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Germany Achieves Record 68.9% Recycling Rate for Plastic Packaging Under "Yellow Bag" System

24 Jan 2025
Aditya Panwar

Germany has reached a significant milestone in plastic packaging recycling, with a material recycling rate of 68.9% recorded in 2023. This achievement, announced jointly by the Central Packaging Registry (ZSVR) and the German Environment Agency (UBA), reflects a remarkable 27 percentage-point increase since the introduction of the Packaging Act in 2018.

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Two Sides to launch Love Paper Week

24 Jan 2025
PC Correspondent

Two Sides initiative Love Paper is launching a new week-long event to encourage the industry to collectively champion paper and sustainability to consumers and businesses.

Love Paper Week will run from 3-7 February 2025 and Two Sides said it encouraged all printers, paper merchants, packaging manufacturers and others who operate within the sector to support the initiative and use the materials available to inform their clients, customers and consumers more widely about why paper is such a sustainable, effective and attractive medium.

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RiverStone Health announces new food packaging for the new year

23 Jan 2025
PC Correspondent

The changes are coming after a recent scientific review based on national recommendations in nine nutritional categories.

According to Riverstone Health, starting Jan. 1 food recommendations will include more whole grain for adults, more fish for all categories and flexible options for based on individual family needs for infants.

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Pantone Unveils New Color Intelligence Service - Color Insider !!!

23 Jan 2025
Aditya Panwar

In a time where trend cycles are rapidly evolving and microtrends and subcultures are emerging, the creative community faces increasing pressure to stay ahead of trends and produce innovative designs. Color trends play a pivotal role, as color boosts brand recognition by 87 percent and influences up to 85 percent of purchasing decisions, making the understanding of color essential.

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Appetite Creative Launches Sustainability On-Pack Connected Experience for Tetra Pak

23 Jan 2025
PC Correspondent

Creative technology studio Appetite Creative has created a new side panel on-pack communication for world leading food processing and packaging company Tetra Pak across its packaging in Spain and Portugal and mid-Europe including Germany and Austria.

The updated on-pack communication gives customers access to a smart packaging experience to help them learn more about sustainability. 

Users can access the multi-language web app based connected experience via QR codes found on the new side panel which includes a variety of fun and interactive educational games.

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Smart Planet launches new bio recyclable barrier coating for paper cups

20 Jan 2025
PC Correspondent

This development incorporates polylactic acid (PLA), a biobased resin, with a specialised mineral blend, to produce a barrier coating which the company said offers compostability and recyclability for paper cups and other barrier-coated paper packaging.

Smart Planet Technologies insists that by mineralising the resin used in the extrusion-coating process, EarthCoating has ‘been proven’ to produce barrier paper packaging that is compatible with conventional paper recycling systems and qualified for recycling in premium recovered paper categories.

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