All Sustainability articles – Page 92
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PodcastDesign for recycling: The role of adhesives
Wladimir Moraes, global market manager at Bostik, and Fabrizio Di Gregorio, technical director of Plastic Recyclers Europe and head of RecyClass, discuss the importance of high-quality recycling to achieve circularity and the role adhesives can play with Elisabeth Skoda
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ArticleFinalist interview: Fully mono-material PP packs with SealPPeel
MCC Verstraete’s SealPPeel product is a heat seal die-cut lidding innovation made from PP, which allows PP packs to become fully mono-material. The company and its partners tell us more about the product, which is a finalist in the Readers’ Award category of our 2022 Sustainability Awards, in this interview.
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ArticleNefab’s fibre-based EdgePak Straw wins German Packaging Awards 2022
Nefab’s fibre-based EdgePak Straw packaging solution for lithium-ion batteries (LiB) has recently been announced as the winner of the German Packaging Awards of 2022.
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ArticleAvantium’s plant-based PEF reduces CO2 emissions in bottle production, claims Nova Institute
A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) conducted by the Nova Institute has reportedly concluded that the use of Avantium’s plant-based PEF (polyethylene furanoate) in 250ml and 500ml bottles would significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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ArticleInside WasteAid’s journey towards creating circular economies in developing countries
WasteAid is a non-profit that works with communities and policymakers in developing countries to implement waste management and recycling programmes. We caught up with its CEO, Ceris Turner-Bailes, to discuss the work the organisation does, the changing waste management landscape, and the key differences between how EU countries and developing countries deal with packaging waste.
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Sponsored ContentWipak talks recyclability
What is the importance of collaboration to packaging recyclability, what more can the value chain do to accelerate it, and what kinds of technical challenges must the industry overcome on this journey? We caught up with Susan Janssen, Sustainability and Sustainable Products Manager at Wipak, to find out more.
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ArticleColpac manufactures new range of kraft multi-food pots at UK factory
Colpac has brought the manufacture of its new range of multi-food pots – reportedly meeting OPRL guidelines with a maximum of 7% plastic in the bases – to its factory in England.
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ArticleSmithers proposes ten-year plan to increase sustainability in packaging industry
Smithers has released a report outlining the packaging industry’s next steps in the pursuit of sustainability, identifying long-term solutions to improve the sourcing, manufacture, use, disposal, and recovery of packaging over the next decade.
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ArticleAsda announces removal of ‘best before’ dates from fruit and vegetable packaging
Asda is set to remove ‘best before’ dates from the packaging of almost 250 of its fresh fruit and vegetable products across UK stores, replacing them with a display code used by employees to gauge a product’s freshness.
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From our sponsorsMitsubishi HiTec Paper and SN Maschinenbau collaborate on machine solution for barrier papers
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper and SN Maschinenbau have collaborated on a solution that allows the former’s recyclable, water-coated barrier papers to be processed on the latter’s pouch packaging machines without the need for retrofitting.
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ArticleFinalist interview: CCL Label’s digital inkjet embellishment technology
CCL Label’s Hybrid ASD Technology, shortlisted in the ‘Machinery’ category of the Sustainability Awards 2022, enables printing embellishments to be produced with digital hybrid inkjet technology. We spoke to CCL Labels to find out more about the technology.
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ArticleMondi opens laboratory to test recyclability of paper-based products
Mondi Group has announced the opening of a laboratory in Austria, aimed at testing how its paper-based materials with non-paper components such as coatings will perform in large-scale recycling mills.
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ArticleAntalis develops foam profiles with recycled content
Antalis Packaging has developed new foam profiles that it says are made from 100% recycled content and are fully recyclable.
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ArticleWhat has Tesco learned from its reuse trial with Loop?
This summer, Tesco’s reuse trial with Loop officially came to an end. Reflecting on the trial, Tesco has released a report detailing what it has learned, calling for cross-industry collaboration and consumer education to facilitate economies of scale for reuse in the future.
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ArticleCoveris previews new packaging solutions targeting enhanced performance and recyclability
Coveris will introduce a new range of plastic- and paper-based solutions, including wash-off labels and transportation films with recycled content, that are aimed at enhanced recyclability, packaging waste reduction, and shelf-life extension at FachPack 2022.
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ArticleCUPEX launches reusable PP dome lid for portable drinks
Resealable lid manufacturer CUPEX is expanding its range with the release of COMFORT, its new reusable lid.
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ArticlePFF Group successfully completes trial using NEXTLOOPP’s PPristine resin
PFF Group’s packaging division has completed a full-scale production trial using PPristine, NEXTLOOPP’s post-consumer recycled polypropylene (PP) resin.
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ArticleLG Chem and ADM announce joint ventures to increase bioplastic production
LG Chem is collaborating with Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) to spearhead two joint ventures, GreenWise Lactic and LG Chem, and push towards the commercial production of bioplastics.
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ArticleMULTIVAC launches new labelling techniques to reduce fruit and vegetable packaging
MULTIVAC Marketing & Inspection has launched Top Wrap and Top Close – its new solutions for reducing plastic in the sealing and labelling of fruit and vegetables.
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Articlepx Group awarded Operations & Maintenance contract by ReNew ELP for plastic recycling plant
px Group, owner of Saltend Chemicals Park and operator of various critical energy infrastructure sites across Europe, has been awarded a ten-year Operations & Maintenance contract by ReNew ELP at its plastic recycling plant.