Carbios completes PET bio-recycling project with the French State

06 Feb 2023 --- Carbios has validated the final stage of its CE-PET research project, which lasted four years, and confirmed an enzymatic PET recycling process at the pilot stage to scale up to the industrial demonstrator, which has been operational... Read More

UK industry giants including Unilever, Society of Chemical Industry, BASF and 12 others have initiated a two-year program worth £5.4 million dubbed Flue2Chem

UK Industry giants initiate £5.4M carbon waste conversion project

06 Feb 2023 --- UK industry giants, universities and NGOs, including Unilever, Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), BASF and 12 others with a total net worth of £73 billion (US$87.9 billion), have initiated a two-year program worth £5.4... Read More

Researchers have developed a novel synthesis method branded “seasoning” that enhances the mechanical performance of commercially inactive PBS.

Researchers develop “seasoning” technique for bioplastic conversion

06 Feb 2023 --- Researchers have developed a novel synthesis method branded “seasoning” that enhances the mechanical performance of commercially inactive poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) with a minimal amount of biomass-derived tartaric... Read More

United Nations Development Programme and Hindustan Unilever Limited are partnering to promote the social inclusion of waste pickers in the country.

“Invisible superheroes”: Unilever and UNDP uplift informal waste pickers in India while driving plastic circularity

03 Feb 2023 --- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) are partnering to launch an Inclusive Circular Economy project to promote the social inclusion of Safai Saathis – or waste pickers – in the... Read More

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Start-up GreenGo, a Ukrainian plant-based business, is expanding amid the ongoing war in the country to further develop its tofu-based cheese.

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Ukrainian GreenGo plans plant-based expansion as “no fear” spirit overcomes war worries

06 Feb 2023 --- Start-up GreenGo, a Ukrainian plant-based business, is expanding amid the ongoing war in the country to further develop its tofu-based cheese.... Read More

Packaging Focus : Confectionery Solutions

Confectionary product launches have registered a +3% average annual growth between October 2017 and September 2022. Chocolate Blocks are the top launches for confectionary products (21%), followed by Chocolate Pieces – Unwrapped (15%) and Chocolate Pieces – Wrapped (14%). Plastic... More

Analysis Feature Sustainable Flexible Plastics innovation

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Sustainable Flexible Plastics innovation

The use of environmentally sustainable flexible plastics in F&B launches is decreasing globally, featuring a -18% year-over-year decline when comparing Q4/2020 – Q3/2021 and Q4/2021 – Q3/2022 launches. In Q4/2021 – Q3/2022, Flat Pouch (60%) is the leading packaging format among the environmentally sustainable flexible plastics tracked. In Q4/2021 – Q3/2022, Plastic – Not Specified (70%) is the...
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TOP 5 PACKAGING MATERIALS AS A PERCENTAGE (%) OF FOOD & BEVERAGE LAUNCHES WHERE SUSTAINABLE FLEXIBLE PLASTIC MATERIALS ARE USED AS INNER & OUTER PACKAGING (GLOBAL, Q4/2021 – Q3/2022)

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