Ocean and Ball Beverages promote energy drinks in sustainable aluminium cans

Ocean Beverages has now released O’cean Energy Drink Sustainable Edition in partnership with Ball Corporation with a goal to collect and recycle every consumed.   Ocean Beverages had earlier announced its partnetship with Ball Beverages in 2021, to create a green and sustainable product to help reduce the environmental footprint.   The company stated, “Together …

Notpla wins Earthshot Prize for its packaging

Notpla has been announced as the winner of the prestigious environmental award, The Earthshot Prize.   Founded in 2020 by His Royal Highness, Prince William, and the Royal Foundation, the Earthshot Prize aims to find innovative solutions that can repair the planet by 2030. Recognised for their inspiring efforts to create a fully sustainable and …

Aptar develops sustainable packaging for omnichannel distribution

Aptar Beauty + Home has announced its progress made towards creating dispensing solutions designed to address the demand for omnichannel and more sustainable packaging. This represents the company’s response to the increase in e-commerce sales driven initially by the Covid-19 pandemic, but a trend that is clearly here to stay.   The segment’s three-pronged approach, …

Henkel Sustainability Days 2022 sets the agenda for sustainable packaging

Henkel’s third Sustainability Days virtual conference once again proved an essential event for the global packaging and consumer goods industry. Held from 30 November to 1 December, Sustainability Days 2022 brought together 1,500 attendees from 650 companies and 81 countries to discuss the industry’s response to urgent sustainability needs. Expert speakers from Henkel and companies …

RECAPP, Spinneys partner to offer in-store rewards for recycling

RECAPP, Veolia’s digital recycling solution for individuals and businesses, has forged a new partnership with locally-owned supermarket Spinneys to offer shoppers incentives for returning recyclable items such as plastic bottles, metal cans, and tins to its stores.   The partnership, which makes Spinneys the first retailer in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to partner with …

Amcor partners with Mars Wrigley for paper-based packaging solutions

Amcor has proudly partnered with Mars Wrigley to transition its Mars, Snickers and Milky Way chocolate bars to Amcor’s AmFiber Performance Paper packaging.   The new recyclable paper-based packaging, made from sustainably sourced paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, is locally manufactured and dynamic enough to be printed with either flexographic or gravure technology …

Tetra Pak South Africa partners with PETCO

In an increased effort to drive collection and recycling of liquid board packaging (LBP) in South Africa, Tetra Pak South Africa to join the PET Recycling Company NPC (PETCO), a well-established Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO). Tetra Pak’s membership commences on 1 January 2023.   The decision for Tetra Pak to join PETCO was driven by …

Alpla’s packaging reduces carbon emissions by 71%

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 …