Colgate-Palmolive is supporting the recyclability of packaging through joining the New Plastics Economy initiative of Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The company is targeting 100% recyclability of packaging across all its product categories, ...
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Packaging products and services provider Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury (formerly Chadwicks) has launched recycled shrink sleeve material. The material features post-consumer recycled content (PCR) which decreases landfill waste, ...
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Unilever is calling the consumer goods industry to accelerate action to tackle ocean packaging waste and create a circular economy for plastics. Last year, the firm has announced its commitment to make its plastic packaging 100% reusable, ...
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Coca-Cola has set a goal to collect and recycle every bottle or can it sells by 2030. The company announced the new packaging commitment as part of its ‘World Without Waste’ campaign which looks to make all its packaging 100% ...
European Plastics Converters (EuPC), a European trade association, has surveyed plastics converters across Europe to look at the current and future use of recycled content as well as incentives and barriers to its use. With high targets ...
UK-based Environmental Services Association (ESA) has recommended the HM Treasury to work with Defra to increase recycling in the country. ESA is a trade association that represents the resource and waste management industry in the UK. ...
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I.D. Images, a manufacturer of converted label products, has added the PolarBond all-in-one label adhesive technology to its portfolio. The PolarBond label adhesive technology can handle the constraint that arises in many adhesives which ...
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Cascades, a leader in the recycling and manufacturing of green packaging and tissue paper products, has announced the arrival of Cascades EVOK on the American market. These are the first polystyrene foam trays which contains a minimum of ...
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Specialty chemicals maker Clariant is offering improved formulations of Cesa-extend masterbatches for restoring key material properties to recycled condensation polymers such as PET, PLA, and polycarbonate for high-value packaging ...
Belgium-based Esko has introduced a new tool, CorruSpeed, designed for its Kongsberg family of cutting tables for high-speed cutting of corrugated board without oscillating. Available for Kongsberg C Series, X Series, XP and XE cutting ...
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Pregis has introduced Easypack paper-based protective packaging equipment in North America. The new Easypack equipment uses recycled-content paper to create cushioning and block/brace solutions, which can be used in different ...
General Motors is turning its employees’ recycled water bottles into a new life: noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine. The bottles - collected from five of its Michigan facilities - are also ...
UFP Technologies, a producer of custom-engineered molded fiber (molded pulp) packaging solutions, will be exhibiting at SustPack from 11-13 April .SustPack is a leading event for the sustainable packaging industry showcasing the latest ...
It was a full house for the Packaging Council of Australia's Australian Packaging Design Awards presentation in Melbourne on 12 November. Brand owners, pack designers and packaging suppliers involved in the design projects selected as ...
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Mike Hess Brewing has introduced its Open Mike beer can, becoming the only brewery in California to use Crown Holdings’ patented 360 End technology. A simple pull tab removes the entire top end of the can, effectively turning the ...