August 2024

L'Oréal Australia has partnered with TerraCycle to launch a collection and recycling service for consumers.

Beauty and personal care packaging from any company can be taken to a collection point and recycled for free.

Pregis®, a global leader in protective packaging solutions, has advanced the sustainability of its Pregis EverTec™ mailers by incorporating paper certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) standard. This certification ensures that the paper used in Pregis EverTec Cushioned and Non-Cushioned Mailers comes from forests that adhere to strict criteria for conserving water quality, biodiversity, and wildlife habitat.

HDPE is well-known for its excellent strength-to-density ratio, making it a preferred choice for packaging applications. When graphene is integrated, HDPE demonstrates enhanced mechanical characteristics, such as increased strength and durability. This enhancement ensures superior performance in rigorous applications, particularly in packaging and film production, including plastic bottles and garbage bags.

With Lorenz producing snack products for a global audience for four generations, its responsibility to the planet has not been overlooked.

The business is committed to improving sustainability and has already achieved a “good” rating for recyclability across 92% of its primary packaging from third-party cyclos-HTP (according to the CHI standard developed by Institut cyclos-HTP, the recyclable proportion necessary to achieve a “good” recyclability rating).

In the packaging and adhesives market, where Hot Melt Adhesives (HMA) are prevalent, Sasol’s SASOLWAX LC100 grade provides the same exceptional properties and performance benefits as Sasol's industry standard SASOLWAX H1 including: enabling odourless, crystal clear HMA formulations in combination with metallocene polymers, through low viscosity, high crystallinity and stability; smoother, thinner adhesive application, resulting in more box closures with less adhesive per closure; enabling high-speed packaging lines due to fast set times; Improved durability and stability; and outstanding th

The SecurshieldTM 500 series of easy open end coatings is designed to help can makers and their customers meet current and future regulatory requirements with an offer that’s more sustainable and provides significantly improved performance compared with today’s organosol-based alternatives.

The company says it is “pushing the limits of eco-design” with Reverre. It has an inner glass cup that can facilitate refills. It is also airtight due to a plastic ring designed not to perturb the product’s recyclability and implements an offer of original caps for a standard 50 ml model.

Reverre is offered in two development options: the predeveloped catalog design can be personalized with decorations and embellishments and a made-to-measure concept.

Premium packaging
The company highlights the jar’s “premium appeal” and “extended lifespan.”

Veteran hairdressing couple Anthony and Gloria Edge, renowned for their extensive experience in the industry, have unveiled a groundbreaking venture in collaboration with Lyon & Lyon, a prominent design studio. Drawing from their years of work with esteemed brands like Toni & Guy and Evo Hair, the Edges recognized a need for simplified yet sustainable haircare solutions. Thus, they introduced "Sitch," a brand offering refillable haircare products designed to streamline haircare routines while minimizing environmental impact.

In the first half of the year, Neuhaus launched its History Box gifting option, firmly targeting travelers looking for premium chocolates in the travel retail market. “While this product was already available in Belgium, we have now extended its shelf life to make it suitable for the travel retail sector. The History Box is a premium gifting option that contains 28 Neuhaus pralines, showcasing over 160 years of Neuhaus heritage,” explains Mattias Top, Key Account Manager Travel Retail.