Linpac’s 16 plants throughout the world are about to get an Australian sibling. The UK packaging company is investing $22 million in its first Australian manufacturing headquarters, at Truganina, in Melbourne’s west. ...
Anchor Packaging, a manufacturer of rigid packaging, will add the new three-compartment 9” to its Gourmet Classics line of hinged RPET containers. Designed to keep the food fresh and appealing, the new product is best suited to pack ...
Tags: Anchor Packaging, Rpet Line, Printing
Recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) producer Phoenix Technologies International has secured approval from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for its manufacturing process, which is based on extra small particle size ...
Tags: Phoenix Technologies, EFSA, Packaging
The FMCG giant, one of the UK’s biggest users of packaging, has released its latest sustainability update which said it used around 178,000 tonnes of packaging, including glass, aluminium and PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic, ...
Linpac Rfresh Elite, the tray that makes breasts, legs and rumps more desirable has won a PackTheFuture Award at interpack for sustainability in plastic packaging. Linpac won its award in the Ecodesign category in which judges considered ...
Finland-based Huhtamaki has designed new plastic tumblers which can be used to serve beverages for the fans in the upcoming football world cup. The CE marked plastic tumblers are said serve as a shatterproof alternative to glassware. ...
Tags: Beverage Containers, Recyclable Containers, plastic tumblers
Coles sells a lot of bottled water. Its own brand of bottled water comes in 24 pack cartons sold for $8. There's almost no personal cost to wearing this decade's hot fashion accessory. The environment is wearing the cost. So Coles is doing ...
Flight Plastics has unveiled its new plastic packaging plant at Lower Hutt in New Zealand to produce food grade PET packaging from recycled PET (RPET) flake. The new plant is claimed to be the first in the country to offer plastic ...
US-based food-grade recycled PET or rPET producer CarbonLite has installed Buhler's SORTEX Sorting Technology to increase its output quality to near-perfect purity. Bühler's technology has the ability to conduct simultaneous, ...
Tags: recycled PET, Packaging
Appe’s rPET material was chosen by Oji with a focus on sustainability. Working together with consumer-foods group Hero, Appe said the new bottle enables the brand to achieve a ‘closed loop’ recycling system as the ...
On America Recycles Day, the non-alcoholic beverage industry reaffirms its longstanding commitment to further minimizing its environmental impact, and is making it easier for consumers to do the same. "From our 100 percent recyclable ...
Tags: beverage industry, Non-Alcoholic, America Recycles Day
Closed Loop Recycling is all set to expand the HDPE recycling capabilities of its Dagenham-based plant with investment in new infrastructure. The move is expected to double the supply of recycled HDPE (rHDPE) to the UK market to ...
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Plastic Packaging manufacturer Appe has developed an environmentally friendly recycled PET (rPET) bottle for Oji's sustainable functional fruit drink, in collaboration with Oji and Hero. The new bottle allows the brand to achieve closed ...
Tags: Plastic Packaging, Pet Bottle, Fruit Drink
Multi-material food packaging manufacturer Linpac Packaging has welcomed the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) decision to give an official positive opinion regarding the super-cleaning process used in its factories in Spain, ...
Tags: food packaging, Multi-material
The National Assn. for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and The Assn. of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers (APR) have announced the release of the "Report on Postconsumer PET Container Recycling Activity in 2012," which cites a 2012 U.S. ...
Tags: Recycle Rate, Pet