March 2025

PaperWrap – green by orange – GmbH (“PaperWrap”), based in Europe, has developed a portfolio of paper pallet wrapping machines in partnership with the Mondi Group. Instead of retrofitting existing plastic stretch-wrapping machines, PaperWrap’s machines are designed from the ground up to optimally utilize the mechanical properties of Mondi’s Ad/Vantage StretchWrap, a recyclable*1 kraft paper that can stretch and resist punctures. These properties make it ideal for replacing plastic stretch film used for pallet wrapping.

Known for its cleaning products and hand wash, Neat is offering consumers what it describes as a game-changing solution to single-use plastic waste in the personal care category.

According to Zero Waste Europe, the beauty and personal care industry generates over 120 billion units of packaging annually, much of which ends up in landfills or oceans.

Traditional body wash products often contain high percentages of water, increasing transport emissions and requiring large plastic containers.

Mars Chocolate Drinks & Treats (MCD&T) has given its Galaxy Milk Drink range a packaging update which aims to bring it in line with Galaxy chocolate.

As well as bringing the drink’s look in line with the confectionery range, the bottles will switch from a traditional sports cap to a flat cap from April.

This follows consumer feedback from a survery conducted by Mortar Research which revealed that 73% of people who have drunk chocolate milk prefer to do so from a flat-cap bottle.

To enhance the water resistance of paper-based packaging materials, an emulsion coating with high water resistance properties has been developed for application to these materials. This coating was synthesised using isooctyl acrylate, lauryl methacrylate, styrene, and methacrylic acid as reactive monomers, organosilicone KH151 as a coupling agent, heptadecanol polyoxyethylene ether monophosphate as the emulsifier, and glycerol triglycidyl ether as a post-crosslinking agent.