US-based DaniMer Scientific is set to unveil a new biobased label adhesive, DaniMer 92721 to eliminate the problems associated with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container recycling. The company used renewable building block, Susterra ...
Tags: Adhesive, Pet Recycling, renewable content
Product stewardship system for consumer packaging, the Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) is set to launch new recycling initiative at selected KFC restaurants throughout New South Wales (NSW) in Australia. The national recycling ...
Tags: Recycling Initiative, consumer packaging, recycle and reduce littering
Bharti Walmart, a business-to-business (B2B) joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and Walmart Stores, is celebrating the Earth Month from 22 April 2012 to 22 May 2012, with green packaging of its products. As part of the program, the ...
Tags: Green Packaging, recycled materials, environment-friendly
Badger Plug Company has added Newport, Indiana to the list of locations within the framework of a program for accepting and recycling packaging components, which were earlier used in shipping and storage of roll products. Badger Plug ...
The Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA) has launched a MAR600,000 ($0.18m) public education campaign aimed at reducing litter. MPMA said its campaign would rely on newspaper advertisements and printed plastic shopping bags ...
Tags: Plastic Waste, education campaign, bag ban
Metro Nashville Coca-Cola and Kroger have collaborated for a new green initiative, Recycle & Win, which has been designed to increase recycling rates. For the program's implementation in the Nashville market, Coca-Cola and Kroger have ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Green Initiative, recycling rates
Eco-conscious cleaning product company Method is launching bottles made from a blend of plastic recovered from the ocean and post-consumer recycled plastic, as part of its effort to promote sustainable packaging. This limited edition ...
Tags: Ocean Plastic, bottles, recycled plastic
International supplier of recycled packaging for consumer goods DS Smith Recycling has announced investment in a new shared service center at Caerphilly Business Park in the UK to centralize its IT, HR and finance operations. According to ...
Tags: recycled packaging, consumer goods, shared service center
Sleeve Label Substrate for PET Bottles Critical Guidance Document has been unveiled by Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) for PET compatible materials. The new guidance protocol is aimed at streamlining testing for full ...
Tags: Pet Compatibility, PET compatible materials, PET recyclers
Avery Dennison's new Bottle-to-Bottle (B2B) film portfolio aims to address the easy removal of labels for PET reclamation programs. The B2B range is built on clear/white BOPP film facestock anchored by SR3010, a switchable adhesive, which ...
Canadian packaging products company Atlantic Packaging has announced plans to re-open its Whitby Ontario Mill in March 2013, which is the company’s second paper mill to open in the last six years. The mill, which was formerly a ...
Tags: Recycled Paper Mill, disruptive technology, basis weights
US-based aluminum products manufacturer Novelis is set to establish a new organization for the procurement of used beverage cans (UBCs) in North America. Novelis said that the latest announcement follows its decision to withdraw from its ...
Beer brewer Grolsch said it would start using a lightweight bottle cap for all of its returnable bottles beginning October. The new bottle caps are said to be 17% lighter, with 19% lesser steel, which would help Grolsch save over ...
Tags: Bottle Caps, Lightweight Bottle Caps, returnable bottles
UK-based European Recycling Platform (ERP) has announced that its application for approval to operate a packaging compliance scheme has been approved by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). ERP UK managing ...
Enval, which has developed a method for recycling laminated plastic and aluminum packaging, is opening its first processing facility at Alconbury. The company, backed by Nestlé, Kraft Foods and Mondelez International, will install ...
Tags: Recycling Packaging, recycling laminated plastic, aluminum packaging