All Sustainability articles – Page 77
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Milk & More to expand refillable glass bottle scheme
Milk & More is extending its partnership with Again to include additional dairy products and beverages in their delivery and collection scheme for reusable glass bottles.
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Single-piece cardboard wrap from DS Smith aims for easy opening and resource preservation
DS Smith has unveiled DD Wrap, a multi-category Shelf Ready Packaging (SRP) solution designed to conserve resources, reduce waste, and facilitate a positive unboxing experience for consumers.
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Mondi and Syntegon incorporate recycled fibres into paper packaging for dry food
Mondi and Syntegon have revealed a recyclable paper packaging solution – produced from recycled fibres – for dry foods like pasta, sugar, and flour.
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Reuse and refill: success, challenges, and learnings
In theory, reusable and refillable packaging solutions are two of several pathways to achieving circularity, reducing waste, and tackling pollution. So, why hasn’t every trial or pilot been successful? Nestlé’s Jodie Roussell, Global Public Affairs Lead for Packaging and Sustainability, and Antje Shaw, Global Packaging Sustainability Manager, reflect on the firsthand knowledge the company has gained and set out a roadmap for future success.
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Pernod Ricard unveils packaging sustainability updates across portfolio
Pernod Ricard is pursuing circularity in its high-end drinks packaging by removing unnecessary box packaging from its portfolios, designing a glass flagon for its Royal Salute Scotch, and creating lighter, recyclable bottles for its Perrier-Jouët champagne.
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Metsä Group: ‘Proposed PPWR revisions lack clarity and will inhibit innovation’
The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation proposed by the European Commission, which aims to tackle packaging waste and promote circularity, has frequently been the target of criticism for its perceived complexity and ambiguity. In this article, Maija Pohjakallio, Metsä Group’s VP of Climate and Circular Economy, and Jarkko Tuominen, VP of Projects at Metsä Spring, give their views on these potential shortcomings – and offer some solutions.
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Standardised rules for DRS and single waste management organisation will improve French plastic bottle recycling, says Elipso
Elipso is encouraging French policymakers to implement a single set of specifications and one waste management organisation to roll out a mandatory deposit return scheme for plastic bottle recycling in line with upcoming EU legislation.
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Reusable e-commerce pouch and tracking application developed by no-boxx
Reusable packaging and retail tech start-up no-boxx is working to reduce single-use packaging waste, drive down carbon emissions, and optimise traceability in e-commerce with its reusable pouch packaging and tracking application.
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ALPLA to open PET bottle recycling facility in South Africa
ALPLA is building a recycling plant in Ballito, South Africa, with an intended output of 35,000 tonnes of rPET flakes and pellets a year – aiming to enter the African recycling market and stimulate circularity in the region.
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Ella’s Kitchen produces mono-material baby food pouch
Ella’s Kitchen has launched its first mono-material pouch and is aiming to ensure that 73% of its baby food pouches will be fully recyclable at kerbside by the end of 2024.
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Prevented Ocean Plastic plans to open global collection centres for ‘ocean-bound’ plastic waste
Prevented Ocean Plastic has stated its intention to open 25 high-volume collection centres across various global regions by 2025, with which it will gather and recycle ‘ocean-bound’ plastic waste into its ‘fully traceable’ plastic material.
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Planet Reuse and New ERA launch campaign promoting reuse schemes across European sectors
Planet Reuse and the New European Reuse Alliance (New ERA) have revealed their rEUse campaign, which aspires to implement balanced reusable packaging systems across the takeaway, beverage, and e-commerce sectors, amongst others, in response to the EU Commission’s mandatory reuse targets.
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Nestlé Mexico and Greenback use Enval technology to generate pyrolytic oil from plastic waste
Nestlé Mexico and Greenback Recycling Technologies are utilising Enval Limited’s advanced recycling technology to turn hard-to-recycle plastics into pyrolytic oil at a newly-opened recycling plant.
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Gartner on understanding the circular economy growth opportunity
In this article, Anne Michelle Avolio, Senior Director Analyst with the Gartner Supply Chain Practice, discusses common circular economy misconceptions and why now is the time for supply chain leaders to embrace this disruptive market force.
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Heat seal sachets added to Amcor’s high-barrier paper packaging range
Amcor has expanded its AmFiber Performance Paper packaging range to include heat seal sachets for instant coffee, drink powders, spices, and other dry culinary and beverage applications.
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Return scheme for hard-to-recycle beauty packaging launched by M&S and HANDLE
Marks & Spencer and beauty recycling expert HANDLE are launching a Beauty Takeback Scheme in a bid to keep hard-to-recycle beauty packaging in the loop and out of landfill.
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Lidl incorporates ‘ocean-bound’ plastic waste into sparkling water bottles
Lidl is implementing Prevented Ocean Plastic, or recovered ‘ocean-bound’ plastic waste, into its sparkling water packaging in an effort to keep almost 4 million plastic water bottles out of the oceans every year.
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Eighteen EU Member States could miss reuse, recycling, and landfilling targets, warns European Commission
A report published by the European Commission has identified the nine Member States it believes will meet reuse and recycling targets by 2025 and landfilling targets by 2035 – but warns that a further eighteen could miss one or both of these goals.
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The story behind PepsiCo’s innovative packaging projects at the 2023 Champions League finals
For this year’s Champions League finals, PepsiCo unveiled two innovative packaging projects. At the Women’s final, a returnable system was trialled, while at the Men’s final, recyclable and biodegradable fibre cups were used across the stadium, festival, and fan meeting points. What goes into planning initiatives like this, and how do they fit into PepsiCo’s wider sustainability strategy?
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Podcast
Pathways through the decarbonisation maze
In our latest podcast, we revisit the topic of decarbonisation from a packaging perspective – a topic that is becoming ever more relevant and urgent. Sarah Laidler, senior consultant at the Carbon Trust speaks to Elisabeth Skoda about the complexities around decarbonisation, the UN treaty to end plastic waste and how this ties in with carbon, the impact of different packaging materials and much more.