Category: News & Updates
Coatings Create Sustainable Option for PFAS-free Packaging
Food and beverage brands can find alternatives to “forever chemicals” that ensure high performance of paper and paperboard packaging that also meets sustainability goals. States like California, New York, and Maine started the year with bans going into effect for food packaging that contains chemicals of concern, specifically per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever…
Plastic, Metal, or Glass? ZenWTR Diversifies Bottled Water Packaging
ZenWTR to add aluminum and glass bottles to the brand’s flagship made-from-ocean-bound recycled PET (rPET) bottles to meet consumers’ packaging preference. ZenWTR staked a claim when it entered the crowded water market in 2020 as the world’s first beverage in a bottle made from 100% recycled, certified ocean-bound PET (rPET) plastic. The start-up brand launched the…
Buy-back initiative for recyclables saves millions, pays millions
Packa-Ching, a Polyco recycling initiative supported by Shoprite, has seen over 10-million kgs of waste kept out of the landfill, with more than R10m paid out to community members. With mobile units operating in low-income areas where recycling infrastructure is hard to come by, Packa-Ching incentivises communities to collect and recycle waste. Recyclable packaging materials,…
Carboardeaux move over, meet Journey’s End x Interpunkt’s new wine range in paperboard bottles
Journey’s End Vineyards, in collaboration with Interpunkt, have launched a new wine brand packaged in sustainable paperboard bottles – a first in South Africa. The W.O. Western Cape Sauvignon Blanc and Shiraz, produced by Journey’s End, were launched exclusively in select Checkers, Checkers Hyper supermarkets as well as in Checkers LiquorShop stores on 31 May…
Coca-Cola Beverages SA rolls out returnable PET bottles in KZN
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) is preparing to launch its 2L returnable bottle, also known as refillable PET or RefPET, in KwaZulu-Natal as it broadens efforts to reduce environmental waste. Since 2019, CCBSA has launched the RefPET bottle in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo, North-West, Mpumalanga and parts of the Free State, and plans to…
How a washable paper backpack is keeping festivals sustainable
With summer underway and Glastonbury on the horizon, packaging specialists Paper Bag Co have re-launched their Festival Bag for 2023, the primary material in this bag is 100% washable paper, and is filled with eco-friendly alternatives to some of the most common items found at most festivals. What is in the Festival Bag? Last year…
Antalis Packaging helps Craft Drinks deliver occasion-ready packaging
Designed by the two latest recruits to Antalis’ Smart Packaging Centre (SPC), the new packaging maximises customer experience while minimising packaging. Tapp’d Cocktails was launched in 2019 with a goal to shake up the ready-to-drink cocktail industry. Its target audience is Gen Z, which is why the company was keen to work with Ciara and…
Keurig Dr Pepper Recycling Commitments, Heinz Recycled PET Sauce Bottles, Clover Sonoma Recycled HDPE Milk Jugs
See a few examples of refillable and reusable packaging solutions from Keurig Dr Pepper, Heinz, and Clover Sonoma from ThePackHub’s May Packaging Innovation Briefing Report. Recycling initiatives continue to be one of the most active sustainability areas driven by challenging Plastic Pacts around the world that are part of a three-pronged objective to deliver 100%…
A critical view on the UN’s roadmap towards cutting plastic pollution
UNEP, the United Nations Environment Program just sent out a press release entitled “UN roadmap outlines solutions to cut global plastic pollution”. Here’s the first paragraph: “Plastic pollution could reduce by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy and market shifts using existing technologies, according to a new report by…
Why has demand for corrugated and folding cartons fallen?
After a relatively buoyant few years, demand for corrugated and folding cartons has fallen off a cliff. So far this year, UK demand for corrugated is down by 10% and folding cartons by 3%; Europe isn’t far behind. Neil Osment, Managing Director of paper packaging industry analysts NOA, takes a look at why. In terms of…
