December 2022

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has collaborated with Scientex in the packaging value chain to enable the manufacturer to develop material for the world’s first flexible food packaging made based on advanced recycled OBP, using SABIC® certified circular polypropylene (PP). The material is being used in a premium brand noodles packaging sold in Malaysia.

The new packages each feature a piece of artwork drawn by various CMN Hospitals Champions, who are child ambassadors that advocate for the charitable need of children’s hospitals across the United States. The creative images on the bars are meant to represent an imaginative, fond or memorable moment in their lives.

The NFC-enabled digital identification technology will work alongside conventional deposit return and recycling schemes with the aim of encouraging more consumers to recycle plastic packaging.

The technology is being developed by UK-based flexible electronics provider PragmatIC in an initiative known as SPRITE (sustainable plastics recycling innovation by tagging electronically) and supported by the UK government’s Sustainable Innovation Fund.

As the company explained, its latest series is certified as ethically sourced by the Rainforest Alliance, and sourced from Ghana, Cameroon and Ivory is readily biodegradable, and 100% natural, and represent a further revenue stream from crops typical destination for the confectionery sector.

• Toluene is a substance with hazardous properties
• It can have severe impact on human health, environment 
• Many top brands have already banned it for food packet printing 
• Bangladesh is yet to have any specific guidelines in this regard 

Brightly coloured designs of food packets help establish consumer confidence, brand images and promote sales by catching the eye of consumers as they browse along supermarket aisles.

That’s how flying avocado Founder and Creative Director Ian Montgomery puts it. To get this out of the way, the name Guacamole Airplane is a play off on Ed Ruscha painting. The studio’s latest supplier guide is said to be “one of the industry’s most robust databases” on a range of sustainable materials and the companies that offer them.