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22 Mar 2023
--- Berlin Packaging is highlighting its carbon-neutral spirit bottles at the International Food & Drink Event (IFE) Manufacturing this week in London (March 20-22). PackagingInsights spoke with Mark Crumpton, a specialist... Read More
21 Mar 2023
--- The fire in Brahmapuram garbage dump in Kerala, India, lays bare the country’s ineffectual waste management systems. According to reports, the massive fire that lasted for nearly two weeks resulted from thick layers of... Read More
21 Mar 2023
--- Switzerland-based digital can printing company NOMOQ is launching in the UK to capitalize on the growing beverage industry, which is projected to reach over £8 billion (US$9.8 million) in revenue in the UK at the end... Read More
21 Mar 2023
--- Tata Steel, one of the world’s largest steel producers and one of Europe’s leading steel re-processors, has announced its sponsorship of the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management’s (CIWM) Resources... Read More
20 Mar 2023
--- Vinventions has secured a sales agreement with climate tech packaging business Packamama to expand the sale and distribution of Packamama’s eco-flat wine bottles in France. “By partnering with Packamama, we can... Read More
20 Mar 2023
--- The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) aims to increase the amount of uncut fresh fruit and vegetables sold loose to 30% by the end of 2025 and aims to target 50% by the end of 2030. In 2021, the figure was 15%. The... Read More
20 Mar 2023
--- Syntegon will showcase its horizontal packaging solutions for cookies and bars at Interpack 2023. Its Innovative Intelligent Direct Handling system offers format flexibility for cookies and crackers using a high-speed bar... Read More
17 Mar 2023
--- KHS will present its portfolio of resource-conserving systems to promote circular economy at this year’s Interpack trade show, May 4-10 in Düsseldorf, Germany. KHS’ Innopack Kisters Nature MultiPack machine... Read More
17 Mar 2023
--- This week in industry news, Toshiba launched an industrial printer to simplify everyday packaging applications and Berry Global Group announced it is launching Typar DrainableWrap to protect multi-story structures.... Read More
16 Mar 2023
--- Korea-based SK chemicals has made a US$100 million asset purchase agreement with Shuye, a Chinese company specializing in green materials to secure the “world’s first” mass production system for recycled... Read More
16 Mar 2023
--- Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy and its Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag have released a Playbook to provide single-use bag reduction strategies that can be implemented by any retailer... Read More
16 Mar 2023
--- TotalEnergies and Paprec have signed a long-term commercial agreement to develop a French value chain for advanced recycling of plastic film waste. The deal will secure the supply of materials from TotalEnergies’... Read More
16 Mar 2023
--- Scientists at the UK’s Natural History Museum have discovered a new disease in seabirds, which they believe is caused solely by plastic ingestion. Identified in a recent study, the researchers have named the condition... Read More
15 Mar 2023
--- Consumers are driving toward more environmentally and health-conscious lifestyles and food choices, leading to fresh fruit and vegetable packaging innovation, according to Innova Market Insights. We speak to ATS-Tanner and... Read More
15 Mar 2023
--- Further delaying the EU’s landmark reform on chemical laws may, in the long-term, threaten its industry’s competitiveness and resilience. This was the warning communicated by the European Environment Bureau (EEB)... Read More
15 Mar 2023
--- A leaked draft of the European Commission’s (EC) Green Claims legislation, designed to combat greenwashing, is expected to raise litigation against packaging companies using vague, impartial and misleading advertising.... Read More
14 Mar 2023
--- A newly released study by the 5 Gyres Institute reveals the average number of plastic particles in the world’s oceans adds up to 170 trillion plastic particles, weighing two million metric tons. The study’s... Read More
13 Mar 2023
--- Environmental campaigners are calling for harsher measures against petrochemical corporations and their transport partners following the Ohio train derailment disaster, after a US Senate hearing last week in which Norfolk... Read More
13 Mar 2023
--- Young mussels exposed to high levels of plastic microfibers show restricted growth according to a new study by scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, University of East Anglia and the University of Plymouth, England.... Read More
10 Mar 2023
--- This week in industry news, PepsiCo started trialing new paper-based outer packaging for its Walkers Baked multipacks, and Morrisons and Yes Recycling opened a recycling site for hard-to-recycle soft plastics in Scotland.... Read More
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