The online retailer Amazon wants to largely dispense with plastic packaging when shipping. This applies both to the products sold on their own account and to the external dealers who use the shipping service of the US group in Germany.
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Berlin, 14 December 2021 – Last week the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) published a report assessing the sustainability of agricultural plastic products[1] recommending the replacement of non-biodegradable, conventional polymers with biodegradable, bio-based polymers.
Ampacet OdorClear™ is a range of powerful wide spectrum odor-absorbing masterbatches designed to neutralize odors of post-consumer recycled material. Post-consumer recycled plastics often have a strong smell due to the presence of contaminants or residual contents that degrade during the recycling process. These odors affect the consumers’ perception of product and brand quality.
Kellogg’s, in partnership with Tesco, have announced that it will trial paper liners within cereal boxes in a select number of stores from January 2022.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a major boost to e-commerce, with the U.S. Census Bureau reporting a 45% year-over-year increase from the second quarter of 2019 to the second quarter of 2020. For brands experiencing a significant increase in e-commerce sales or embracing e-commerce for the first time, designing packaging to hold up under the conditions a single parcel may face in shipping can be a challenge. Products that are damaged during shipping are costly to your brand’s reputation and can ruin your relationship with customers.
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In an effort to eliminate single use plastics and reduce unnecessary packaging we are seeing a significant increase in Reusable and Refillable packaging programs across all corners of the globe.
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Leading pharma-packaging firm, KAISHA Packaging has accomplished new heights in the fight against COVID-19.
‘The importance of a more than 200% growth rate within the next five years cannot be overstated. Before 2026, the share of bioplastics in the total global production of plastics will pass the 2% mark for the first time. Our formular of success is a strong belief in the abilities of our industry, the aspiration for continuous innovation, and the courage to make the necessary financial investments’, explains François de Bie, Chairman of European Bioplastics.
Global bioplastics production will more than triple within five years Read More »
Altshausen, 8 December, 2021 – As the 2030 Agenda targets loom, environmental service companies are increasingly incorporating in their business plans investments in recycling facilities capable of bringing us closer to the zero waste goal by turning it into secondary raw materials that can be returned to the commercial cycle with minimal waste.
STADLER designs and builds new GAIA and IREN sorting plants in Asti and Parma Read More »
India’s ethnic snack-food giant Haldiram’s Nagpur is on a growth track, opening its own
manufacturing facility for long shelf-life dairy products. Setting up a massive dairy facility, with an
investment of over Rs. 100 Crores, Haldiram’s Nagpur is clearly looking to expand its footprint from
its existing markets of Maharashtra, Goa and Chhatisgarh.
Haldiram’s Nagpur goes live with SIG India for its long shelf-life ethnic beverages Read More »
The number of companies taking steps to tackle the problem of marine plasticspollution continues to rise. Nonetheless, every year, around eight million tons of plastic waste are still dumped in the oceans.
Gerresheimer develops cosmetics packaging from ocean-bound plastic Read More »
AMUT’s strategic partnership with EREMA contributes to accelerate the transition towards a greener world. In summer 2021, EREMA in collaboration with AMUT has finalized the installation and commissioning of ALTO packaging´s first extrusion line for food grade PET sheets in New Zealand market. At the ALTO Plastic Packaging site, in Albany, the plant now processes 100 % washed postconsumer flakes into 100 % food contact grade monolayer thermoforming sheet. In New Zealand, this milestone represents the first system to be installed for this special application.
From PET Bottles Straight To Food Contact Grade R-PET Packaging Read More »
