Women’s apparel retailer Ann Inc has partnered with ‘Give Back Box’, a social enterprise organisation dedicated to facilitating charitable donations and sustainability. Through the partnership, Ann gives clients the ...
Tags: Used Clothing, Used Boxes, Women's apparel
North Face, an apparel and footwear brand owned by VF Corporation said it has expanded its ‘Clothes The Loop’ recycling programme to all of its retail and outlet stores in the US. In tandem, it will also run an in-store and ...
Tags: North Face, Apparel Recycling Programme, apparel, footwear
Germany-based label printer Etibana Haftetiketten has joined UPM Raflatac’s recycling concept RafCycle that involves the reuse of self-adhesive label stock to create new materials. As a part of the programme, the company has used ...
Tags: Recycling Program, label printer
Imagine you stood in a room with 393 fellow exhibitors, and asked them the question, “How did you stretch your exhibiting budget over the past two years?” Think of all the great advice they could share. Well, now you have all ...
The Foodservice Packaging Association, has responded to comments and reports about the supposed ‘ban of polystyrene foam food containers’ in Oxford. Several publications have reported that Oxford has become the first city in ...
Sealed Air has launched a new protective packaging design – the Korrvu Lok. Korrvu Lok secures products safely in the centre of the packaging by utilising the latest in compression design technology, keeping them locked safely in ...
Tags: Sealed Air, Protective Packaging
In the EU, packaging of consumer products has long been an environmental challenge for manufacturers and retailers. As governments try to meet national recycling and recovery targets, they are questioning manufacturers’ commitment to ...
Canada’s recycling rate of post-consumer plastic packaging has increased by 9% in a single year, according to the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA). The country reportedly collected over 311 million kilograms of ...
Tags: plastic packaging, used plastics, Packaging
The Mumbai chapter of SDC EC recently organised its 5th National Students Competition – Young Talent Search 2015 at the Textiles Committee’s office in Mumbai. The theme for this year’s competition was ‘Innovations ...
In response to the Greenpeace Detox Campaign, Aldi one of the top ten discounters worldwide, has pledged to ban all hazardous chemicals from their textile and footwear supply chain by 2020. “Aldi scored poorly when Greenpeace tested ...
Ireland-based recycling body Repak is urging consumers to recycle the waste that is generated during Easter celebrations, including the aluminium made chocolate wrappers. Repak's statistics on Ireland's Easter habit revealed that the ...
Tags: Repak, Easter celebrations, Packaging
US-based environmentally conscious bottled-water company EARTH2O will use recycled material sourced from Orpet to create a closed-loop manufacturing system to infinitely reuse Oregon’s recycled goods. EARTH2O is considered to be ...
Tags: EARTH2O, water bottles, Packaging
Bed Manufacturer of the Year and Royal Warrant holder Hypnos has been crowned winner of The Furniture Makers’ Company Sustainability Award 2015. This prestigious accolade has been awarded to Hypnos by a panel of renowned experts in ...
Tags: Hypnos, Bed Manufacturer, Furniture
Forget regulators and industry standards, when it comes to packaging, brand owners feel the most pressure from their customers. Not only do they expect brand consistency, but also demand that their food is well preserved, stays fresh for ...
Tags: Brand, Forget regulators, Packaging
Forget regulators and industry standards, when it comes to packaging, brand owners feel the most pressure from their customers. Not only do they expect brand consistency, but also demand that their food is well preserved, stays fresh for ...