Are beer drinkers more environmentally conscious than wine drinkers? Not to whine about wine, but the recycling rate for wine bottles is 34 percent nationwide versus 41 percent for beer and soda bottles, according to the Glass Packaging ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use, Glass Can
Business Insider may think that canned beer is better than glass-bottled beer. And we don't disagree that canned beer has advantages: like Ska Brewing's Dave Welz, we also often "want to have a beer at the summit of a hike." (The way down ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use, Glassware
Renewable chemicals and biofuels company Gevo has opened its demonstration-scale plant in Silsbee, Texas, US, backed by Coca-Cola and Toray Industries to manufacture renewable plastic component Paraxylene. The company is working with The ...
Tags: Plastic Component, Packaging
Eco-friendly, made-in-the-U.S.A. apparel brand Dirtball will launch “The Green Jean”. The Green Jean is made from cotton and recycled water bottles which have been repurposed to create high-quality cotton/polyester denim. Each ...
Tags: Apparel Brand, Eco-friendly
Temple has expanded its recycling program to enable members of the university community to recycle mixed plastics, numbers one to seven. Newly accepted items will include yogurt cups, clamshell containers, straws, iced coffee beverage ...
Tags: Temple, Recycling Program
Polish family-owned brewery Jablonowo Brewery has introduced its Piwo na Miodzie Gryczanymi beer in Ball Packaging Europe-built aluminum cans under the Manufaktura Piwna label. Until now, Piwo na Miodzie Gryczanymi, an upper premium range ...
Italian manufacturer of packaging systems OCME will unveil a new system called DryBlock, which helps in designing and managing the entire packaging end of line. The system will be introduced in Parma at OCME's headquarter between 9 to 27 ...
There are mainly two types of plastics called as thermoplastics and thermosets are used in the plastic industry. Thermosets are those plastics made of polymers which are difficult to melt or change into any other shape whereas ...
Tags: Plastic Moldings
Polymers are the best invented material by mankind which eased human life to very great extent. Most of the day to day use in human society like tyres, automobiles, bags, packaging, rope and anything you name it. Rubber is one of the ...
Environmentalists have released the 'What a Waste' report, calling for more effective action on and measurement of litter, at the start of Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB) week. "We think the KAB exercise has stalled and its National Litter ...
Slow-Aged rum of Nicaragua, Flor de Cana has unveiled new bottle design and labels in response to the growing demand for its premium and ultra-premium rums. Flor de Cana global brand development manager Paul Caffrey said the sleek new ...
Tags: Bottle Design, Bottle Labels
Consolidated Container Company (CCC) has ordered for three L42 4-cavity and one L32 3-cavity PET stretch-blow machines from Canada-based Amsler Equipment to expand its PET bottle production. The rigid plastic packaging solutions ...
Tags: Consolidated Container, Pet Bottle
US-based sauces and seasonings manufacturer DennyMike's has unveiled its Sauces and Seasonings Co-Packing facility in Westbrook, Maine. The facility offers co-packing services to small to mid-size producers of shelf stable, dry ingredient ...
Tags: Co-Packing Facility, Sauces
The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers, the leading trade organization representing the plastics recycling industry in North America, has published an executive summary version of their recyclability design guides for packaging ...
Packaging News sister magazine Independent Retail News has reported that the proposals from the EU Public Health Committee also include larger 75% health warnings on all tobacco packaging, the introduction of a standardised pack shape and ...