Amcor is leading the way in the multivitamin category with the development and launch of the segment’s first PET container made from 100% post-consumer recycled content (PCR) resin.
The new RFID and NFC tags are non-etched, paper-based transponder inlays that reduce the traditional use of PET-based substrates and by-products.
A new technology developed by BlakBear in partnership with TPG Rewards lets consumers know how much shelf life is left in every packaged food, even before they purchase it,
“Concerns around food hygiene due to Covid-19 could increase plastic packaging intensity, undoing some of the early progress made by companies,”
With the new SEAclic Boxes for fish and other fresh foods, the protective packaging specialist is launching a range of transport solutions with a focus on environmentally conscious and user-friendly design.
The members of EUROPEN, the European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment, are doing their utmost to maintain the necessary supply of food and hygiene products as well as medicines to citizens throughout Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic. To guarantee the continued uninterrupted flow of (packaged) goods, the Commission needs to recognise packaging and its raw materials as essential and to open the designated priority lanes, the “green lanes” for their intra-EU transport.
US-based Aptar Food and Beverage, a part of AptarGroup, has unveiled an anti-pathogenic packaging solution to protect fresh cut produce.
Berlin, 18 March 2020 – “If we wanted to condense the gist of the report, we could say that EASAC discourages all the innovations that appear in the industrial sector currently dominated by fossil-based plastics”, says François de Bie, Chairman of European Bioplastics (EUBP) in response to the report ‘Packaging plastic in the circular economy’ recently published by the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC).
As any consumer packaging, also tube laminates are becoming more sustainable and circular.
Tecnocap, a global player of metal packaging, announces its entry into India and Far East
and signs the joint venture with the Indian producer of metal and plastic packaging, Oricon
Enterprise.
A switch to other recycling technologies that can handle these materials and keep taking advantage of the value of PE/PA multilayer packaging! Now that is possible with APK AG’s Newcycling® technology:
Flexible packaging is on the rise. In recent years it has surpassed all other packaging types including rigid plastics, metal, paper and glass. And for good reason: flexible packaging offers efficient roll-to-roll processing and appealing designs. Its high functionality also extends the shelf life of food while minimizing material usage.
