Day: January 12, 2021
Kite launches range of wax-lined boxes for food
Employee-owned packaging business, Kite Packaging, has expanded its range of packaging for the food industry by adding wax-lined boxes to its b2b ecommerce website Wax lined boxes, also commonly referred to as ‘meat boxes’ are suitable for direct contact with food thanks to their PE (wax lining) and are strong, robust, fibre-based, solid board boxes…
Leading names in consumer goods commit to new sustainable design principles
A newly-formed group comprising leading companies including Procter & Gamble, Mondelēz, Unilever, SIG, Tetra Pak, and Amcor has committed to a new set of design principles with the aim of improving the recyclability of plastic packaging. The Plastic Waste Coalition of Action, whose members have a shared revenue of more than 1 trillion euros and represent…
BP, Danone, Unilever, Alpla and more unite on rPET initiative
A group comprising leading companies operating across the polyester packaging value chain – including businesses involved in the manufacture, use, collection and recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic packaging – is aiming to help to address the problem of plastic waste by accelerating the commercialisation of BP Infinia enhanced recycling technology. BP Infinia is designed to turn…
Ben & Jerry’s goes paper-based with packaging for new on-stick ice cream
Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s subsidiary is set to package the brand-new on-stick version of its Cookie Dough product in a recyclable, paper-based wrapper. The ice cream producer has reimagined its best-selling Cookie Dough flavour so that customers can enjoy it on the move. Combining a vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips, a peace shaped, cookie-dough-inspired centre and dipped…
