Golf Coat partners with Metsa Board to create sustainable packaging

Golf Coat has created a golf ball packaging that converts into an insect shelter after use. The Finnish company has created this packaging solution for its best-selling product and boasts to support biodiversity and promote the circular economy.   The insect hotel was designed in an online workshop facilitated by Metsa Board’s Excellence Centre. The …

NBC reiterates commitment to a sustainable future

In commemoration of this year’s World Environment Day, leading consumer packaged goods company and strategic bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company in Nigeria, Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd., (NBC), has reaffirmed its commitment to environmental stewardship by organising beach cleaning and tree planting activities to create awareness on the importance of safeguarding the earth’s finite resources. …

Clariant to offer biodegradable microplastic-free opacifier

Clariant, the Swiss multinational speciality chemicals company has announced to offer a natural-derived, readily biodegradable opacifier to support personal care formulators to minimise the impact of shampoos, conditioners, handwashes and other rinse-off shower and bath products on marine and river life.   New Plantasens OP 95 is a microplastic-free option which delivers powerful opacifying performance …

Dow expands packaging recycling effort across Africa

Dow has announced the expansion of its Project REFLEX initiative in Egypt and Guinea, following a successful pilot phase in Nigeria. Working together with local partners, the initiative aims to establish a market for recycled contents to help address the waste issue while providing job opportunities for local communities.   The project, which launched in …

RECAPP and Coca-Cola Middle East renew partnership

RECAPP, UAE’s first free-of-charge door-to-door recycling service developed by Veolia and Coca-Cola Middle East have renewed their partnership.   The companies have partnered with the common goal to close the loop on various packaging waste materials through an innovative recyclable collection scheme that enables segregation at source and diversion away from landfills.   This collaboration …

SABIC launches ISCC Plus certified compounds

SABIC has announced that its production of a new range of SABIC polypropylene (PP) compounds and STAMAX PP resins based on bio-renewable and advanced recycled feedstock at Genk, Belgium, has received TÜV Nord accreditation under the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS scheme.   This certified product offering aligns with SABIC’s extensive TRUCIRCLE initiative …

Jack Link partners with Huhtamaki for recyclable packaging

Jack Link‘s, Europe‘s largest producer of meat snacks has partnered with Huhtamaki to develop recyclable mono-material packaging.   Jack Link‘s, a family-run U.S. company and manufacturer of meat snacks, is pursuing sustainability and environmental protection in EMEA by working to switch to greener packaging for the European market, among other things.   The company, known …

Smurfit Kappa introduces water-resistant paper

Smurfit Kappa has developed a sustainable water-resistant paper. AquaStop is part of Smurfit Kappa’s new TechniPaper portfolio, which consists of an array of high-performance papers designed to handle even the most complex supply chains.   The AquaStop paper is water-resistant thanks to a special coating which is added to it during the manufacturing process. Unlike …

Carlsberg introduces bio-based and recyclable bottles

Carlsberg makes bio-based and fully recyclable bottles available to consumers in its largest ever trial.   In its largest pilot to date, Carlsberg Group has revealed the trial of its new Fibre Bottle, putting the bio-based and fully recyclable beer bottle into the hands of consumers for the first time. With a continued focus on …

Nova Chemicals to expand its HDPE resins

Nova Chemicals Corporation to introduce new resin technology for machine direction oriented (MDO) and biaxially oriented (BO) processes to help its customers and brand owners meet their sustainability goals. Nova Chemicals’ innovative technology marks a major advancement in the pursuit of a plastics circular economy, as it enables recyclable all-polyethylene (PE) packaging.   Nova Chemicals, …