All Sustainability articles – Page 8
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ArticleSmall-format plastic packaging can be recovered from MRFs, research finds
Maybelline New York, L’Oréal Groupe, Kraft Heinz, P&G, and Target have contributed to a Closed Loop Partners report laying out a roadmap to recovering small-format packaging materials from materials recovery facilities and glass recycling plants.
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ArticleReport: Strategic learnings from the 2024 Sustainable Packaging Summit
How are leading figures in the packaging industry approaching sustainability? Our latest Report captures the critical strategic insights and lessons learned from the 2024 Sustainable Packaging Summit, where innovators and thought leaders from across the value chain convened to address the most pressing sustainability challenges in the packaging sector.
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ArticleBulk range from Power Adhesives designed for large-scale, low-waste sealing
A new bulk adhesive range from Power Adhesives seeks to unlock low-waste, large-scale and efficient sealing for packaging, among other industrial applications.
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ArticleTrump’s aluminium tariff risks pushing Coca-Cola back to plastic bottles
Coca-Cola might sell more of its drinks in plastic bottles if Donald Trump’s tariff on imported aluminium drives prices too high, its chief executive says; yet he also warns against “exaggerating the impact” of this expense on such a large corporation.
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ArticleBoots rolls out national blister pack recycling scheme
Following a regional pilot, Boots has rolled out a nationwide scheme to reward customers for recycling their empty blister packs, now available at over 800 stores across the UK.
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ArticleWhere is Europe’s PET industry at in 2025?
The EU PET market has a value of over €5.5 billion and the material itself has a reputation as one of the most sustainable packaging materials – so why is the European PET industry so worried?
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ArticlePilot to close loop on Kewpie salad dressing caps via chemical recycling
Kewpie Corporation will pilot recycled salad dressing caps in a partnership with Refinverse, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Kasumi Co., and the city of Kashima – reportedly conducting the first project in Japan to derive resin from recycled plastics converted into oil via supercritical water.
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Article‘Brands must fight the urge to scrap sustainability targets’
In recent times, leading brands like Unilever and Coca-Cola have scaled back their packaging sustainability objectives. In this article, Saloni Doshi, CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer at EcoEnclose, tells us why she thinks other companies shouldn’t follow suit.
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ArticleRefillable makeup packs feature tear strips and ergonomic grips for accessibility
Tilt Beauty offers refillable mascara and lip treatment products in patented ergonomic packaging, intended as an accessible solution for consumers with mobility issues, visual impairments, skin conditions, and other disabilities.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Exploring the potential of metallized papers
Metallized papers can make packaging stand out on the shelf, but how sustainable are they? Shunho Creative’s Lily Ni and Sissi Xu discuss recyclability and compostability and clear up some common misperceptions with Elisabeth Skoda.
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ArticleAlshaya to halve waste to landfill, track and implement recyclate into packaging
Recently launched in Saudi Arabia by Ericsson and iot squared, the Ericsson Connected Recycling platform intends to help Alshaya Group divert over 50% of its waste from landfills, track it in real time, and integrate recycled content back into its packaging.
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ArticleProject STOP aims to scale Indonesian circular waste management scheme with new partnership
Project STOP, an Indonesia-based circular waste management scheme run by Borealis and Systemiq, has welcomed Clean Rivers as its latest partner.
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ArticleNew ALPLA plant brings design, development, and production to Thai customers
At its new plant in Thailand, ALPLA will collaborate with customers to design and develop packaging products, utilizing one-step injection stretch-blow and injection moulding to produce plastic bottles, preforms, matching closures, and more.
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ArticleMondi and Proquimia’s paper dishwashing tab pouches claim to slash CO2
Mondi and Proquimia have packaged dishwashing tabs in paper-based stand-up pouches, with a product impact assessment suggesting the packaging ‘significantly’ lowers CO2 emissions compared to its plastic alternative.
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ArticleNiels & Grete switches to DS Smith’s recyclable cardboard egg packaging
DS Smith is helping Niels & Grete replace its plastic packaging components with a corrugated cardboard pack, boosting recyclability while reducing unnecessary materials and streamlining the packaging process.
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ArticleSix predictions for plastics and packaging in 2025
With new regulation the world over, uncertainty on the plastic treaty outcomes, rapid technological advancements, and geopolitical risks, it may be harder than ever for organisations to plan ahead. To help navigate this landscape, Yoni Shiran, Manuel Braun and Paula Petersen of Systemiq share six predictions that may shape the plastics and packaging landscape in 2025.
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ArticlePackaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: the deadlines you need to know
As the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation enters into force, we have compiled all its essential deadlines into one list, starting with this year’s expectations and looking all the way out to 2040.
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ArticleHow can we boost the circularity of post-consumer polypropylene?
The use of post-consumer polypropylene in food packaging faces a major obstacle: proving the absence of harmful substances. In this article, Professor Edward Kosior and Paul Marshall of Nextek and NEXTLOOPP, share insights into a European-wide initiative that is aiming to overcome this challenge.
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ArticleDowncycling plastics almost as damaging as incineration, LCA cautions
‘Downcycling’ plastic – i.e. recycling waste without sorting it – has ‘almost as much’ climate impact as incinerating it, according to a life cycle assessment from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Swedish Plastic Recycling (Svensk Plaståtervinning), and LCA researcher Tomas Evkall.
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ArticleThe Brief: Unpacking the biggest PPWR concerns with Marius Tent
Since the PPWR was finalised last year, we’ve received a number of questions from our audience on its implications. We put your questions on exemptions, specificity of language, recyclate, reuse, and more to Marius Tent – a leading PPWR expert and the founder of ViaPackaging UG and 360PackMastery.