The UK consistently overestimates the amount of plastic packaging that gets recycled, a report by waste consultancy Eunomia has claimed. A new Eunomia report reveals how the UK consistently overestimates how much of the plastic packaging ...
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American multinational toy and board game company Hasbro has decided to use bio-based plastic packaging material, as part of its sustainable packaging efforts. The company said that it will use plant-based bio-polyethylene terephthalate ...
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European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association for the bioplastics industry in Europe, said said that revised legislative package on waste acknowledges that bioplastics play a key role in achieving EU recycling goals. The association said ...
Petainer, a provider of plastic container solutions, has expanded its global keg product portfolio with the introduction of petainerKeg Hybrid. The new petainerKeg Hybrid has been developed by a team of scientists and technical experts at ...
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Saica, a corrugated cardboard paper manufacturer, has acquired French corrugated case material and corrugated packaging manufacturer Emin Leydier. The acquisition will allow Saica to expand its production capacity of recycled corrugated ...
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Tulip’s subsidiary Dalehead Foods has launched a new paper board packaging for the fresh protein market. The recyclable packs with three new ready to eat turkey meats are available in Waitrose stores across the UK. Waitrose has ...
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Sappi North America, a producer and supplier of diversified paper and packaging products, has joined as a new funding partner of The Recycling Partnership, a national nonprofit that applies corporate funding to improve recycling efforts in ...
Packaging products and services provider Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury (formerly Chadwicks) has launched recycled shrink sleeve material. The material features post-consumer recycled content (PCR) which decreases landfill waste, ...
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US-based Atlantic salmon producer Whole Oceans has unveiled plans to open a land-based salmon farm in Bucksport, Maine by using a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). The company purchased a former Verso paper mill location for its new ...
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DS Smith has achieved FSC Chain of Custody Certification for its Trakia Paper Mill in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody certificate allows DS Smith’s internal and external customers to trace ...
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James Cropper, a UK-based paper products provider, is exhibiting its sustainable packaging solutions at Museum of Brands exhibition in London, UK. The display, Packaging Innovation Series: Sustainable Packaging, in partnership with ...
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DS Smith Plastics has received two Plastics Recycling Europe 2018 nominations across five categories for: ‘Best Recycled Plastic Packaging Product’ and ‘Best Building & Construction Product made from recycled plastics.' ...
UK-based frozen food retailer Iceland Foods has introduced two new ready meal products in renewable packaging, as part of its effort to reduce the use of plastic for packaging. The company has packaged its new ready meal products in Stora ...
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Germany-based Herbold Meckesheim has supplied and commissioned a plastic film recycling system in Germiston South, near Johannesburg, in South Africa. The first large-scale plant for the recycling of heavily contaminated PE film waste has ...
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Packaging firm Sonoco has reported a 13.7% increase in net sales to $1.30bn for the fourth quarter of 2017, compared to $1.14bn for the same period in 2016. The company said the growth in net sales was supported by acquisitions, net of ...
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