Sustainability

This innovative packaging design is in line with Kellanova Better Days™ Promise commitment to work towards packaging that is 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable by the end of 2030. Additionally, as a signatory to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation New Plastics Economy Pledge, Kellanova has a goal to reduce virgin plastic by 5%.

Kellanova's framework to ensure packaging is innovative and sustainable involves four approaches:

With complete systems from a single source, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are setting new standards for plastics recycling.

Enhanced plastics compounding, recycling, and processing of bioplastics

Called Launchpad, the three-month programme offers up to five successful applicants over £10,000 worth of support to create, design and improve products using flexible packaging.

It will provide startups access to a platform of tools that will “speed up and de-risk” the product packaging design process, said Mission Ventures.

The programme includes 15 hours of one-to-one mentoring, access to Buildr’s programme and packaging design support platform and physical and digital prototypes.

Following a pilot started in 2021 on the Quartz Xtra product bottles, TotalEnergies Lubrifiants is now applying the process of incorporating 50% PCR high-density polyethylene (HDPE) to a larger scale. From September 2023 onwards, all premium range bottles produced in France and Belgium, recognizable by their platinum color, are being made notably from TotalEnergies rPE6314, a ready-to-use polyethylene compound.

Coperion has commenced operations at its Recycling Innovation Center in Niederbiegen near Weingarten, Germany. This cutting-edge facility serves as an advanced test center for optimizing and implementing plastics recycling applications. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, the center enables comprehensive testing across various recycling process steps, covering material handling, extrusion, pelletizing, compounding, material postprocessing, and deodorization. The facility features customizable, fully functional recycling systems to meet specific recyclate production requirements.

Finland and Italy have called on governments preparing positions on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) to oppose tough restrictions on single-use packaging, along with proposed targets for reuse, in a joint statement seen by Euronews which was circulated this week among diplomats.

Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing a diverse offering of responsible packaging solutions, today announced the launch of a proprietary healthcare lidding technology that will be utilized for combination products – those consisting of two or more regulated components (device, drug or biologic).