Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is planning to increase the use of recycled plastic in all of its bottles by 50%, as part of the UK’s new sustainable packaging strategy. The firm’s Great Britain (GB) business unit will work ...
Tags: Recycled Plastic Content, Bottles
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has marked five years since investing in a pioneering initiative to transform plastics recycling in Great Britain. The anniversary comes as CCEP passed the milestone of sourcing 50,000 tonnes of ...
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Spectra Packaging has started expansion work at its manufacturing facility in Suffolk, UK. The company said groundwork foundations have been set for new steel structures at its 17.4-acre site. Building work is expected to be completed ...
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Brazilian retail chain GPA Group and thermoplastic resins producer Braskem have partnered to manufacture recycled plastic packaging from materials collected in supermarkets. Under the partnership, the two companies are set to produce 60 ...
UK-based consumer goods maker Unilever has made a commitment to ensure usage of 100% recyclable plastic packaging by 2025. Besides ensuring all of its plastic packaging is designed to be fully reusable, recyclable or compostable, the firm ...
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Amerplast has launched new AmerGreen brand, as part of its effort to provide better services for the flexible packaging industry. AmerGreen features three components, including an advanced flexible packaging system that expands the shelf ...
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Ford Motor is formulating and testing new foam and plastic components using carbon dioxide as feedstock. Researchers expect to see the new biomaterials in Ford production vehicles within five years. Formulated with up to 50 percent ...
Green packaging maker Cascades is to invest in the expansion of two of its packaging plants in Quebec, Canada. The company plans to invest around $4.5m in its Plastiques Cascades plant in Kingsey Falls and its Cascades Inopak plant in ...
Tags: Green packaging, Food Packaging, fresh food
Huntsman Corporation has announced that its Polyurethanes Division recycled the equivalent of nearly 1 billion 500ml plastic bottles into its TEROL aromatic polyester polyols line in 2014. As part of Huntsman’s commitment to ...
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Procter & Gamble (P&G) Fabric Care has declared a green drive deploying recycled packaging via Post Consumer Recyclate (PCR) and making 230 million bottles out of it for flagship brands, such as Ariel, Dash, Lenor and Unstoppables. In its ...
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Construction major VolkerWessels is looking for partners to take ahead its idea of PlasticRoad, roads made of 100% recycled material. The company has said that the idea is still on paper, but plans to materialize it in three years. ...
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Justin’s, producer of high-quality nut butters and organic peanut butter cups has launched its Snack Pack product line. A new addition to the Justin's family that comes in three delicious nut butter and pretzel combinations, the ...
Tags: health food, snack, nut butters, organic peanut, butter cups
Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) has launched new bottles, remodeled and derived from 100% recycled plastic (rPET), for its Resource Natural Spring Water. Available in 700ml and 1L volumes, the bottle's material has been drawn ...
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Last week, Closed Loop Recycling, the biggest recycler of plastic milk bottles, said that it was on the brink of administration. The move was blamed on the drop in the price of oil and that its customers wanted to buy recycled plastic but ...
Tags: Dairy Crest, Dow, Packaging
Sportswear giant Nike has touched another milestone in its constant endeavour to minimise carbon footprints by creating a unique revolutionary garment using the waterless dyeing technology, ColorDry. The production of the new tennis ...
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