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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.
April 26, 2021
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This liquid soap bottle is made from soap and it dispenses soap too!
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!
April 26, 2021
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Industry pioneer: Beiersdorf launches first packaging made from certified, renewable plastics
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.
April 24, 2021
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BASF, Quantafuel and REMONDIS want to cooperate on chemical recycling of plastic waste
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
April 24, 2021
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Dow, Lucro and Marico join forces to advance circular packaging solutions in India
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.
April 22, 2021
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Beyond COVID: the ‘next normal’ in packaging
Sustainability, safety, e-commerce. Three vital pillars of the post-COVID “next normal” in packaging that SACMI will explore together with packaging multinational Aptar.
April 21, 2021
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New sustainable packaging will extend guacamole’s shelf life by 15% thanks to labels and additives extracted from the avocado itself
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.
April 21, 2021
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STADLER Completes Installation of New Mechanical Sorting Plant of Ca Na Putxa, Ibiza
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.
April 20, 2021
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PEF can become the ‘standard in the food and drink industry’, says plastics producer
The use of PEF plastic – which is made entirely from plants, is fully recyclable and which degrades in nature much faster than normal plastics — has the potential to become the standard in the food and drink industry, claims the company attempting to scale up the material.
April 20, 2021
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INEOS Styrolution, Recycling Technologies and Trinseo progress plans for the first polystyrene recycling plant in Europe
INEOS Styrolution, Recycling Technologies and Trinseo have announced today that they have reached a significant milestone in their plans to build commercial polystyrene (PS) recycling plants in Europe. Recycling Technologies has been selected as the technology partner.
April 20, 2021
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Orkla first to launch soap refills in cartons
A first for Norway, Orkla has worked with packaging partner Elopak to produce a package with all the sustainable and convenience benefits of the gable top carton, and to develop the filling technology to make this new step a reality.
April 17, 2021
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New Barrier Film Structure For Compostable Food Packaging
The collaboration between sp group and nurel biopolymers enables the manufacture of flexible barrier packaging suitable for composting.
April 17, 2021