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30 May 2023
--- Amcor, Delterra, Mars and P&G have announced the launch of a partnership to stem the tide of plastic pollution in the Global South. The companies say they will work together to scale upstream and downstream solutions for...
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02 May 2023
--- Industry leaders ExxonMobil, Sealed Air, Cyclyx International and Ahold Delhaize USA have announced their advanced recycling collaboration will be scaled up after the successful conclusion of a year-long trial. Launched in...
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01 May 2023
--- The European Commission (EC) has passed a new law obliging all companies using wood-based materials to prove their supplies have not come from deforested land or areas where human rights violations have occurred. Selling...
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28 Apr 2023
--- The European Commission (EC) has voted to adopt proposals on restricting intentionally added microplastics in products, including packaging, cosmetics and astroturf, through its Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and...
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27 Apr 2023
--- ChemSec has released a report that maps the extensive use of “forever chemicals” (PFAS) in the electronics industry, focusing on the chemicals’ presence in electronic devices, semiconductors and their...
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17 Apr 2023
--- Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) is calling on EU policymakers to make material recovery and biological treatment (MRBT) of mixed waste mandatory. The organization has found the method is cost-competitive with controversial,...
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13 Apr 2023
--- Material recovery and biological treatment (MRBT) methods for mixed waste sorting could be a cost-competitive and superior carbon-saving alternative to incineration practices, according to a new report by Zero Waste Europe...
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11 Apr 2023
--- Packaging technologies for thermal management are essential to maintaining the lifespan and efficacy of semiconductors, according to a new technical paper by researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State...
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10 Apr 2023
--- A sustainability report is the essential tool in communicating corporate social responsibility goals and actions to any organization’s stakeholders, from employees to customers to financial institutions. Increasingly,...
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04 Apr 2023
--- A cross-sectoral body of material suppliers and associations has called on the European Commission (EC) to implement a harmonized method for calculating chemically recycled content. The method the group requests is a...
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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...
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01 Mar 2023
--- At this year’s Interpack 2023 trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany, Gerhard Schubert will display a concept study for a new generation of machines combined with a new transport system. Additionally, the company will...
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22 Feb 2023
--- Innova Market Insights has revealed its top packaging trends for 2023, with “Plastics circularization” taking the lead spot. Plastic packaging consumption will continue to grow despite anti-plastic sentiment and...
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21 Feb 2023
--- At this year’s Packaging Innovations trade show in Birmingham, UK, fewer paper and cardboard-based companies were present than in previous years. Plastics manufacturers, however, were on full display. We discuss how...
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20 Feb 2023
--- The European paper industry must capitalize on positive long-term trends, which the EU Green Deal Industrial Plan could accelerate, according to the Confederation of European Paper Industries (Cepi), which last week released...
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14 Feb 2023
--- Ineos has secured €3.5 billion (US$3.7 billion) in funding for its Project One ethane cracker in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium. The financing follows a tide of environmental opposition against the facility, which is...
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13 Feb 2023
--- Indonesian environmentalists are taking Swiss corporation Holcim, one of the world’s largest cement producers, to court over pollution caused largely by refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from plastic packaging waste, which has...
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09 Feb 2023
--- UK packagers have been obliged to collect data on their product origin, weight, trade and other parameters since the start of the year. This is the government’s first step to implementing a comprehensive extended...
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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...
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31 Jan 2023
--- TotalEnergies is joining forces with Portuguese packaging player Intraplás to create commercial products with TotalEnergies RE:newable polymer – a range of the RE:clic portfolio, which uses renewable sources to...
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