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05 Dec 2023
--- Finnish company Raisio has signed the Green Deal on reducing the consumption of single-use plastic (SUP) food containers at a time when the F&B industry continues its efforts to reduce its dependence on such containers...
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05 Dec 2023
--- The new fund to help nations reeling from damages caused by the climate crisis established at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, UAE, is good news for developing countries and companies in the international packaging...
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05 Dec 2023
--- Apple and Amkor Technology have announced an expanded partnership that will see the development of the largest outsourced advanced packaging facility in the US. Amkor projects to invest US$2 billion toward the new facility...
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05 Dec 2023
--- Neste has partnered with laboratory equipment manufacturer and supplier Eppendorf to replace fossil-based lab plastics by launching a line of renewable consumables named Eppendorf Consumables BioBased.
05 Dec 2023
--- Dutch recycling foundation Afvalfonds Verpakkingen (AV) has announced plans to install an additional 5,400 plastic bottle collection points throughout the Netherlands for its deposit return system (DRS) after conceding that...
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04 Dec 2023
--- A team of researchers has demonstrated how changes in experimental standards and methodologies can help improve the rate at which plastic degrading enzymes can be effectively developed for industrial waste management. The...
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04 Dec 2023
--- Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (PCS) unveiled a digital cutting platform, the Kongsberg Ultimate, last week. The platform delivers “unprecedented” levels of productivity, precision and safety, aiming to...
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04 Dec 2023
--- International beauty packaging manufacturer and provider Quadpack releases a full range of monomaterial lipsticks made of recyclable materials. The five products, comprising aluminum, PP and PET designs and two refill...
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04 Dec 2023
--- Eco Spirits is partnering with Diageo, the maker of Johnnie Walker whisky, Don Julio tequila and Guinness, to establish a framework for piloting and scaling packaging across 18 markets in the next three years. The Eco...
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04 Dec 2023
--- Smurfit Kappa is supplying Irish herb and leaf grower McCormack Family Farms with a waterproof coating for cardboard-based produce trays. The collaboration addresses a number of environmental concerns including reducing the...
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01 Dec 2023
--- Scientists have found that trichloroanisole (TCA) — a highly volatile organochlorine compound that migrates from corks to wine — explains the distinct “corked wine aroma.” The findings have sparked...
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01 Dec 2023
--- US-based food rating company How Good is partnering with SES-imagotag, a global specialist in electronic shelf tags and IoT solutions, to provide environmental sustainability labels for Carrefour supermarket products...
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01 Dec 2023
--- The eighth edition of The Pipeline’s annual “Women Count” report reveals the packaging and containers sector holds 40% women in executive leadership roles. The report analyzes gender parity at the executive...
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01 Dec 2023
--- Fasten Packaging, under global beauty solutions provider IBG (Innovative Beauty Group), introduces its next-generation refillable jar concept, Goodloop. The name references a contribution to a circular economy while the...
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01 Dec 2023
--- This week in industry news, SIG opened its Packaging Development Center in Germany, and Borealis acquired Integra Plastics AD, a Bulgarian advanced mechanical recycler. Meanwhile, Greiner Packaging supplied Molkerei Forster...
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30 Nov 2023
--- European Plastic Converters (EuPC) say the results of the plenary vote on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) are “unfortunate” as many of the measures passed by MEPs are driven by...
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30 Nov 2023
--- Logipack is participating in an expert meeting forum for beverage supply chain optimization named “logistics lounge” at BrauBeviale in Nuremberg, Germany, November 28-30. The logistics launch is a new feature for...
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30 Nov 2023
--- Just Zero and more than 40 environmental organizations, scientists, public health advocates, and farmers across the US are calling on the country’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take stronger action against...
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30 Nov 2023
--- Environmentalists and civil society organizations are welcoming the findings of a report on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), which shows the environmental and human harms produced by PVC...
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29 Nov 2023
--- Unilever sells roughly 1,700 single-use plastic sachets every second, according to new findings by Greenpeace. The quantity is on course to reach 53 billion sachets by the end of this year, often sold in vulnerable nations...
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