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17 Sep 2021
--- Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) is collaborating with heat and cool surface technology provider Roctool to create eco-friendly packaging solutions for Clinique’s luxury beauty bottles. “We’re...
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17 Sep 2021
--- Alpla is launching a PET recycling facility in Romania with its partners Ecohelp and United Polymer Trading (UPT). Each year, the project aims to produce 15,000 tons of food-grade post-consumer recycled (PCR) PET (rPET).
17 Sep 2021
--- In packaging news this week, the HolyGrail 2.0 digital watermark recycling enhancement project revealed it has validated its first prototype detection sorting unit, with a more than 95% ejection success rate. Meanwhile,...
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17 Sep 2021
--- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes for packaging are widely regarded as crucial to combating increasing levels of waste and pollution. EPR is based on the “polluter-pays” principle. These schemes...
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17 Sep 2021
--- Substrate processing specialist Bobst has launched “Generation 2.0” pouches, which are recyclable, mono-material alternatives replacing non-recyclable, high-barrier multi-material packaging structures. However,...
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16 Sep 2021
--- BASF is introducing new additive solutions branded IrgaCycle for mechanically recycling plastics, addressing what it calls “the imminent needs in plastics recycling.” IrgaCycle is tailored to enhance the quality...
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16 Sep 2021
--- Lidl GB is planning to replace all single-use fruit and vegetable plastic bags with compostable bags, allowing customers to select more environmentally sustainable packaging when shopping.
16 Sep 2021
--- Software tech company Lumi is partnering with Golden West Packaging Group to make its custom corrugated printing and folding carton products available on the Lumi online marketplace throughout North America.
16 Sep 2021
--- Phillips Distilling Company’s UV Vodka is launching a new photochromic bottle design that activates a bright spectrum of colors when exposed to UV sunlight. The modern design can be found across the US at grocery,...
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16 Sep 2021
--- PepsiCo is spearheading pep+ (“pep positive”), a refocusing of the company’s key strategic sustainability targets, including prioritizing chickpeas, plant-based proteins and whole grains, while reducing...
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15 Sep 2021
--- Mondi has equipped Nordic food manufacturer HKScan with renewable paper-based packaging for its best-selling Falukorv sausages, allowing for recyclability in the company’s native Sweden.
15 Sep 2021
--- Berry Global has announced plans to expand its foodservice packaging manufacturing operations in North America as part of its long-term strategic growth commitments. This more than US$110 million investment will expand its...
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15 Sep 2021
--- Plastic food trays, including MAP trays (modified atmosphere packaging), remain a popular choice for meat, fish, cheese and other food products. With the COVID-19 experience heightening consumer hygiene concerns, plastic...
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14 Sep 2021
--- European Plastics Converters (EuPC) has warned Plastics Europe that its call for a mandatory EU recycled content target of 30 percent by 2030 is “legitimate and achievable,” but only if the whole value chain...
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14 Sep 2021
--- Ferrero Rocher is launching new “eco-designed” chocolate boxes made from polypropylene (PP) as part of its global climate commitments. A phased rollout beginning this month will see reformed 16-piece and 30-piece...
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14 Sep 2021
--- KHS has installed two new canning lines for Carlsberg China in what it says is an advancement for environmentally sustainable packaging in the country and an example of how project implementation can be carried out under...
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13 Sep 2021
--- Ahead of PackagingInsights’ webinar: Sustainable e-commerce packaging in the COVID-19 age, taking place this Thursday (September 16, 16:00 CEST/10:00 EDT), panelists Daniela Dorner, eCommerce director at Mondi Group,...
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13 Sep 2021
--- Tesco is launching a reusable packaging initiative in partnership with TerraCycle’s global Loop program, debuting in ten of its UK stores. Featuring a range of 88 reusable F&B, household and beauty products, the...
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13 Sep 2021
--- Berry Global is joining The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, which is aimed at increasing recycling access for polypropylene (PP) in the US. “By expanding and modernizing recycling...
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13 Sep 2021
--- Sainsbury’s has become the first UK retailer to label its own brand aluminum coffee pods as recyclable. The supermarket stresses that despite popular misconceptions and confusion, aluminum coffee pods can be recycled...
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