beverages
23 Jul 2024
--- Ireland-based recycling specialist Panda announces a milestone in its beverage carton recycling, with approximately 5 million beverage cartons recycled since the introduction of advanced sorting technology at its Ballymount...
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10 Jul 2024
--- Swedish Bioplastics company Gaia Biomaterials introduces a compostable drinking straw material designed to be stable, rigid and heat-resistant while allowing for the manufacture of sustainable straws for all types of drinks....
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05 Jul 2024
--- KHS is equipping Georgian mineral water brand Borjomi with three filling and packaging lines alongside a customized syrup room to scale operations.KHS will expand the water treatment area, manage supply to the lines with...
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01 Jul 2024
--- Absolut has unveiled a limited-edition bottle in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, inspired by the rediscovery of Warhol’s Absolut “blue” painting. Launching exclusively in...
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27 Jun 2024
--- DS Smith has partnered with Carlsberg in Poland to introduce DS Smith Round Wrap to selected product lines. DS Smith Round Wrap is a multipack packaging solution that rounds corners, designed to reduce CO2 emissions when...
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04 Jun 2024
--- Westrock has equipped Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages, a local Coca-Cola bottler serving Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York City in the US, with paperboard packaging carriers to replace multipack plastic rings. Liberty...
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29 May 2024
--- Spanish waste management corporation Ecoembes has miscalculated the country’s beverage bottle collection rates by almost half, according to new research by Eunomia. As a result, the EU’s Single-Use Plastic...
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22 May 2024
--- Morrisons is rolling out coffee pod collection points in more than 350 UK stores in partnership with Podback, the pod recycling service. In an effort to make coffee pod recycling easier and accessible nationwide, the rollout...
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22 May 2024
--- Mondi has created a new secondary paper packaging solution for wrapping bundles of food and drinks, replacing conventional plastic shrink film. The new paper solution, TrayWrap, is made with Mondi’s Advantage...
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13 May 2024
--- Alpla has added a PET wine bottle to its portfolio. The 0.75-litre bottle weighs 50 grams — roughly eight times less than glass alternatives. The first white wine bottles belonging to Austrian winery Wegenstein...
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07 May 2024
--- Following the recent close of the penultimate negotiation round for a UN global plastics treaty (INC-4) in Canada, Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher says national rules will not suffice to unite the world’s current...
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03 May 2024
--- Starbucks is partnering with Podback to allow customers to pick up Podback’s free-of-charge drop-off recycling bags across all of its 1,250 UK coffee shops. The bags can be filled with used coffee pods and taken to one...
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25 Apr 2024
--- The European Parliament officially endorsed the provisional agreement on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) yesterday, drawing a mix of concerns and support from the industry. The legislation includes...
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19 Apr 2024
--- Paper-based packaging provider Smurfit Kappa has released new information on how beverage manufacturers can identify the characteristics of premium ready-to-drink (RTD) packaging at a time when “resilient and...
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04 Apr 2024
--- Coca-Cola brand smartwater is rolling out 12 oz aluminum cans for water, offering an updated design and elevated consumption experience. Smartwater original and smartwater alkaline with antioxidant have been available on US...
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27 Mar 2024
--- Soft drink packagers face numerous challenges associated with the sector’s main materials: plastic, metal and glass. Each presents different production, waste management, and design problems that compound as...
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26 Mar 2024
--- Saxon Packaging, a part of Smurfit Kappa Group, shares its latest ready-to-drink (RTD) packaging innovation partnership activities including a cardboard box for RTD cocktails brand Edmunds Cocktails and bespoke can packs for...
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22 Mar 2024
--- Korean water producer Sansu is developing an embossed label water bottle made of Luminy polylactic acid (PLA) bioplastics in partnership with TotalEnergies Corbion. The collaboration is intended to speed the adoption of...
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21 Mar 2024
--- New research has revealed that 90% of the PFAS chemicals in food packaging are not included in any regulatory or industry inventories used during chemical manufacturing. The findings also show that hazard data is available...
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20 Mar 2024
--- Portuguese packaging producer Logopaste has joined PulPac and PA Consulting’s Bottle Collective, a scheme bringing major household brands together to incorporate Dry Molded Fiber technology into beverage product...
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