March 2018

Adam Paterson and Santi Tonsukha, students of the Royal College of Art created an innovative seed package design using a single piece of 100% recycled corrugated cardboard. The new packaging can hold a variety of seeds separately in one pack. The corrugated structure of the cardboard acts as natural dividers, which are the perfect V shape to allow the seeds to be easily and controllably shaken out.

There are many factors that combine together for the choice of material. Some of these factors are availability of materials, environmental concerns, type of fertilizer, customer prefrence, cost and others. Currently plastic bags and burlap sacks are the most popular for fertilizers. Burlap sacks have been around for a long time and still going strong. At the same time, the use of plastic bags is increasing.

AHMEDABAD, India, February 14, 2018 - Building on its commitment to environmental sustainability, Adani Wilmar Limited, the largest seller of edible oil in the country, today announced that it will undertake a gradual overhaul of its edible oil packaging to make it entirely recyclable from Q1 FY-2018-19. Currently, Adani Wilmar sources nearly 300 MT of plastic films for packaging per month and one kilogram of film produces approximate 130 pouches.

Gerresheimer to present an integrated and passive safety system for avoiding needlestick injuries at Pharmapack in Paris. Düsseldorf/Wackersdorf/Paris, December 12, 2017 With their exposed cannulas, used syringes are a source of risk at physicians’ surgeries, laboratories, and hospitals the world over. Although existing needle protection systems reduce the risk of injury for the end user, they are more complex for pharma companies to fill and must be handled by medical specialists.