UPM Raflatac has joined Ellen MacArthur's Circular Economy 100 programme, as part of its efforts to achieve its sustainability goals. As the world's most sustainable labeling company and as part of UPM, the Biofore Company, UPM Raflatac ...
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World Centric, a provider of certified compostable products for the foodservice industry, has introduced its new retail packaging and refreshed brand identity. The new and updated packaging will be introduced onto retail the shelves ...
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Ecolean is planning to showcase filling machines designed for liquid food industry at the upcoming Anuga FoodTec 2018 event to be held in Germany. Ever since 2000, when Ecolean first showcased its lightweight packaging solutions, the ...
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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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Mespack is planning to showcase flexible packaging solutions at the Propak East Africa 2018 event scheduled to be held from 27 February to 1 March in Nairobi, Kenya. The company specializing in the design and manufacture of machinery for ...
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Koenig & Bauer announces a price increase with effect from 1 April 2018 for the entire product portfolio. Koenig & Bauer salesexecutive vice-president Ralf Sammeck said: “This price increase is being effected against the background ...
DS Smith Plastics has received two Plastics Recycling Europe 2018 nominations across five categories for: ‘Best Recycled Plastic Packaging Product’ and ‘Best Building & Construction Product made from recycled plastics.' ...
French staples company Compagnie des Agrafes has selected RPC’s 100% biodegradable SuperCube pails as vineyard clips for vertical growth of vines. RPC claims that both product and pack have attracted good reviews and the clips have ...
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Water UK has launched a new scheme in the UK to allow consumers to refill plastic water bottles in public places to help reduce the plastic use. People will be able to refill water bottles for free in tens of thousands of places in ...
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Mineral water brand evian announced its plans to use 100% recycled materials for its packaging by 2025. The company says that this ‘circular approach’ will keep the plastic within the economy and out from nature. To achieve ...
Foodservice retailer McDonald’s said by 2025, it plans to use packaging that come from renewable, recycled or certified sources. The company announced goals to enhance its packaging and help reduce waste to positively impact the ...
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP) is lending its support to the first quantitative study for the reduction of plastic waste in Japan. Dow will provide financial assistance to study the impact of plastic waste and debris on the ...
Packaging solutions provider Ardagh has designed a new glass bottle for Accolade Wines’ Summer Berries Vodka. Ardagh’s team from Knottingley of West Yorkshire has developed a sleek shaped 70cl bottle for the vodka by observing ...
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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Beyond Meat has closed a new financing round led by Cleveland Avenue, a venture capital firm founded by Don Thompson, former CEO of McDonald’s Corporation. “We see Beyond Meat as a strategic and compelling consumer-focused ...
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