trial records more compostable packaging in food waste bins
A consumer behaviour trial run by the Compostable Coalition UK has revealed that the number of consumers disposing of their compostable packaging in food waste bins increased five-fold once they were provided with educational material and clear compostability labels.
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ArticleSpecific material bans and exemptions in PPWR may violate EU law, says report
A legal assessment commissioned by European Plastics Converters (EuPC), IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen, and Elipso suggests that the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)’s special rules for plastic packaging and exemptions for other packaging materials are ‘very likely not compatible’ with EU law.
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ArticleCadbury to wrap chocolate in 50% recycled plastic with Amcor partnership
Cadbury Australia has signed a deal with Amcor to source around 1000 tonnes of post-consumer recycled plastic – an amount expected to wrap approximately 500 million of its family-sized Dairy Milk chocolate blocks and reduce its reliance on virgin plastics.
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ArticleAluminium industry ‘cautiously optimistic’ for year ahead
Amidst high energy prices, skilled labour shortages, and more, Aluminium Deutschland expresses its ‘cautious’ optimism for the industry’s progress in 2024, with tube and aerosol can deliveries to Germany increasing by respective figures of 4% and 0.5% between 2022 and 2023.
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ArticleAldi doubles toilet roll volume in bid to reduce plastic packaging and emissions
Aldi is doubling the volume of sheets per toilet roll in select own-brand lines in hopes of removing 60 tonnes of plastic packaging annually and cutting down on emissions during delivery.