With a goal of educating consumers, customers and other stakeholders on the benefits of plastic packaging, Amcor recently launched a “Choose Plastic” marketing campaign.
The findings of an independent laboratory testing of ‘VO+ LLDPE’ technology show that it has minor recyclability issues and, therefore, it is suitable for recycling in a polyethylene (PE) film stream.
The Indian glassmaker supplies the premium perfume glass bottle markets in Europe and the USA and has seen its market share grow at a rate of 20% a year recently
Tom’s of Maine has begun shipping a first-of-its-kind recyclable toothpaste tube recognized by the Association of Plastic Recyclers. The tube is designed to be compatible with the #2 HDPE plastic stream.
AGI glaspac, a leading container glass maker, will invest up to ?130 crore in technology upgrades that will see its capability to produce lighter bottles and reuse glass, get a big shot in the arm.
The Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Thanjavur, has developed a bioplastic film from corn starch granules which can serve as a viable bio-friendly alternative to the synthetic plastic films.
Flipkart, India’s leading e-commerce marketplace, announced that as of August 1, 2019, it has achieved a 25% reduction in single-use plastic through various initiatives across its packaging value chain.
Danimer Scientific, a developer and manufacturer of biodegradable materials, and Genpak, manufacturer of quality food packaging, are partnering to create a new line of biodegradable food containers
This new solution by ULMA Packaging arose from the need to remove sterile products from packages while avoiding any type of contamination with microorganisms and/or particles that could migrate from the exterior of the packaging to the product while removing it.
BP has developed an enhanced recycling technology, BP Infinia, that enables currently unrecyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic waste to be diverted from landfill or incineration and instead transformed back into new, virgin-quality feedstocks.
SABIC has announced the opening of its new Technology and Innovation Center dedicated to the caps and closures segment in Geleen, the Netherlands
A customised multihead weigher and X-ray inspection system from Ishida are major components of a new packing line for instant dried soups.
