New Sealed Air shrink packaging designed for circular economy
Sealed Air has developed a shrink-packaging solution designed for recycling to support food companies increasingly move to a circular economy.
Sealed Air has developed a shrink-packaging solution designed for recycling to support food companies increasingly move to a circular economy.
What better material to package soap in than soap itself?! The idea for SOAPBOTTLE came to designer Jonna Breitenhuber during her masters’ studies. At its heart, it’s a simple, elegant solution to a rather big problem. Every year, billions of plastic shampoo bottles, conditioner tubes, and soap dispensers enter landfills or get dumped in the oceans. In looking for a suitable material replacement for plastic containers, Breitenhuber arrived at her eureka moment… Just package the liquid soap in, well, solid soap!
Packaging SKU rationalization can drive cost savings opportunities in a few different ways. It may allow a brand to consolidate its packaging material suppliers and purchase fewer structures and sizes. It may provide an opportunity to reduce the amount of packaging material inventory it needs to keep on hand. Reducing the number of packaging SKUs helps a brand to better utilize its warehouse space. It also enables a brand to optimize asset utilization across manufacturing and packaging facilities.
Beiersdorf sets new standards: the packaging of the NIVEA Naturally Good face care range will be switched from fossil-based virgin plastic to renewable plastic around the world. The certified renewable polypropylene (PP) of SABIC’s TRUCIRCLETM portfolio is derived from a ‘second generation’ feedstock, a by-product of the forestry-industry.
More recycling of plastic waste which otherwise would be incinerated Favorable regulatory environment decisive for implementation April 21, 2021 – BASF, Quantafuel and REMONDIS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly evaluate a cooperation in chemical recycling including a joint investment into a pyrolysis plant for plastic waste. It is intended that REMONDIS, one …
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As multilayer film is one the most challenging recycling applications, state-of-the-art technologies in the field of plastics extrusion are in great demand, to provide new recycling-friendly designs. By using multilayer mono material composites, packaging manufacturers achieving an equal product performance at full recyclability.
Dow and Lucro Plastecycle, an Indian recycling company, welcome Marico Limited, one of India’s leading consumer goods companies into a tripartite partnership to introduce Dow’s PCR-based coalition shrink films into its line of consumer products.
EPS is the packaging material of choice for landed fish. Its excellent insulation properties keep fish fresh and avoidfood waste. Unlike some cellulose-based materials, EPS supports hygiene, because it resists humidity, preventing thespread of bacteria, mould and fungi, thus keeping the food safe.
Sustainability, safety, e-commerce. Three vital pillars of the post-COVID “next normal” in packaging that SACMI will explore together with packaging multinational Aptar.
The project aims to develop a new biodegradable packaging system from renewable sources that also extends the shelf life of food by 15%, thanks to a label with oxygen barrier function that prevents the oxidation of food, and to the incorporation of natural antioxidants extracted from the avocado itself, which also helps reduce the use of synthetic preservatives.
Welcome to this special two part Episode of Packaging Talks. In this episode Ashwini Deshpande, Co-Founder of Elephant Design, India’s largest integrated design consultancy speaks to Dr. Rangaprasad on a wide range of topics. In this second part Ashwini recreates the emotion & joy of being associated with some of the most successful brands in …
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STADLER has designed and installed the new 50,000 m2 mechanical waste sorting plant that will serve the island of Ibiza. The facility was commissioned in December 2020 by UTE (temporary consortium) GIREF, which is charged with the planning, construction and management of the facilities for the Ibiza and Formentera Waste Management Plan.