ZURICH, Nov. 18, 2021 – When it comes to packaging and sustainability, consumers are clear: provide options to recycle more, make recycling easier and ensure the product is in fact recycled.
NEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has today confirmed its decision to invest into a pilot plant for advanced recycling of polystyrene. The site will be set up in collaboration with Recycling Technologies in Swindon, UK. It is expected to be operational in the second half of 2022.
This series of sector insights presents the trends and data on progress made by brand and retail signatories towards their 2025 commitments.
Neckarsulm November 11, 2021. With its brand OutNature, the environmental division of the Schwarz Group, PreZero, has developed new sustainable fiber and paper products for packing solutions in trade and industry. After a successful pilot phase, the two retail divisions, Lidl and Kaufland, are gradually introducing the innovative paper packaging based on Silphium from now on in the fruit and vegetable field, starting with organic cress.
Nestlé a+ has joined hands with Tetra Pak to launch ‘Cartons to Classroom’- a unique initiative to increase awareness about recycling in India by converting used beverage cartons to create classroom furniture for schools for less-privileged children.
EcoBlue’s recycled PP & HDPE resins made from 100% PCR Waste have received the LNO from the U.S. FDA.
As COP26 gets underway in Glasgow, bringing together world leaders, global corporations and parties invested in tackling climate change, organisers are practising what they preach by reducing plastic at the event, getting rid of plastic bottles and providing delegates with an aluminium solution from Re:Water
The Netherlands plans to reduce single-use plastic items in the office space significantly. From 2023, disposable coffee cups will be banned. And from 2024, canteens will have to charge extra for plastic packaging on ready-made food, State Secretary Steven van Weyenberg of Environment said in a letter to parliament, Trouw reports.
DES PLAINES, Ill., Nov. 2, 2021– Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) today announced the commercialization of a revolutionary process that expands the types of plastics that can be recycled and can produce feedstock used to make recycled plastics with a lower carbon footprint. The new technology can reduce the need for fossil fuels in the creation of virgin plastics while enabling hundreds of cycles of recycling, with the goal of enabling a circular economy for plastics.
Ron Khan has been vice president of beverages packaging at PepsiCo since 2015. The following quotes from him have been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Reduction calculated from shipments of GL BARRIER for retort food packaging and mono-material packaging with spouts. System for automated calculation of CO₂ emission volume from product life cycles to be launched.
BRUSSELS, October 28, 2021: The European glass sector warmly welcomes the opinion on “Glass in Europe at a crossroads: delivering a greener, energy-efficient industry, while enhancing competitiveness and maintaining quality jobs” that was adopted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), following recommendations from its Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI 180).
