November 2022

REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES BY 90 %

Greenhouse gases from industrial applications can be slashed by almost 90% when green technology is implemented in machine and system engineering. A study from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) carried out on behalf of the VDMA e. V. (Mechanical Engineering Industry Association) produced this conclusion.

Hygienic and safe protective packaging

Our ConsumerBox is perfectly suited for this. How do we know that? It's simple. From our own experience. Because our company gives away self-sewn face masks to every employee worldwide. And so the question also arose for us as to which of our packaging would be the best way to present and hand over the face masks. Our choice quickly fell on our ConsumerBox. After all, as a manufacturer we know the advantages and properties of our products best.

A container with approximately 3 tons of recycled styrene has left Montreal for the Michelin plant in France. Following years of testing, Michelin will be in a position to manufacture batches of industrial styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) products with Pyrowave recycled styrene, which would represents over 1,000 passenger car tires.

Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) and Coca-Cola Middle East announced the introduction of 100% recycled PET (rPET) bottles for Coca-Cola’s range of beverages across official FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 venues, including stadiums and fan zones.

The garden shows how you can plant and grow your own vegetables for cooking at home under Chia Tai’s “Easy and Unique Planting Concept”.

The new seed packaging and garden were launched at “Home Garden Mini Field Day” virtual event. 

“Positive-impact packaging is a long-term journey that aims to better inform our clients,” says Lyne Hélène Bouchard, Quadpack Sustainability Champion. “But above all, it’s a commitment with the future. Our ultimate goal is to give back to the environment more than what we took.”

Quadpack has opted for the LCA (life-cycle assessment) tool to measure indicators such as water consumption, waste and pollution. Key LCA pillars are being considered for the strategy, circularity and carbon footprints being the most important ones.

Headquartered outside of Toronto, truLOCAL was founded in 2016 as a monthly subscription platform for meat and food delivery that’s uniquely tied to independent local farms, butchers, and clean-meat processors. At its core, it’s a platform for a business like an organic farm or a neighborhood butcher shop to go Direct to Consumer (D2C)—something increasingly valuable when the pandemic has consumers nervous about stepping inside a supermarket.

Smurfit Kappa has created an innovative and sustainable packaging solution specifically tailored for wine, to help businesses in the sector capitalise on the continued growth in eCommerce wine sales.

The new solution holds Amazon’s ‘Frustration-Free Packaging’ (FFP) certification, which is a world first for a generic packaging solution that caters for different case counts and wine bottle types.

Cadbury Bournvita, which has pushed the narrative on progressive parenting and preparation, has yet another strong reminder for society to recognise and nurture every child’s individual potential – #FaithNotForce, a movement that aims to enlighten parents to take notice of their children’s true talent instead of forcing them into preset career moulds.