By adopting a regenerative stance, Stora Enso is shifting its sustainability goals from minimising negative environmental impact to becoming a net positive1 contributor within the defined focus areas of climate, circularity and biodiversity by 2050. Being regenerative means providing renewable and fully circular products and solutions that help reduce climate impact and support biodiversity …
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Aptar has announced its progress in testing and transforming PureCycle Technologies’s Ultra-Pure Recycled (UPR) plastic. Aptar and PureCycle aim to work to determine the right material combination to create hinged closures for food, beverage and cosmetics applications made with UPR. Recently, Aptar converted prototype material from the PureCycle Feedstock Evaluation Unit into multiple colors …
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UFlex has become a member of Alliance to End Plastic Waste (Alliance), a global non-profit organisation with a mission to eliminate plastic waste in the environment. Through this affiliation, UFlex aims to contribute to and guide the Alliance and its members about sustainability practices that it has been following for years to mitigate plastic waste …
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Algerian dairy producer Tchin Lait continues to prioritise the environmental impact of its products and filling lines, its focus is to reduce impact across its entire value chain, starting with its filling lines. By utilising SIG’s water-saving technology, Tchin Lait could reduce water pressure, saving up to 3,950sq m per year. “When we decided …
With more than 12 months since the advent of the Covid 19 pandemic, and as the Middle East begins a slow return to normal, the organisation behind Earth Day is imploring people around the world not to return to ‘business as usual’ when it comes to our sustainable living and working practices. Running annually …
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With more than 70% of its packaging already recyclable Unilever MENA is well on track towards achieving its goal of turning this figure to 100% Unilever, owner of brands including Dove, Love Beauty & Planet (LBP), Seventh Generation, Lux and Omo, continues to make progress towards its ambitious commitments for a waste-free world, with …
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SABIC and Plastic Energy, a pioneer in chemical plastics recycling, are set to start construction of world’s first commercial unit to upscale production of its flagship certified circular polymers, part of the TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio, which are made from the upcycling of mixed and used plastic The unit, which will be based in Geleen, the …
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Unilever has joined forces with the Alibaba Group to launch the country’s first large-scale closed-loop plastic recycling system. The joint initiative – called Waste-Free World – is part of Unilever’s drive to tackle the root cause of plastic waste and think differently about packaging. As a company Unilever has set a goal to halve …
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SABIC has been collaborating with Unilever and Greiner Packaging in the development of an innovative new Knorr® bouillon container using SABIC® PP FLOWPACT FPC45 certified circular impact polypropylene (PP) from its TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio. The selected certified circular polymer grade ‒ SABIC PP FLOWPACT FPC45 impact copolymer ‒ from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE portfolio is a phthalate-free …
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Bandera is one of the most important international players in the design and manufacturing of complete lines for the extrusion of both blown films and rigid films/sheet based on flat die technology. It is now moving forward in the recycling sector, with many innovative ideas. Bandera’s mission is “Extruding Future Plastics Now”, as it …
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