UK’s Costa Coffee, a part of Whitebread, has pledged to recycle over a half a billion takeaway cups per year by 2020, in a bid to prevent them from ending up in landfill. The coffee chain, which plans to recycle at least 100 million ...
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Bosch Sprang, a subsidiary of Kiefel, has unveiled a new patent pending thermoforming tooling system to produce coffee cups. The coffee cups produced by the system can be recycled in water separation systems, as they will have material ...
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UK-based packaging and paper company DS Smith has called for far better recycling collection infrastructure to address the issue of coffee cup recycling. After months of in-depth research, the company said its paper mill in Kent could ...
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The UK Government has rejected a proposal from the Environment Audit Committee (EAC) to introduce a latte levy on disposable coffee cups. Earlier this year, the EAC has urged the government to charge 25p ‘latte levy’ on ...
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James Cropper, a UK-based paper products provider, is exhibiting its sustainable packaging solutions at Museum of Brands exhibition in London, UK. The display, Packaging Innovation Series: Sustainable Packaging, in partnership with ...
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Gosport Borough Council and paper cup manufacturer Huhtamaki have initiated a recycling initiative for paper coffee cups in Gosport, UK. Environment Minister, Thérèse Coffey, has today launched a new recycling initiative for ...
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DS Smith said that it will participate in the coffee cup recycling trial that will be carried out at its Kemsley Paper Mill located in Sittingbourne, UK. Slated to begin in January 2018, the project is being carried out on behalf of the ...
Tags: Coffee Cup, corrugated case
Pret a Manger is set to launch a trial to sell reusable glass bottles for water at its three Veggie Pret shops in the UK. The UK-based international sandwich shop chain will urge its customers to fill up their bottles using new filtered ...
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Total Corbion PLA is set to showcase its advanced bioplastic solutions at this year’s Fakuma trade fair in Germany. The event will take place from 17 to 21 October in Friedrichshafen. At the event, the company will exhibit a range ...
Scientist at the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have produced a batch of single-cell protein using electricity and carbon dioxide. Protein produced in this way can be further ...
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UK-based resource management firm Veolia has introduced a new coffee cup recycling solution, in a bid to reduce cup contamination and increase recycling rates. The solution has been designed based on coffee cup disposal habits and trials ...
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Total Corbion PLA said it will showcase new biobased packaging solutions at Interpack 2017 event in Germany. The company will exhibit several partner applications in packaging and serviceware based on Luminy Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) resins. ...
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Finnish packaging firm Huhtamaki has introduced a new single-use digitally enabled paper cup for retailers. The new Adtone cup from Huhtamaki Foodservice Europe-Asia-Oceania features a heat-activated label and a QR code which is ...
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UK’s workable cup recycling scheme Simply Cups and Smart Planet Technologies (SPT) have partnered to recover and recycle the ‘reCUP’ hot beverage paper cup. The reCUP, which is designed by Smart Planet in California, can ...
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Irish firm Cup Print has installed a new packaging machine at its facility in Ennis, Co Clare to produce the Frugalpac paper coffee cup. The facility currently produces 150m cups per year for customers including Mars, Kraft and Bunzl. ...
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