UK bottled water brand Highland Spring is planning to trial a new 100% recycled plastic bottle in the country. The trial, which is said to be the first for the UK bottled water category, is scheduled to commence in June this year and is ...
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Water UK has launched a new scheme in the UK to allow consumers to refill plastic water bottles in public places to help reduce the plastic use. People will be able to refill water bottles for free in tens of thousands of places in ...
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Plastic bottle recycling in the US had gone down by 2.4% to a little over £2.9bn in 2016, according to a new industry report. The figures were revealed by Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and the American Chemistry Council ...
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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 ...
Tags: Glass Water Bottles, sandwich
Procter & Gamble (P&G) has launched a new Fairy Ocean Plastic bottle made from post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic and ocean plastic as part of the company’s commitment to recycled plastic. The bottle, created in partnership with ...
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Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is planning to increase the use of recycled plastic in all of its bottles by 50%, as part of the UK’s new sustainable packaging strategy. The firm’s Great Britain (GB) business unit will work ...
Tags: Recycled Plastic Content, Bottles
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has marked five years since investing in a pioneering initiative to transform plastics recycling in Great Britain. The anniversary comes as CCEP passed the milestone of sourcing 50,000 tonnes of ...
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Greiner Packaging has developed a new plastic bottle for Poland-based Sobieski Vodka brand. Part of the Marie Brizard Wine & Spirit Group (MBWS), Sobieski Vodka will use the new1.75L bottle for the North American market. Sobieski Vodka ...
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RPC Promens Consumer Llantrisant has designed a new PET bottle for London-based Plenish. The company provided the custom-moulded 330ml PET bottle for Plenish to pack three new flavors of Water+ range, including cucumber, pineapple ginger ...
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Pro Mach’s Pace Packaging has introduced BAO200, a new secondary bottle orientor to their lineup. The servo driven BAO200 bottle orientor is designed to complement the existing BAO5000 in the Omni-Line Series of Bottle Axial ...
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Greiner Packaging has announced the launch of the new coextrusion barrier foil facility at the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) in Linz, Austria. Co-financed by Greiner Packaging, the coextrusion barrier foil facility has been launched as ...
Researchers at the Ohio State University have developed a new coating texture for plastic bottles to make soap products flow freely from inside, while reducing waste. The new patent-pending technology developed by researchers can create ...
Amcor will discuss its approach to sustainability and highlight a broad range of innovative packaging solutions at the SustPack 2016 conference planned to be held from 11-13 April at McCormick Place in Chicago. Under its theme of ...
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Nampak Plastics, the UK based producer of plastic milk bottles, is planning to set up a new plant in Stirling, Scotland, to manufacture a range of plastic milk bottles. As part of this effort, the firm has signed a lease deal on 20,000 ...
Tags: Nampak Plastics, Plastic bottles, Investment
Shrink sleeve films are one of the fastest growing label segments, in large part due to the shelf impact created by their ability to provide a 360-degree product presentation. According to US firm AWA Alexander Watson Associates, shrink ...