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, ...
Tags: Packaging Market, bioplastics, packaging
A new €8.1m five-year research and innovation program, focusing specifically on meat processing, has been launched at the Teagasc Ashtown Research Centre in Dublin. Dubbed as Meat Technology Ireland (MTI), the program has been ...
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The UK government has announced a £23m funding for hydrogen vehicles infrastructure to speed up adoption. Hydrogen fuel providers will be able to bid for funding in partnership with organisations that produce hydrogen vehicles to ...
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 & ...
Tags: Eco-Labelling, Plastic Packaging
The UK’s top packaging event – Packaging Innovations (Inc. Ecopack and Contract Pack), Label&Print and Empack 2017 – returns to NEC, Birmingham on 1 & 2 March, with an impressive five shows under one roof, over 350 ...
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Constantia Flexibles has used Avery Dennison’s CleanFlake material to deliver a recyclable pressure-sensitive label for Coca-Cola European Partners' (CCEP) new Glacéau Smartwater Sparkling spring water product. The new label ...
Tags: Recyclable Label, Sparkling Water
The £55 million settlement provides for an individual payment to each claimant who accepts the settlement agreement in compensation for losses arising from the spills, amounting to up to £35 million in total. The remaining ...
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Shell has also published details of payments made to governments in 2014 in some of the key countries where it operates. This is the fourth consecutive year that Shell has made this voluntary disclosure. The 2014 Sustainability Report ...
Americk Packaging, the UK and Ireland’s market leader in the production of flexographic reel-fed labels, have returned from a successful trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany. BrauBeviale, the capital goods exhibition for the process ...
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Amazon is looking to hammer a final nail into the coffin of traditional cable television by streaming live sports, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal has published an extensive report detailing Amazon’s supposed bid ...
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has provided an update on what the company is doing to combat fake news on its platform, following a week of criticism about the extent to which misinformation could have influenced the US election. As a ...
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The body looked at the US Public Interest Research Group's 2015 "Trouble in Toyland" report and W.A.T.C.H's 2015 "10 Worst Toys" list and found the data to be unreliable. The Toy Industry Association is urging US families not to fall for ...
There’s been a pair of interesting developments in the world of mobile payments on Monday; with Samsung announcing a rewards program and Apple revealing making it easier to give to charity. First up, Samsung Pay users in the United ...
The food and drink industry is being urged to better protect itself from fraud in order to safeguard their businesses and consumers. The warning comes from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) on the same day the ...
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Despite strong opposition from traditional taxi operators and some governments, Uber and Uber-type ride sharing services, have proven very popular amongst travellers, according to a University of Sydney Business School survey. The ...
Tags: Uber-type service, TOPS, University of Sydney Business School survey