Category: News & Updates
Coda Group launches coffee pod material made from agricultural waste
Biomaterials manufacturer Coda Group has launched Solinatra – a home-compostable material made from agricultural waste that the company says can be used to replace plastic and aluminium coffee capsules. Over 60 billion coffee capsules are consumed globally each year, and many of these are currently made from layers of plastic or aluminium. According to Coda, while most…
Thirst Craft Gives Brooklyn Brewery’s Hazy IPA A Juicy Pop Art Makeover
We don’t need to remind you, but the beer can is one of the most consequential canvases around. Take a walk around your favorite liquor store—not the 7-Eleven, mind you—and take a gander at the beer cooler. Plenty of craft breweries bring the art gallery to the fridge, and it’s a perfect way for designers…
Smart Cups Add a New Dimension to Printed Beverages
New technology permits ingredient printing on cup sidewalls, which will expand product and market capabilities to fuel growth for the “waterless beverages”. A waterless beverage seems an oxymoron, but Smart Cups has made that incongruous concept a reality for optimized sustainable packaging. Billed as “the world’s first printed beverage,” the brand employs 20 and operates…
Sleep-Friendly Nightfood Packaging Design Gets a Wake-Up Call
Brand looked to a bolder scheme to reawaken interest for its sleep-supporting ice cream in a crowded freezer section. There are few things better for your health than a good night’s sleep. Yet that natural act proves elusive for many whether caused by physical or mental conditions. Supplements such as melatonin have provided relief to…
Maker of IRN-BRU transitions to 100% recycled shrink wrap
AG Barr, the maker of IRN-BRU and Rubicon, has announced that all its soft drink consumer multipacks will be wrapped in 100% recycled shrink wrap by the end of 2021. This move is projected to save 400 tonnes of virgin plastic a year – the weight of about 250 cars. IRN-BRU is the first AG Barr…
EU beverage packaging aims to be fully circular by 2030
UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe pledges that EU[1] beverage packaging[2] will be fully circular by 2030. Launching its Circular Packaging Vision 2030, the industry commits that by 2025 its packaging will be 100% recyclable and its PET bottles using 50% recycled content. It ambitions that by 2030, its PET bottles will be made from 100% recycled and/or renewable…
Coca-Cola announces European trial for paper bottle prototype
Coca-Cola is set to launch a European trial for its recently announced first-ever paper bottle prototype. The solution has been developed through a partnership between scientists at the Coca-Cola Research and Development Laboratories in Brussels and The Paper Bottle Company (Paboco). The technology developed by Paboco is designed to create recyclable bottles made of sustainably-sourced wood that are…
Coca-Cola continues transition to 100% rPET bottles
The Coca-Cola Company has announced it is to transition a selection of plastic bottles across the portfolio to 100% recycled plastic (rPET) material. The total portfolio approach, which includes a new sip-sized bottle, aims to reduce the use of new plastic by more than 20% compared to 2018 – a 10,000 metric ton reduction in…
Successful commercialization of shrink films using recycled plastic announced by Dow and Plastigaur
Dow has today announced the first large-scale commercial use of its AGILITY CE resin, made with 70% recycled plastic. Plastigaur, a film converter based in Spain, is using the resin in its collation shrink film, typically used in the transportation of cans or PET bottles. The resin is based on low-density polyethylene (LDPE) into which post-consumer recycled…
Heinz to replace shrink wrap on multipack cans
Heinz has revealed a new paperboard solution that will replace the plastic shrink-wrap currently used on its multipack canned products. The PEFC-certified paperboard used in the new ‘Heinz Eco-Friendly Sleeve’ is recyclable and reportedly comes from renewable and sustainably managed forests. Heinz says that the wrap design uses 50% less material than a fully enclosed wraparound…
