DOW expands its portfolio of solvent-based adhesives with the new ADCOTE™ L76-500 high-solids adhesive, opening new opportunities beyond traditional metal-to-film lamination.
Sukano and Sidel have proved that white opaque masterbatch formulations can be used in PET monolayer bottles, and still be processed at the same machine throughput using Sidel’s EvoBLOW, with no impact on colour, properties, functionality, or production rates.
LyondellBasell today announced that it is building a new small-scale pilot facility at its Ferrara, Italy site moving another step closer to converting post-consumer plastic waste into new plastics on a commercial scale.
Single-use plastic, or disposable material that can be used only once before it is either thrown away or recycled, is used by almost all consumer-facing industries including food processing and food delivery, retailers for packaging and selling finished goods, pharmaceuticals and agriculture.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will review its packaging regulations to accommodate more environment-friendly materials. This will help the companies to look for materials which can be substitute to single-use plastic, according to FSSAI.
Total Corbion PLA’s peer reviewed Life Cycle Impact Assessment of PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) produced from Sugarcane in Thailand has been published in the “Journal of Polymers and the Environment” and confirms PLA’s low carbon footprint.
When talking about sustainable packaging, there are typically two approaches: first, how can we recycle current materials more efficiently, and second, how can we develop new and better packaging solutions.
As the world’s relationship with plastic is being radically redefined, academics at the University of Surrey investigate bold new food packaging pledges made by some of the world’s most prominent brands – and question whether these pledges will translate into measurable actions.
The findings of an independent laboratory testing of ‘EcoLam High Plus’ technology show it is consistent with recycling. It improves the recyclability of the current, widely available technologies for functional barriers used in PE films.
The only way to obtain truly virgin-quality recycled material, if we are to recycle more of our packaging waste and develop new markets for recovered resources, is through non-mechanical or chemical recycling.
Teknos is contributing to the development of a first of its kind bio-based and recyclable paper bottle. The paper bottle technology is intended for both still and carbonated food liquids as well as cosmetics other liquids.
The bacterial strains discovered by researchers at Shiv Nadar University in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, have the potential to decompose polystyrene — a key component in Single-Use Plastic (SUP) items such as disposable cups, cutlery, toys, packaging materials etc.
