Day: November 2, 2020
Castle Lager celebrates its homegrown heritage with a brand-new look!
In 2020, Mzansi’s most beloved beer brand, Castle Lager turns 125 years old and continues its iconic legacy as an integral part the nation’s heritage and culture. To memorialise this auspicious occasion, the brand has revealed that it has reimagined its look and feel and has made a number of significant changes which will become…
Bacardi to introduce biodegradable bottle
Spirits company Bacardi has unveiled plans to use a new, 100 per cent biodegradable bottle, which the company says will replace 80 million plastic bottles, or 3000 tonnes of plastic, currently produced by the company every year. The move is possible thanks to Bacardi’s collaboration with Danimer Scientific, a developer and manufacturer of biodegradable products.…
Are Paper Bottles Sustainable and Practical?
Major brand owners like Absolut, Diageo, Carlsberg, and PepsiCo are developing paper bottles, but what does a market analyst say about this paper chase? Until the last couple years the concept of a paper bottle would seem at best an oxymoron, but innovations continue to break barriers in the pursuit of packaging that offers sustainability…
Henkel relaunches beauty care products with a focus on sustainability
Henkel has relaunched three of its major retail brands in new, sustainably-minded packaging with a focus on the use of Social Plastic, recyclable black plastic, and PCR materials Alongside the launch of Nature Box’s new 98% natural-origin recipe, Henkel is also taking further steps in its collaboration with the social enterprise Plastic Bank. Nature Box is being…
L’Oréal creates bottle from carbon emissions
Cosmetics producer L’Oréal has partnered with LanzaTech and Total to create the world’s first bottle made from captured and recycled carbon emissions. The conversion process takes place in three steps. First, LanzaTech captures industrial carbon emissions and converts them into ethanol using a unique biological process. Next, thanks to an innovative dehydration process jointly developed with IFP Axens, Total converts the…
Schoeller Allibert debuts upgraded returnable transit packaging
Schoeller Allibert has launched a new and upgraded version of its Maxinest container for the food processing and grocery retail markets. Jon Walkington, retail and system integrator sales director at Schoeller Allibert UK, commented: “Maxinest Evo represents the evolution of the original Maxinest range of products which, after facilitating hundreds of millions of journeys since their…
Coca-Cola reveals first paper bottle prototype
In partnership with Paboco and the three other companies in the Paboco Pioneer Community, Coca-Cola has revealed a first-generation prototype of its paper bottle. The company has not yet realised its ultimate goal of creating a 100% paper-based bottle, as the structure of the prototype consists of a paper shell with a plastic closure and a plastic liner inside.…
Unilever updates market on plastic reduction
Consumer goods giant Unilever has stepped up its strategy to incorporate more recycled plastic, as well as reducing its use of the material. The company said that one year on from its pledge to halve its use of virgin plastic by 2025, it has increased its use of post-consumer recycled plastic (PCR) to around 75,000…
