Category: Health
Carlsberg Likes PEF Barrier Paper Bottle
A formalized agreement commits the beer company to use PEF made from Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant starting in 2024. Carlsberg Group expects that the future of the paper bottle for its iconic beer is through a barrier made of polyethylene furanoate, better known as PEF. The company along with the renewable chemistry specialists of Avantium have agreed…
Walki introduces portfolio of recyclable materials for frozen food segment
Walki, a specialist in packaging and engineering materials, says it is answering to the growing demand for frozen food by expanding its portfolio of recyclable materials. The global market for frozen food is expected to grow to 322bn by 2026. Although the demand is growing globally across all age groups, it is said to be…
Bio-Based Packaging Stars Digitally Printed Nebula
In five months, 20,000 different Nebula Snacks wrappers have been created…and as many unique bars. Startup Nebula Snacks is reaching for the stars by leveraging the power of packaging to attract health-conscious consumers including vegans and diabetics. Through the magic of digital printing, every bar wrapper is different, a theme the brand doubled down on…
NFT Coffee Pouches Are an Eye Opener
A new subscription coffee service, Bored Breakfast Club, is shaking things up with packaging that leverages the latest digital trend — NFTs. Bored Breakfast Club is bringing the metaverse and real-life packaging together with a digital-meets-analog approach that features nonfungible token (NFT) illustrations on its coffee pouches. An NFT is a blockchain-based digital identifier that certifies…
L’Oréal Paris to cut 50% of carbon footprint by 2030
Beauty brand L’Oréal Paris has committed to reducing its carbon footprint by 50% per finished product, and will contribute €10m to environmental projects whose beneficiaries are communities of women around the world. These announcements form part of the brand’s ‘L’Oréal For the Future, Because our Planet is Worth it’ sustainability programme revealed on Thursday, which…
PepsiCo sub-Saharan Africa to curb use of virgin plastics
PepsiCo is committed to changing the way packaging is made, used, and disposed across its food system. This pledge sees PepsiCo Sub-Saharan Africa become the first market within PepsiCo’s Africa, Middle East, and South Asia (Amesa) sector to reduce its reliance on virgin plastics and incorporate 20% recycled PET (rPET) in its products. Increasing the…
Revolutionary ‘Air-Frame’ Flexible Bottle Achieves Recycling Milestone
AeroFlexx, a novel packaging for liquids that combines the best attributes of flexibles and rigids to create a new-to-the-world package form using an “air frame” design, has logged several milestones since 2020. That’s when it snagged a starring role on the world’s packaging scene by earning the Flexible Packaging Association’s Highest Achievement Award judged “as contributing most…
SA’s biggest retailers and brands move towards eco-friendly packaging
As environmental awareness increases, both globally and locally, the amount of waste generated in South Africa is attracting more concern. Significant volumes of waste are still being diverted to landfill sites, which reflects a continued and dangerous “take-make-dispose” relationship with consumer products. In response to both consumer and legislative pressures, some of South Africa’s largest…
PepsiCo sub-Saharan Africa to curb use of virgin plastics
PepsiCo is committed to changing the way packaging is made, used, and disposed across its food system. This pledge sees PepsiCo Sub-Saharan Africa become the first market within PepsiCo’s Africa, Middle East, and South Asia (Amesa) sector to reduce its reliance on virgin plastics and incorporate 20% recycled PET (rPET) in its products. Increasing the…
Coveris develops recyclable rice packaging for Aldi
Aldi announces that its own-brand rice will be available in fully recyclable, monomaterial PE packaging developed by Coveris, with the rollout expected across January and February 2022. The new packaging is a result of a two year partnership between Coveris and Veetee, one of the UK’s largest rice suppliers, to launch the packaging for Aldi’s own-brand Worldwide…
