Coca-Cola and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have announced expanded partnership and new environmental goals, which focus on sustainable management of the firm’s packaging use through 2020. As part of the new sustainability goals, ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Sustainable Packaging
In the ice-cold cargo hold of a pirate tuna vessel in the Pacific, I have somehow lost my shoe. Frozen tuna fins slice my unshod foot as I fumble around on all fours, reaching into the gigantic, frigid pile. I had boarded the pirate ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, fish
The Federal Trade Commission challenged Ardagh Group, S.A.'s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc., alleging that it will reduce competition and result in the two firms - the merged firm and its only remaining ...
SIOUX CITY | Roger Rozell, of Sioux City, spent Monday sorting bottle after bottle in the redemption center at Laurence's Super Market. Green bottles in one area. Empty beer bottles in cartons. Entire grocery carts filled with open wine ...
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Global chemicals company BASF has developed an antistatic thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) granulate under the Elastostat brand name in the TPU portfolio Available as a masterbatch, Elastostat is part of the Elastollan product range and ...
When the Great Recession hit in 2008/2009, consumers made shopping for values an epic, albeit mostly necessary, past-time. Many of their shopping behaviors have now become habits even though the economy has improved—and center-store ...
I must admit, part of me was really hoping that the list of names on Coca-Cola's new 'personalised' bottles would include mine. Alas it wasn't to be – though I am impressed that Coke has given me the option to personalise a bottle ...
Speaking exclusively to Packaging News, Ball Europe Packaging Europe president Colin?Gillis said: "The London Metal Exchange [LME] sets the price for aluminium. The parties who set the premiums for shipping and warehousing have raised the ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Digital printing
ORBIS Corporation, an international service provider of sustainable reusable packaging and an expert in supply chain optimization, has opened an ORBIS Reusable Packaging Management (RPM) Beverage Service Center located in Queretaro, Mexico, ...
Tags: Processing Machinery, Packaging, Printing
SIOUX CITY | City officials are considering ending curbside glass recycling and encouraging people to cash in bottles for refunds instead. They said decline in the value of glass has made processing it impractical without passing higher ...
US-based August Schell Brewing has introduced new beer, called Schell Shocked Grapefruit Radler. The new light, crisp German-style beer blends mild malt flavor, hop bitterness and citrus essence and comes with 4.6% ABV and 12 IBUs. ...
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Vuka has announced the launch of its Vuka Intelligent Energy drinks in new recyclable 16oz Alumi-Tek bottles supplied by Ball. Vuka CEO Alexia Bregman said, "Vuka is meant for a more sophisticated audience than the traditional energy ...
Tags: Energy Drink, Recyclable Bottle
The new AP550 Flat-Surface Label Applicator is a semi-automatic label applicator that makes it fast and easy to precisely apply product and identification labels onto a wide range of flat surfaces such as rectangular or tapered bottles, ...
Foster's owner Heineken said that it will also launch new summer promotions alongside the revamp. Simultaneously, off trade shoppers can win a limited edition Foster's 1888 beer glass when they purchase specially-marked packs of Foster's ...
US-based Nutrie has announced the launch of its health product Fuel Premium Protein Shake in 12oz SLEEK can from Rexam. The Rexam can was selected by Nutrie as it is said to have a unique shape as well as portability, durability and ...
Tags: Nutrie, Protein Shake, Recyclable Rexam Can