May 2022

BERICAP Parallel tethers

Consumer Survey Shows: Users are Impressed By The Handling, Hygiene and Quality of BERICAP ClipAside Tethered Caps

The BERICAP ClipAside Tethered Caps not only comply with EU Directive 2019/904 to improve recycling performance, but users are also impressed by their practicality. In fact, the majority of consumers surveyed rated the BERICAP tethered caps more positively than conventional closures.

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Neopac Introduces “Eco-Stripped” Tube with 30% Less Plastics, Including Slimmed-Down Shoulder & Cap

Oberdiessbach, Switzerland –Hoffmann Neopac, a global provider of high-quality packaging for pharma, beauty and oral care, has “capped off” its commitment to reducing plastics in its tube designs. The company has introduced Eco-Stripped Tube, which combines a significantly reduced sleeve wall thickness with a comparable materials reduction in the shoulder and cap. The result is a 30% reduction in overall virgin materials without sacrificing product protection, haptics or esthetics.

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UPM Linerless OptiCut takeaway coffee labels

UPM Raflatac Extends its CarbonNeutral® Product Portfolio – The Whole Linerless Product Range is Now Certified as a CarbonNeutral® Product

UPM Raflatac extends its CarbonNeutral® product portfolio by achieving CarbonNeutral® product certification for the whole Linerless product range. The certification is issued by Natural Capital Partners in accordance with The CarbonNeutral Protocol.

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Amcor Develops Breakthrough Recyclable Healthcare Packaging

Building on its recent track record of breakthrough innovations to deliver recyclable packaging, Amcor is today announcing customer trials of the world’s first recyclable* Polyethylene-based thermoform blister packaging. The new packaging is designed to meet the stringent requirements of highly specialized and regulated pharmaceutical packaging and creates a more sustainable alternative for the most in-demand healthcare packaging type.

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PAL Packaging mechanically recycled polystyrene

Pal Packaging Selects INEOS Styrolution’s Mechanically Recycled Polystyrene for sustainable food packaging

INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, and Pal Packaging, a leading vertically integrated manufacturer and distributor of food packaging and foodservice products, announced today to partner on styrenics based sustainable food contact applications. Pal Packaging now incorporates the new mechanically recycled Styrolution® PS ECO, a 100% recycled polystyrene, in new food packaging solutions.

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Advanced Recycling

Advanced Recycling Is Not Waste Incineration and Is Essential to a Circular Economy for Plastics

On Friday Members of Congress sent a letter to the House Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulate advanced recycling technologies as municipal waste combustion units under the Clean Air Act. The following statement may be attributed to Joshua Baca, vice president of plastics at the American Chemistry Council (ACC).

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