All Sustainability articles – Page 8
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ArticlePremium cream jars made from Dow’s cooking oil ionomer hit the market
In collaboration with Dow, Candiani presents premium cream jars made of the SURLYN PC 2000 REN ionomer, which is sourced from used cooking oil aims to reduce carbon emissions.
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ArticleOlympus introduces DuPont’s renewable feedstocks to medical device packaging
DuPont is helping Olympus Corporation implement renewable feedstocks into its single-use medical device packaging in a mass balance approach, aiming to lower CO2 emissions.
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ArticleAmcor’s recyclable, lightweight flip-top closure applied to Kotlin ketchup
Kotlin is using Amcor’s lightweight, easy-to-open Sava Flip Top closure to package its ketchup range – targeting material reduction, effective dispensing, and full recyclability.
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ArticleLabel liners recycled into building insulation by Soprema and Avery Dennison
In a new partnership, Soprema plans to help Avery Dennison convert its glassine liners into building insulation – a move hoped to encourage labelling and packaging partners to adopt circular economy principles.
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ArticleWill greater regulatory certainty spur chemical recycling investment?
The second half of 2025 could see renewed investment in chemical recycling after the EU set out its approach to mass-balance accounting in early July. But what effect will these new rules actually have in practice, and is there still room for additional changes? ICIS’ Mark Victory tells us more.
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ArticleReflections on Fachpack 2025: PPWR, transitions, and more
From 23rd – 25th September 2025, Packaging Europe reported live from the show floor of this year’s Fachpack trade show at the Messezentrum Nuremberg. Established and emerging talent from every corner of the industry displayed their innovations in line with the key theme of ‘Transition in Packaging’ – a timely sentiment as industry-wide changes loom on the horizon.
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PodcastEU policy and its impact on the container glass industry, with Vanessa Chesnot
Europe’s container glass industry is actively working towards the goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050 – but how is policy supporting this goal? We spoke to Vanessa Chesnot, Head of Public Affairs and Product Policy at FEVE, to explore this question ahead of the dedicated session on Metals & Glass at the 2025 Sustainable Packaging Summit.
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ArticleReusable packaging industry rallies behind unified reuse symbol in Europe
Reusable Packaging Europe and the New European Reuse Alliance have led a joint industry statement calling for the European Union to introduce a ‘clear and enforceable’ symbol for consumer-facing reusable packaging, yet allow exemptions for individual assets in B2B operations.
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ArticleHow can we retrieve ocean plastic waste – and should AI help us do it?
Efforts to collect plastic waste from the ocean are growing in popularity, and machine learning is emerging as a tool to monitor waste hotspots. But should we bring existing waste back to shore? Should AI ever play a role in it, and what does any of it mean for packaging? We dive deeper in the latest edition of the Brief.
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ArticleFirst raw materials shipped from Indaver’s thermal depolymerization plant
Following a total investment of €105 million, Indaver has announced that its Plastics2Chemicals installation in Antwerp is producing chemically recycled raw materials for ‘virgin quality’ packaging applications, with an anticipated annual capacity of 26kT.
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ArticleBorealis’ compounding line for recyclate-based polyolefins opens its doors
Borealis has revealed that its new, Beringen-based compounding line for recyclate-based polyolefins is now fully operational, allowing customers to co-develop and test the use of recycled plastics in their operations.
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ArticleDow and partners unveil mono-PE, 50% advanced recycled food pouch
Dow, Macchi, and ITP have come together to create a mono-PE pouch prototype containing over 50% chemically recycled content, intended as a recyclable pack for snacks and other highly regulated products.
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ArticleVioneo to debut fossil-free PE and PP solutions at K 2025
Vioneo has announced it will be debuting at K 2025 with its fossil-free polyethylene and polypropylene solutions, said to reduce CO2 emissions.
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ArticleSustainability Awards Finalist Interview: Mondi’s recyclable kraft paper pallet wrapping
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of this year’s Sustainability Awards, we spoke to Mondi about its Ad/Vantage StretchWrap, nominated in the Commercialized Renewable Materials category and said to combine high stretchability and puncture resistance.
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ArticleFlexible LDPE, reusable logistics system and PP monomaterial take centre stage at German Packaging Awards
At FACHPACK, the German Packaging Institute (dvi) has unveiled the 37 winners of the 2025 German Packaging Award. This included three Gold Awards, with which the jury honoured three “particularly groundbreaking” innovations.
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ArticleLoop reuse platform reaches commercial scale in France
Following pilots in markets including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Japan, TerraCycle’s reuse platform Loop has reached industrial scale in collaboration with Carrefour and a coalition of brands and retailers in France, with more than 370 products available across 345 supermarkets nationwide.
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ArticleEuropean collaboration to bring PHA-based biodegradable barrier coatings to market
Subeco and Paques Biomaterials have announced a joint development plan for “fully biodegradable, circular” PHA-based barrier coatings.
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ArticleCollaboration yields “world-first” EU food safe approved recycled PP
Prevented Ocean Plastic, alongside industry stakeholders including Innovia Films, Spectra Packaging, Bantam Materials UK Ltd and PETMAN, has announced the “first ever” food-safe polypropylene (PP) recycled to the European standard (EU 2022/1616).
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2025 Finalist Interview: Henkel’s hot melt adhesive for e-commerce packaging
Henkel is a finalist in this year’s Sustainability Awards with its bio-based hot melt adhesive for e-commerce packaging, said to reduce CO2 emissions and waste. We spoke to the company to find out more about this innovation, nominated in the Commercialized E-Commerce category.
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ArticleNew moulded fibre food trays with barrier film move into industrial testing
Building on the introduction of its Uncoated Fibre series, Metsä Spring has announced that is now preparing the Muoto Laminated Fibre series, a new solution that combines moulded fibre products with barrier films, for industrial testing.