Design for recycling: the way forward for the plastics industry
‘Recyclability is the major engine of improving the efficiency and quality of recycling, and at the same time stimulating innovation in the sector.’
‘Recyclability is the major engine of improving the efficiency and quality of recycling, and at the same time stimulating innovation in the sector.’
INEOS will be supplied with recovered polymer from Viridor’s new £65m post-consumer polymers recycling plant at the Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre, near Bristol
McDonald’s announced a wide-ranging programme to remove and minimise plastic and improve recyclability in packaging across Europe.
Since Historic times, India has been a front-runner in the race for export of spices. India leads in the production and their exports of different spices and products in the last few years have shown an increasing trend.
At the CPhI Worldwide in Frankfurt (Germany), Romaco and Huhtamaki showcased the first recyclable strip packaging for pharmaceutical solids.
Coca-Cola will end the use of plastic shrink-wrap across all multipacks of cans sold in Great Britain and replace it with cardboard
Extending a product’s shelf-life has been an important goal for people at almost all points on the supply chain. Longer shelf-life means less product loss, less food waste, and more efficiency.
While its competitors have opted for glass, the company NÖM has intentionally set its sights on plastic as its packaging material. The new NÖM milk bottle is made entirely of recycled PET (rPET) and is fully recyclable.
In this review paper, an attempt has been made to capture the on-going innovations in additives, modifiers & colorants in the emerging scenario going towards establishing a circular economy. We believe these ingredients will continue to be the miracle workers for the conventional oil-based plastics & emerging bio-based polymers & bioplastics. Additives, modifiers & colorants will boost recycling of conventional thermoplastics used in packaging & add value to bioplastics.
Cargill’s oils business in India has redesigned its packaging by cutting down on the amount of raw plastic used across all products. In association with Dow Chemical, the business reformulated its plastic material, making 90% of its plastic packaging recyclable.
The Hyderabad-based, Special Business Unit of HSIL, will be the first organised player to use the eCommerce route. It has brought its retail offerings under the brand ‘Greendrop Glassware’ for the purpose, said Rajesh K Khosla, President & CEO.
AV Birla group flagship Hindalco Industries is betting big on the packaging and transport containers segment, a top company official said on November 19.
The move is due to the low per capita use of aluminium in the country which is at 2.6 kg now and being the largest producer of the metal, it gives an added advantage to the AV Birla flagship.