The recycling of beverage cartons in Europe has reached 42% in 2013, according to new data provided by the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE). Compared to 2012, it represents a 3% rise, while the total recovery rate, ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, beverage cartons
The European Union Committee of the House of Lords has recently published a report, 'Counting the cost of food waste: EU food waste prevention', which looks at the issue of food waste and what steps can be taken to reduce it. The report ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Packaging
Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, today announces that the company made strong progress in 2013 towards its 2020 environmental targets, focusing on developing sustainable products, reducing ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, Environmental Targets
Recycling of beverage cartons increased by 3% to 40% in the European Union in 2012 compared to 2011, according to the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE). The total recovery rate including recycling and energy ...
Tags: Cartons Recycling, Packaging
Beverage carton recycling has increased by 2% during 2012 to reach 39% in the EU, Norway and Switzerland compared to 2011, according to a new report from The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE). The report noted that ...
Tags: Beverage carton, Carton Recycling
The study looked into the chain of custody commitment made by the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE). The group is made up of Tetra Pak, Elopak and SIG Combibloc. At 88%, ACE said that its members were “well ...
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Minister for Resource Management, Lord de Mauley, officially opened the UK's only dedicated beverage carton recycling facility, located in Stainland (near Halifax), West Yorkshire (3 September). The new facility in Stainland near Halifax ...
The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK and Sonoco Alcore will open a new beverage carton recycling facility in Stainland (near Halifax), West Yorkshire. The plant, which is a joint initiative between the two ...
Tags: Beverage Carton, Packaging
Global packaging company Sonoco has summarized sustainability progress in its latest 2012-2013 corporate responsibility report. Sonoco president and CEO Jack Sanders said the company is developing a new $75m biomass cogeneration system at ...
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The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK, which provides a platform for the industry to profile and benchmark cartons as a renewable, recyclable and low carbon packaging choice, has welcomed the new Dairy Roadmap ...
Tags: Dairy Products, Food
The European trade association for stee,l Apeal (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging), has released the latest steel recycling figures In 2011, 2.6 million tonnes of steel packaging were recycled to make new steel ...
Tags: Apeal, Steel Recycling, Packaging&Printing
The quantity of UK local authorities collecting beverage cartons from the kerbside has reached 50%, leading to an increase of their recycling, according to The Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK. The achievement, ...
The Exchange; Waco, Texas Size: 650,000 square feet Products: General merchandise SKUs: 18,000 Throughput: Ships 25,000 cases per day Shifts: 2 shifts a day/5 days per week Employees: 400 A new conveyor and sortation system ...
The deal, which was first announced in November, will see four Contego facilities – in Leeds and Gillingham in the UK, Hoogerheide in the Netherlands and Portlaiose in Ireland – transfer to the US-based cartons giant. It then ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, Fair Trading, cartons, food packaging
UK-based Contego Packaging has finalized sale proceedings of its food and beverage Cartons business to Graphic Packaging Holding Company. According to the company, the acquisition, which received approval from the Office of Fair Trading ...
Tags: Contego Packaging, sale proceedings, Graphic Packaging Holding Company