Chemical recycling is attracting serious interest and investment. Still in its relative infancy, the technology carries a weight of expectation as a possible solution to the mountain of plastic waste created every year. But not everyone is convinced – chemical recycling is not without its critics and there will be challenges to overcome if it’s to live up to its hype.
PET bottles containing post-consumer recycled material will soon be the norm, not the exception. European Union law says that from 2025, PET beverage bottles will have to contain at least 25 % rPET (calculated as an average for all PET bottles placed on the market within any member state). That figure will rise to 30% from 2030. Similar pieces of legislation are being introduced in other regions of the world too.
Sustainability remains a key topic for the packaging value chain, but there are few (if any) insights into consumer perceptions globally—especially now that the COVID-19 pandemic is also influencing consumer sentiment and behavior. To better understand this influence, Mckinsey launched a survey across ten countries to explore consumers’ attitudes toward sustainable packaging, building on an earlier work focusing on consumer sentiment in the United States.
Arctic Express Pack developed a patented gel pack manufacturing technology designed to streamline the labor-intensive process needed to manufacture, freeze, store and transport gel packs used to keep commodities at a desired temperature during storage.
One of the key problems facing the sector today are related to supply chain, logistics & packaging.
While there is little that can be done about the logistics aspect, especially when it comes to furniture exports since they are largely dictated by trends in global trade, packaging becomes a key differentiating factor between different companies.
Scientists have defined the theoretical limit in circularity for plastic packages, after multiple years of data collection and modelling. This is relevant for all stakeholders, since most of them strive towards higher recycling rates to alleviate the environmental impact of plastic waste.
Alpla produces the PET ‘Pearl Bottle’ for Genossenschaft Deutscher Brunnen – LCA confirms sustainability of this Packaging Solution.
World wide, Scientists develop condition monitoring and antimicrobial solutions for fresh meats.
Some case studies are cited here.
This Case Study will be comparing Biodegradable Plastic Air Cushions to Paper Cushioning options, showing you differences from recycling procedures to CO2 emissions.
The role of MATS technology in extending shelf-life of Ready to Eat meals is discussed in this case study
Case Study: Havells India’s Sustainability Drive, helped by Stelda® in reduction of single use plastics, at the same time lowering operational costs of shipper-carton packaging, at the same time securing the primary packages inside.
Urja Packaging, a Delhi based company, are suppliers to many national retail chains and have mostly found that the paper bags they were sourcing before us were diverging from the details mentioned in the purchase order and this was causing a loss of 5% in almost all cases and 33% in the worst cases for our clients. So they decided to open all techniques that a purchase manager can use to ensure adherence to the details mentioned in the PO and level the playing field.
