UK ORPL, a recycling label not-for-profit, has launched the latest review process of its labelling rules to ensure they keep pace with developments in collections services and, for the first time, to take account of recycling infrastructure. The widely drawn Steering Group met for the first time on 3 July and aims to complete its …
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Germany SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, will highlight its certified circular polymers at K 2019, Hall 6 Booth D42 in October this year. SABIC’s certified circular polymers are being produced using a pyrolysis oil feedstock from the recycling of mixed plastic waste. As part of the intended project, SABIC is now …
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Croatia EcoCortec’s plant located in Beli Manastir, Croatia has become the first Cortec powered Nano VpCI to produce the first certified biodegradable anticorrosion film. EcoCorr Film, a biodegradable, compostable packaging film that provides contact, barrier, and vapour corrosion inhibition, is created in Cortec’s laboratories by utilising some of the most contemporary green technologies. EcoCorr Film …
Czech Republic Toray Graphics has introduced a waterless offset printing plate, Imprima LJ, which the company said, is aimed at those label printers who are looking for a high quality, high durability water-washable plate that provides printing stability and significant sustainability. The leading manufacturer of waterless offset plate technology said, the 175 lpi ensures that …
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Paris Evian unveiled an in-home water appliance, Evian (re)new, which provides consumers with the unique purity of Evian natural mineral water at home from the source with a significant reduction in plastic packaging. The collapsible 5L ‘bubble’ surrounding the water incorporates new generation design thinking leveraging the physics of materials: the thin and light ‘bubble’ …
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Switzerland The label printing market continues to grow: the global market was valued at $36.98 billion in 2017 and is forecast to reach $45.22 billion by 2022. This is driven in part by changing market dynamics and ever-evolving demands from label customers, with a growing number of SKUs, a dramatic reduction in average job lengths …
UK Waitrose & Partners is poised to test a series of ideas, which has the potential to save thousands of tonnes of unnecessary plastic and packaging. A dedicated refillable zone, the UK’s first supermarket frozen ‘pick and mix’ and first borrow-a-box scheme are three of such ideas. The test is designed to help determine how …
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USA Dow and Menshen, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of caps, closures and single-serve capsules, announced the new transformative Reverse Spout Sealing Technology that enables the production of spouted pouches made of mono-material films. This technology allows converters to address the recycling criteria for flexible packaging and can help brands meet their sustainability packaging …
Germany Tetra Pak has announced that HelloFresh, a leading meal kit company, has chosen Tetra Recart carton package for use in European markets for its environmental advantages. Used by HelloFresh in the US since 2017, Tetra Recart offers a packaging alternative with 80% lower carbon footprint and significant weight and space savings compared to tin …
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Germany BASF, Borealis, Südpack and Zott have produced prototypes of Multilayer packaging for food, which the companies have claimed is made from 100% recycled material, which can protect the products and keeps them hygienic, thereby extending the shelf life of food. Multilayer packaging consists of up to 11 individual, ultra-thin layers, making it considerably …
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