Parents wanting to reduce obesity risk of their children -- and food waste -- should consider serving their kids with smaller bowls, U.S. researchers suggest. Brian Wansink, Koert van Ittersum and Collin Payne, all of Cornell University ...
Countless millions of pounds of leftover food go to waste every single year around the world, and a UK group has decided to put that waste to good use. Utilizing a roughly $1.2 million grant given to it from a waste minimization ...
Scottish firm Insignia will use the £865,000 investment to press on with trials in the US and Europe for the technology, which is based on what it calls a "smart pigment". The money has been raised from investors including Equity ...
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Tesco, a grocery and general merchandise retailer in the UK, has revealed that it generated 28,500 tons of food waste in the first six months of the year, across its entire operations. In line with its efforts to cut food waste, the ...
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The supermarket today became the first supermarket to publish figures on food waste and announced a raft of measures to combat the problem. Key findings in the study, which tracked 25 top-selling products on their journey from farm to ...
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UK-based rigid plastics packaging manufacturer RPC Group has selected clear polypropylene (PP) for sustainable packaging application for some of its products. The company uses PP for majority of its thermoformed, blow molded and thin ...
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The study, Checking out Food Waste, used data from three supermarkets accounting for 65% of the UK market. The research looked at weight and financial value by product category and product type. Fruit topped the list with 40% followed by ...
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In response to the recent Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Food Wastage Footprint Summary Report and call for action, the PAC board of directors announced the launch of the PAC Food Waste initiative. FAO ...
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Bioplastics are emerging as viable alternatives to petroleum-based polymers. This quiet revolution goes well beyond the standard drivers for sustainably sourced and/or compostable materials. I attended the 2013 BioPlastek conference in San ...
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Wrap has conducted research which identifies how much food, drink and packaging waste arises in the grocery retail supply chain. It also looks at where in the sector it arises, what the waste is, and how it is managed. It is estimated ...
Paragon Print and Packaging has supplied three different label, film and cartonboard packaging formats for The Co-operative's new Loved by US brand range. Paragon used digital color technology in order to make sure that total consistency ...
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Volvo's New River Valley truck plant has achieved zero landfill status, meaning all waste produced at the facility is now recycled, composed or converted to electricity. The 1.6 million sq.-ft. truck plant produces all Volvo trucks sold ...
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A Guelph factory would happily recycle glass from local blue boxes again — for an annual fee estimated at $84,000. Unwilling to pay, regional government has chosen instead to dump 3,000 tonnes of glass that Ontario compels it to ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Glass
The Packaging Innovations shows, organised by easyFairs, have built their reputation on being a great place to network and find new products. But they have also become a forum to learn about the latest ideas and trends right across the ...
Packaging solutions specialist Payne has extended its range of promotional banner tapes with the launch of a resealable version, which enables a pack to be reclosed following initial opening. This new resealable function ensures consumers ...
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