UK-based consumer insight agency, Engage Research has said that informed consumers will place increased pressure on FMCG brands to adopt product packaging, which represents closely their values as well as their needs. Engage Research ...
UK-based Holfeld Plastics has launched a new range of sustainable packaging solutions for poultry and fish products across Europe. The new pluS range comes in an rPET material with a PE sealing film and with improved sealing ...
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Kellogg's Gary Piwko, Director of Remarketing and Returns Management of Kellogg Company will be speaking at Sustainability in Packaging 2013 on Building More Value: Improved Packaging and Process Performance throughout the Product ...
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Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted each year and help shape a sustainable future, according to a new global campaign to cut food waste launched today by the UN ...
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A global campaign designed to help retailers and consumers cut down on food waste has been launched by the United Nations' Food & Agriculture Organisation and civil society partners. The 'Think. Eat. Save. Reduce Your Footprint' campaign, ...
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The response from the food packaging manufacturer follows yesterday's research,conducted by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers,that showed that half of all the food produced in the world is being thrown away every year. Alan ...
November 15th is America Recycles Day, a national event started by the Keep America Beautiful organization, in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency and various state agencies and manufacturers. Of course, recycling has to ...
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More frugal consumers are evolving the way they shop in response to the austere economic environment, Sainsbury's CEO Justin King has suggested. Sainsbury's booked a 0.9% increase in third-quarter like-for-like sales excluding fuel this ...
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Smithers Pira, in association with Packaging Digest and Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, is pleased to announce that The United Nations, IDEO, the World Wildlife Fund and International Paper will provide the keynote addresses at ...
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The difficulties in opening different types of packs are of far greater concern to most consumers than environmental criticisms such as perceived over-packaging. This is one of the findings of a major quantitative research study1 ...
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It's a staggering figure – around 2.9m tonnes of food and drink is wasted each year, according to Wrap. It's a number that's been troubling politicians and environmentalists but it is a problem that packaging can help tackle. And ...
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With the spiralling fuel bills that come with the onslaught of winter worrying many householders paired with the range of price increases introduced by a number of energy suppliers this year, many homes are struggling to stay warm and light ...
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Packaging is increasingly recognised as a vital weapon in the fight against food waste. Philip Chadwick reports on how the flexible plastics sector is innovating to play its part in packaging's biggest challenge It's a staggering figure ...
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Cardia Bioplastics has secured an exclusive annual contract with the Shanghai Pudong City District in China to supply an estimated $1.2m of its renewable kitchen waste bags to about 20% of householders in the region, tailored for food waste ...
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Packaging solutions supplier Kenmare will promote Metabolix's Mvera B5008 compostable film grade to its European customers, starting 2013, as part of an agreement. Kenmare director Francesco Tognato said the company looks forward to ...
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