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Huhtamaki, Magic Add Partner on Digitalized Applications for Foodservice Packaging
Apr 20, 2016Smart packaging company Magic Add has collaborated with food and drink packaging firm Huhtamaki on digitalized applications for foodservice packaging. Magic Add has pooled about $250,000 in angel funding for product development and ...
Tags: Magic Add, Huhtamaki, Digitalized Applications, Foodservice Packaging
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Orora Adds Xsense to Its Cold-Chain Solution
Apr 6, 2016Monitoring food safety and reducing food waste in the cold chain from farm to retail shelf will recieve a boost in Australia following Orora's new exclusive distributorship agreement with Israel-based BT9 to introduce Xsense, a cold-chain ...
Tags: Orora, Xsense, Israel-based BT9, Nigel Garrard
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Eco-Friendly Food Packaging Material Created by Nus Researchers Doubles Shelf-Life of Food Products
Mar 2, 2016Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully developed an environmentally-friendly food packaging material that is free from chemical additives, by fortifying natural chitosan-based composite film with ...
Tags: Eco-Friendly Food, Food Packaging
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Dow and Nordmeccanica Collaborate on Flexible Packaging Solutions Development
Mar 2, 2016Dow Chemical has signed an agreement with Nordmeccanica, a provider of coating, laminating and metallizing machinery for flexible packaging and industrial applications, to advance the development of packaging technology. Under the terms ...
Tags: Dow Chemical, Flexible Packaging
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Cosmo Films Unveils Its Range of Barrier Films
Oct 9, 2015Cosmo Films, a speciality manufacturer of BOPP Films, unveiled its range of barrier films at the recently concluded 4th Speciality Flexible Packaging Conference held in Mumbai, India. Mr Pankaj Poddar, CEO of the company also made a ...
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KM Packaging Lifts The Lid on Aged Care Food
Aug 19, 2015KM Packaging Services has created new lidding film options for aged and healthcare markets. The European packaging specialist has launched a strong, impact-resistant lidding film named KPeel WF1N, which is 29 or 43 microns thick and ...
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FAO Has Agreed to Help Autogrill in Reducing Food Waste and Losses
Jul 13, 2015The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has agreed to help Autogrill in reducing food waste and losses. The three-year deal will see FAO provide Autogrill with tools to track and cut food losses and waste throughout its ...
Tags: FAO, food waste, waste reduction
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EPA Present a Certificate of Achievement to The Dallas Stars
Jan 30, 2015The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently recognized the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League for the team’s achievements in reducing food waste. The Stars participated in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge, which ...
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EPA Will Celebrate The City's Successful Food-Waste-to-Energy Program
Nov 26, 2014Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and City of San Jose will celebrate the city’s successful food-waste-to-energy program at a tour of the nation’s first large-scale commercial anaerobic digestion facility, ...
Tags: Food Waste, Energy Conversion, Industrial
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EPA Encourages People to Save Money and Protect The Environment
Nov 24, 2014This holiday season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) encourages people to save money and protect the environment by reducing the amount of wasted food that gets thrown away. In 2011 alone, Americans generated 36 million tons ...
Tags: Food Waste, Agriculture
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Students Received The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's PEYA
Aug 14, 2014LOS ANGELES—Today, students from San Diego, Calif., received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) for their contributions to environmental protection. In a ceremony at the ...
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EPA's Food Recovery Program Have Made Significant Contributions to Reducing Food Waste
May 2, 2014The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the City of Dallas and AT&T Stadium, Rock and Wrap It Up! and Food Source DFW have joined together to cut the amount of food that goes to waste. During the recent NCAA Final Four activities in ...
Tags: EPA, Certification
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Report Advised The Importance of Packaging in Preventing Food Waste
Apr 10, 2014"Counting the Cost of Food Waste: EU Food Waste Prevention", has found that 15m tonnes of food are wasted each year in the UK which equates to a financial loss to business of at least £5bn per year, and was advised of the importance ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Food Packaging
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Fresher for Longer's Conference Will Run on 5 February in Central London
Dec 5, 2013Fresher for Longer's conference will run on 5 February in central London. The conference is aimed at supporting councils, retailers, brands and related supply chain organisations to take forward the Fresher for Longer campaign in 2014. ...
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Key Findings in Study:Tracked 25 Top-Selling Products on Their Journey From Farm to Fork
Oct 22, 2013The supermarket today became the first supermarket to publish figures on food waste and announced a raft of measures to combat the problem. Key findings in the study, which tracked 25 top-selling products on their journey from farm to ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Food Waste