Kezad Group, the integrated trade, logistics, and industrial hub of Abu Dhabi, has announced the signing of a 50-year land lease agreement with speciality tissue manufacturer, Star Paper Mill, for the establishment of a new facility to manufacture recycled Kraft Paper Jumbo reels, diversifying the company’s product offering to serve a growing demand for biodegradable …
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UAE-based Beeah Group has partnered with UK’s Chinook Sciences and Japan’s Air Water to produce fuel-cell grade green hydrogen from waste wood and plastic in the Gulf country. The three companies are planning to set up a consortium to build a waste-to-hydrogen plant in Sharjah which will be the first of this kind in …
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Alpla has developed a carbon-optimised prototype solution as a showcase for future products with its Canupak beauty care packaging. The ultralight packaging system with a bottle made entirely of recycled HDPE (rHDPE) underscores the company’s global sustainability strategy. Alpla is therefore offering its customers further potential to reduce emissions as well as expertise for …
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The Cup Collective, a programme founded by Stora Enso and Huhtamaki to capture the value of used paper cups through recycling at an industrial scale, has welcomed its first partners. The new partners include McDonald’s, SSP – The Food Travel Experts, C2 Centre, and the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB), all further supporting …
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Two Dow adhesive systems commonly used for a broad range of polyethylene (PE) film packaging applications have been approved as compatible for mechanical recycling following a rigorous scientific evaluation by the non-profit, cross-industry initiative RecyClass. The approval covers solvent-free MOR-FREE L 75-300/ CR88-300 and water-borne ROBOND L-350/ CR-3 lamination adhesives1, which will add an adhesive …
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All4Labels Global Packaging Group, one of the world’s leading label and packaging companies has released its first global sustainability report to communicate the results of its global operations and sustainable initiatives. All4Labels’ first corporate sustainability report according to GRI standards demonstrates its socio-economic and environmental commitment. The report publishes the metrics of the sustainability …
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Mars, Incorporated has announced that it has reached a key milestone in its commitment to a circular economy where packaging material never becomes waste. The new Kind snack bar packaging incorporates recycled content made from advanced recycling, meaning it contains less virgin plastic to previous products. The new material has been completely redesigned for …
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Coveris has announced a new business segment named ‘ReCover’, bundling all efforts in waste sourcing, processing, and recycling to close the loop for circular plastic recycling. ReCover to act as a separate company supplying Coveris sites on an arm’s length basis but also supplying third party customers that are interested in recyclates on a quality …
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Rebound Plastic Exchange, a global B2B digital trading platform for recycled plastics, has announced to support the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) in achieving sustainable waste management. Currently, it is estimated that it will take USD 60-85 bn invested across four key value streams, plastic, concrete & cement, metal, …
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UN-Habitat, in cooperation with Nestle Waters, Diageo, Arcadis IBI Group and Development Inc. organised a side event during the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) under the title “Transitioning towards a circular economy: Innovation in plastic and glass waste recycling”, addressing the challenges and solutions of solid waste management in the Middle East and …
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