All Sustainability articles – Page 73
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ArticleNew coalition uplifts natural polymers to substitute plastics in lead-up to INC-3
Xampla, Notpla, Loliware, Traceless, MarinaTex, Zerocircle, and PlantSea have formed the Natural Polymers Group and are encouraging policymakers at INC-3 to recognize natural polymer materials as valuable assets in combating plastic pollution.
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2023 Finalist Interview: ACTEGA do Brasil, Brasilata Labs and Plasmatreat GmbH’s UV coating with plasma treatment
Our next Finalist Interview ahead of the Sustainability Awards is with Ömer Yagci, head of strategic marketing at ACTEGA about the UV coating solution from ACTEGA do Brasil, Brasilata Labs and Plasmatreat GmBH, ‘UV DIRECT TO METAL’, nominated in the commercialised Climate category.
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ArticleAptar Beauty reveals certified recyclable, mono-PE airless dispenser
Aptar Beauty has added Mono Micro, its first mono-material airless dispenser with a 100% recyclability score from cyclos-HTP, to its portfolio.
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ArticleTransparency, PCR content, and more feature in new silage bale stretch films from Coveris
Coveris will showcase its new stretch films for silage bale wrapping – offering recycled content, transparency, and an apparent reduction in carbon footprint between the two solutions – at Agritechnica 2023.
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ArticleFlexible packaging circularity, sustainability challenges and redesign services with Taghleef Industries
Packaging Europe’s brand director Tim Sykes spoke to Monica Battistella, Sustainability Manager at Taghleef Industries, about flexible packaging circularity, Taghleef’s sustainability strategies, and the company’s developments in design for recyclability.
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2023 Finalist Interview: BOBST’s paper-based flexible packaging
Our latest Finalist Interview ahead of the Sustainability Awards is with BOBST about its oneBARRIER FibreCycle paper-based flexible packaging, nominated in the pre-commercialised Recyclable Packaging category. You’re a finalist in the Sustainability Awards 2023. Congratulations! To start off, could you summarise your entry, in less than 50 ...
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ArticleMono-PE Amcor laminate to streamline recyclability for medical packaging
Amcor has unveiled a mono-PE laminate in pursuit of all-film medical packaging that can be recycled in the polyethylene stream; it reportedly lowers the pack’s carbon footprint while maintaining patient safety.
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ArticleSEE incorporates 95% recycled plastic into inflatable air cushions
A new range of SEE (formerly Sealed Air)’s BubbleWrap Brand inflatable air pillows – now containing a minimum of 95% recycled plastic content – has been revealed in the hopes of helping e-commerce and fulfilment companies reach their sustainability targets.
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ArticleLow-income countries paying the price for end-of-life plastic imports, WWF cautions
A Dalberg report commissioned by WWF warns that low-income countries could face costs as much as ten times higher than their high-income peers regarding the environmental, health, and economical impacts of plastic waste, despite consuming nearly three times less plastic per capita.
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2023 Finalist Interview: Cullen’s fibre bottle
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to Cullen about its Fibre Bottle, nominated in the commercialised Renewable Materials category.
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ArticleMicrowaveable paper Cup Noodle cups set to cut CO2 emissions and plastic waste
Nissin Foods USA is replacing the polystyrene cups for its Cup Noodles brand with a microwaveable paper alternative, aiming to enhance convenience, lower CO2 emissions, and eliminate plastics from the product line.
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ArticleIlluminating Unilever’s roadmap to plastic reduction
Unilever has underlined its efforts to eliminate virgin plastics and incorporate post-consumer resins in its packaging designs – but calls for developments in recycling infrastructure and harmonized legislation to ensure that such changes are fully beneficial to a circular economy.
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ArticleNew ITC Packaging technology injection moulds thin-wall PET containers in single step
ITC Packaging has worked with BMB SPA and Novapet to unveil TWI-PET, a new technology that produces thin-wall, flexible PET packaging in a one-step injection moulding process.
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ArticleRefillable air up bottles now contain 50% molecularly recycled content from Eastman
A new line of reusable bottles made from Eastman Tritan Renew – constituting 50% ISCC-certified recycled content sourced from a molecular recycling technology – has been launched by air up.
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ArticleBorealis anticipates expanded mechanically recycled plastic compounding capacity in closed Rialti acquisition
Borealis has successfully closed a deal to acquire recycled polypropylene compound producer Rialti in a move set to boost its portfolio of PP compounds based on mechanical recyclates by 50,000 tons annually.
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ArticleMicro-flute premium gift box revealed by Metsä Board
Metsä Board has unveiled a lightweight gift box solution for premium products made from micro-fluted corrugated board; it seeks to utilize less material and cut down the carbon footprint of traditional rigid boxes.
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ArticleBostik to tackle adhesive challenges in NEXTLOOPP’s PP recycling mission
Bostik is joining the push for food- and INRT-grade recycled polypropylene sourced from post-consumer packaging waste as the 50th participant in Nextek’s NEXTLOOPP project.
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ArticleNestlé gives update on sustainable packaging progress
Nestlé lists a decrease in virgin plastic consumption, an uptake in recycled plastic content, its participation in reuse and refill trials, and its support of international legislation to combat waste among its steps towards more sustainable packaging practices in the last five years.
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2023 Finalist Interview: Wiliot’s Internet of Things platform for the supply chain
Ahead of the Sustainability Awards taking place this month, we spoke to finalist Wiliot about its Internet of Things platform for the supply chain, nominated in the commercialized Active & Intelligent category.
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ArticleOMV and Interzero enter joint venture to build ‘Europe’s largest’ chemical recycling sorting facility
OMV will invest over €170 million into a state-of-the-art, fully automatic sorting plant developed by Interzero to produce feedstock for chemical recycling with an expected annual capacity of up to 260,000 tonnes.