August 2022

According to the company, around 60% of fresh fruit and vegetables in Germany are sold pre-packed in retail outlets. Two-thirds of the packs are based on plastic and the remaining one-third are on cardboard or other paper fiber materials.

The packs offer many benefits for preserving fresh produce. Most importantly, they improve shelf life, therefore, making a major contribution to preventing food waste as a result of premature spoilage.

Amcor Rigid Packaging (ARP) is now offering samples of spirits bottles made of recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) that meet the newly approved U.S. Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) sizes. Amcor’s new offering was developed to provide customers with the freedom and flexibility to explore new markets while gauging consumer interest.

A new UK recycling operation involving Veolia, garden product brand Miracle-Gro, and Dobbies Garden Centres is set to address the environmental impact of caused by around 100 million bags that are used for compost, soil and chipped bark each year.

Developed from successful trials, the process will be the first time these low-density polyethylene (LDPE) bags will be collected and recycled into new products including garden furniture, plastic films and new bags.

It follows a six month process by CarbonQuota, which specialises in calculating the carbon impact of manufacturing.
Chapelton managing director, Neil Skelton, said: “This is a great beginning for Chapelton. Achieving Carbon Neutral status will benefit our customers and suppliers, eventually offering products that meet the needs of the environmentally conscious. This first step is focusing on our direct operations and in the future we will include all logistics and products.”

EcoEnclose - producer of sustainable packaging for the world’s most conscious eCommerce companies - has launched the ReEnclose Mailer, a reusable shipping solution for forward-thinking brands. Companies ship orders in these durable fabric ReEnclose Mailers. Customers then return the mailers back so they can be cleaned and reused for subsequent shipments.