Day: December 14, 2020
UK firm claims major step to first truly biodegradable plastic packaging alternative
UK-based biotech company, Toraphene, has unveiled what it claims is the world’s “first” truly biodegradable, compostable and commercially viable alternative to plastic packaging, and which contains graphene. The firm has developed a new material, also called Toraphene, that uses biopolymers that compost naturally and biodegrade without human intervention. These are then combined with Nobel Prize-winning graphene, which is…
Tesco introduces new packaging for fresh whole chickens
Tray and film are almost universally used in retail for fresh, whole chicken packaging – but now giant UK supermarketer, Tesco, is about to change this in its bid to cut down on plastic. In November 2019, Tesco committed to removing one billion pieces of plastic from its UK business by the end of 2020…
Greiner Packaging partners with SABIC and Unilever to create bouillon packaging made from PCR
Greiner Packaging has teamed up with SABIC and Unilever in a pilot project to produce 100% polypropylene (PP) tubs and lids for Knorr bouillon powder using post-consumer recycled plastic material. SABIC’s “certified circular” PP material uses post-consumer mixed plastic as a feedstock, which is broken down into its molecular building blocks to create what the company describes as “virgin plastics”,…
Tesco removes plastic across own label Christmas range
Supermarket giant Tesco has revealed it has removed over 20 million pieces of plastic from its Christmas range. Tesco, which won two awards at this year’s UK Packaging Awards, has made changes to its packaging. Its own label crackers will be sold in cardboard packaging while 312,000 Christmas light will be packaged in recyclable cardboard packs. It has also…
Mars Food and Amcor to launch recyclable microwavable rice pouch
Mars Food is to start using recyclable mono-polypropylene plastic (PP) for its microwavable rice pouches in 2021. Working with Amcor, the project will bring to market the industry’s first food-safe, mono-material microwavable rice pouch. Launching with an initial pilot in the first half of 2021, the business has ambitions to further scale the technology across…
