Personal care giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) has announced new sustainability goals for 2030, which include 100% recyclable or reusable packaging. PG announced it has achieved many of its 2020 environmental sustainability goals, has plans ...
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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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Packaging firm Schaumaplast has launched a product made from biomass-balanced Styropor from BASF. The firm produced the new Styropor packaging for ice cream from IceGuerilla.de, a start-up engaged in sending ice creams in Germany. ...
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DS Smith collaborated with sustainable exhibition packager Aspect Exhibitions for the design, supply and build of the “One DS Smith” exhibition stand for Automechanika. Working with Aspect Exhibitions allowed DS Smith to share ...
Finland-based Stora Enso has deployed the cloud-based data management platform of Rubrik at its paper mill in Langerbrugge, Ghent to safeguard its virtual and physical workloads. Headquartered in Helsinki, Stora Enso provides renewable ...
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Fiber-based packaging solutions provider Evergreen Packaging has debuted fully renewable carton at the Natural Products Expo East trade show, held in Baltimore, Maryland, US. The company states that the new packaging product highlights ...
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Fiber-based products provider Domtar has opened its second generating unit, which has a power output of 18MW, at Windsor (Quebec) Mill, Canada. The start-up of its second generating unit, built for $36 million, will improve the energy ...
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EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) of San Diego, CA, USA (a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, the renewable energy arm of EDF group) says that in late June it acquired the 179MWAC Switch Station 1 and Switch Station 2 Solar Projects from ...
RCMA Group is investing £25m to build a new rapeseed processing plant in Atherstone on Stour, near Stratford-upon-Avon in the UK, creating more than 30 local jobs. The new facility will be operational in the autumn of 2017 to ...
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A report from Smithers Pira expects global bioplastics for packaging industry to be worth $7.2bn, at an average rate of 17% per year between 2017 and 2022. According to the report - The Future of Bioplastics for Packaging to 2022, ...
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Malaysian Bioeconomy Development (Bioeconomy Corporation) and SIRIM Berhad have introduced eco-labelling certification schemes, in a bid to increase the production of eco-friendly products in Malaysia. SIRIM ECO 001:2016 Degradable & ...
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US-based Danimer Scientific has agreed to develop biodegradable film resins to help PepsiCo’s global food and beverage business meet the sustainable flexible packaging requirements. As part of the deal, Danimer will develop the film ...
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International technology group Andritz has purchased technology and intellectual property assets from Swedish firm Franssons Recycling Machines. Based in Sundsvall, Franssons Recycling manufactures and produces machinery for recycling ...
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General Motors (GM) and Honda are investing $85m each into a joint venture (JV) that intends to start mass production of hydrogen fuel cells by 2020. The JV, Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, will operate within GM's existing battery pack ...
DuPont Nutrition & Health will increase its cultures manufacturing capacity in Europe with an investment of $60m to meet the growing demand for frozen and freeze-dried starter cultures. As part of the plans, three cultures production ...