Category: News & Updates
We need to embrace a plastic circular economy warns Goplasticpallets.com
Jim Hardisty, Managing Director of Goplasticpallets.com – The Responsible Plastic Pallet Company says that organisations and consumers need to fully embrace a plastic circular economy sooner rather than later to help tackle plastic pollution. In a recent article published on Circular online, the Sustainability Director at The Consumer Goods Forum, Ignacio Gavilan, highlighted the need to…
Kite Packaging launch large letter postal boxes
Slim corrugated boxes offer rigid protection to small items while fitting into the Royal Mail’s PiP Large Letter specification. This minimises and regulates postal costs, enabling a business to maximise their overall profits. Kite offer their brown large letter boxes in five different sizes to cater toward everything from gift cards and small jewellery items…
Stoelzle Masnières Parfumerie’s sustainable packaging is the choice glass for Dries Van Noten’s newly launched fragrances
Orange Smoke and Sur ma Peau are two new Eaux de Toilette by the Belgian designer Dries Van Noten The 200ml fragrances are bottled in recyclable glass, a first for Dries Van Noten as the industry focus on sustainability grows. With an ever-growing focus on sustainable packaging within the perfume and cosmetics industry, Dries Van…
Multinational beverage manufacturer chooses innovative tethered caps from Affaba & Ferrari™ for its iced tea brand
Caps and bottles are now inseparable – especially when it comes to recycling Due to an impending directive set forth by the European Union (EU), tethered caps which remain permanently attached to the bottle after opening and during use will soon be widely available for consumers across Europe. The aim of the new directive is…
Major survey claims household recycling failing to address plastic pollution
Household recycling is failing to address the plastic pollution problem, according to a hard-hitting The Big Plastic Count survey. The report claimed the UK’s recycling systems cannot cope with the amount of plastic packaging waste leaving households – estimated to be a staggering 1.85 billion pieces per week – and insists only 12% of that is…
Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability
The straight and narrow road leads flexibles to an uncertain future and less sustainable packaging. The longer route expands the role of flexibles in preventing food waste. The flexible packaging industry is once again at a critical crossroads. Insights gained from talking shop at ReFED and the Global Pouch Forum defined for me the critical nature of this crossroad.…
High-Barrier Material Takes Paper Packaging to a New Level
Amcor has developed an environmentally friendly paper packaging material that protects food from oxygen and moisture — and runs well on with existing packaging lines. Amcor is expanding packagers’ options for sustainable flexible materials with the launch of LifeSpan Performance Paper in Europe. The recyclable, high-barrier material was developed for food packaging and is the first…
Kraft Heinz to Test Paper Bottle for Ketchup
Sustainability executive at Kraft Heinz shares project details about creating a paper bottle for the company’s iconic Heinz Tomato Ketchup. Paper bottles have reached a new milepost on their journey to widespread acceptance. Kraft Heinz and Pulpex are collaborating on a recyclable, paper-based bottle for Heinz Tomato Ketchup — a first in the sauce category. The companies…
Tetra Pak to Aluminum: The Future Called, and You’re Not In It
Replacing the aluminum barrier layer in aseptic cartons with fiber or other materials is expected to generate environmental benefits while keeping food protected. Tetra Pak, in an effort to develop and commercialize more sustainable food packaging, is replacing aluminum in its aseptic cartons with materials that reduce carbon footprint and improve recyclability — all without…
Scientists develop starch-based biopolymer coating with antimicrobial properties for food packaging
Scientists at Rutgers University, New Jersey, have developed a starch-based, degradable biopolymer coating with naturally occurring antimicrobial ingredients, which can reportedly be sprayed onto food to protect against contamination, spoilage, and transportation damage. Conducted in collaboration with scientists at Harvard University and funded by the Harvard-Nanyang Technological University/Singapore Sustainable Nanotechnology Initiative, the Rutgers research on the bio-based,…
