Nestlé aims to eliminate more than 3billion pieces of packaging with an overhaul of two of its biggest brands. Quality Street is moving from twist-wrapped sweets to paper packaging, while KitKat has launched wrappers made with 80% recycled plastic that can be recycled at stores across the UK and in household recycling in Ireland. …
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Amcor, one of the global leaders in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, has won in four categories in the 2023 WorldStar Global Packaging Awards, organised by the World Packaging Organisation. Amcor was honored for innovative product design in the Food, Health and Personal Care, and Medical and Pharmaceutical categories, strengthening its global position in …
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Smurfit Kappa has announced a €6 million investment at its Sanguesa paper mill in Spain, which will see the construction and installation of up to 12,000 solar panels on land adjacent to the mill. The solar panels will reduce CO2 emissions by over 3200 tonnes annually and provide significant cost savings Once operational, it …
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Emirates Food Industries (EFI) has launched Hayatna dairy products in UAE under its subsidiary, National Dairy. National Dairy is an Emirati Company that provides a wide range of food products that are locally and internationally sourced and produced using the latest technology at the highest levels of industrial standards. Newly launched brand Hayatna offers an …
Dow and LVMH Beauty, a division of LVMH, the world leader in luxury and home to 75 iconic brands, to collaborate to accelerate the use of sustainable packaging across LVMH’s perfume and cosmetic products. This collaboration would enable both bio-based and circular plastics to be integrated into several of the beauty multinational’s product applications without …
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Mondi, one of the global leaders in packaging and paper is expanding its unique range of medium, high and very high-barrier paper-based packaging to support customers on their journey to use more sustainable packaging solutions. The company has further evolved its portfolio and now offers a full range of FunctionalBarrier Papers to customers. By …
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Waitrose has announced that it is the first UK supermarket to sell certified own brand home compostable tea bags. All of its Duchy tea bags are now accredited with a TUV OK compost HOME certification so tea bags can be placed directly into a home compost bin or heap. This compost can then be …
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The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) on 17 January 2023 oversaw the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), which will lay the groundwork for new plastic recycling facility in the UAE. Under the plans, a 12,000 tons per annum polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant has …
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SABIC, one of the global leaders in the chemicals industry, has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerating the circular carbon economy during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos by unveiling its ambition to process one million metric tons (1000kt) of TRUCIRCLE solutions annually by 2030. SABIC used its reception hosted in the company’s …
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Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has announced to change its returnable glass bottles of 1.25 litres to make them more eco-friendly with paper labels and reusable across all the brands. The company stated that the clear glass in standardised shapes is reusable and easier to recycle. The paper label will allow Coca-Cola to list …
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