Pril announces recycled packaging from yellow bag waste

Alpla and Henkel have partnered again for innovative and sustainable packaging solutions. The companies have been continuously expanding its sorting and recycling technologies.   The bottle bodies produced in Germany for the dishwashing detergent Pril will now be produced from 50 per cent recycled material from yellow bag waste. Recycled beverage bottles are to be …

Smurfit Kappa creates packaging alternative for detergent box

Smurfit Kappa has introduced a new packaging solution for detergent pods and capsules. The child-proof TopLock Box provides a safe, convenient and sustainable alternative to the traditional plastic box for laundry products.   The patented TopLock Box features an ingenious opening mechanism making it a very attractive solution for companies seeking a sustainable alternative for …

Avery Dennison launches first certified portfolio of vegan labels

Avery Dennison has achieved another market first, with the launch of a new certified portfolio of vegan labels, which contain no animal-derived components. Additionally, every item in the portfolio was created without animal testing, or the use of GMOs of animal origin.   Because of this, the collection has received approval from Eve Vegan, an …

Domino-P&G helps customers get a feel for inclusive packaging

Domino Printing Sciences has teamed up with Procter and Gamble to develop an inclusive, tactile solution for product labelling to help visually impaired consumers. For those living with a visual impairment, simple tasks like telling the difference between bottles of shampoo and conditioner can be a real challenge. P&G recognised this and set out to …

Unilever to make all toothpaste tubes recyclable by 2025

Unilever has announced it will convert its entire global toothpaste portfolio to recyclable tubes by 2025.   After four years of development, the recyclable tubes will be available later this year in two of Unilever’s biggest oral care markets: France and India. First launching in France with the company’s leading oral care brand Signal, the …

Dettol replaces iconic logo with Covid heroes

Dettol, India’s most trusted germ protection brand, has launched a one-of-its-kind campaign, #DettolSalutes.   For the first time in its history, Dettol has replaced its iconic logo with images of Covid-19 pandemic workers and “protectors”, along with their inspiring stories.   The brand has gathered 100 such stories from across India and is carrying them …

L’Oréal unveils €150m sustainability investment & carbon-neutral goal for 2025

  L’Oréal has launched its new sustainability programme “L’Oréal For the Future”, laying down the group’s latest set of ambitions for 2030, including a pledge to make all its sites carbon-neutral by 2025.   “The challenges the planet is facing are unprecedented, and it is essential to accelerate our efforts to preserve a safe operating …

Beiersdorf and Werner & Mertz join forces to develop standard concept for recycled cosmetic packaging

    In a big step for the recycling economy and the cosmetics industry, Werner & Mertz and the global skin care company Beiersdorf have entered a co-operation.   Together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging, they have developed a standard for the use of mechanically recycled waste plastic, obtained from the …

Henkel’s complete oral care tube portfolio to be recyclable by 2021

      Henkel has announced conversion of its entire Oral Care tube portfolio to fully recyclable tubes produced by its packaging supplier Albéa by 2021. The transition, to be concluded across all Oral Care brands beginning of next year, will be pioneered by the Spanish toothpaste brand Licor del Polo.   To advance the …

Unilever adapts deodorant production lines to meet demand of hand sanitizer

As part of global efforts to help tackle coronavirus, Unilever’s Leeds factory at UK have, for the first time adapted one of their deodorant manufacturing lines to produce much-needed supplies of hand sanitiser for the NHS. With collaborative efforts of employees from across Unilever and the rapid response of Unilever’s suppliers with materials, packaging and …