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Lidl Ireland Releases New Milk Packaging Featuring LGFA Player Profile Cards

04 Sep 2024
PC Correspondent

The promotion is part of Lidl’s ‘Get Behind the Fight’ campaign, which encourages the public to attend LGFA football games, such as the TG4 All Ireland Championship Finals in Croke Park on 4 August.

Milk cartons will feature LGFA player profile cards of four selected players, showing their image, statistics and personal information alongside their indicidual club crests.

The featured players are Kerry’s Síofra O’Shea, Galway’s Nicola Ward, Cavan’s Ally Cahill and Tipperary’s Aisling Moloney.

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CSIR Unveils National Mission for Sustainable Packaging Solutions

04 Sep 2024
PC Correspondent

CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuramwill be responsible for the overall coordination of the project. Furthermore, the project will consist of a consortium of eight partnering CSIR labs and industry partners.

N. Kalaiselvi, Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and CSIR Director General, launched the initiative at NIIST.

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PPMA Show | Yorkshire Packaging Systems to highlight Shrink wrapping & e-commerce bagging

03 Sep 2024
Vasu Goyal

PPMA Show | Yorkshire Packaging Systems to highlight Shrink wrapping & e-commerce bagging

Shrink wrapping, e-commerce bagging and packaging materials will all be represented at the Yorkshire Packaging Systems (YPS) on stand (E20) at this year’s PPMA Show.

 

Taking place 24-26 September at the NEC, Birmingham, the stand will be displaying two very different shrink-wrapping machine options, both achieve good production speeds.

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DS Group Collaborates with Uma Polymers to Launch Groundbreaking Sustainable Packaging Initiatives !

03 Sep 2024
Aditya Panwar

DS Group’s Packaging unit, in collaboration with Uma Polymers, has unveiled two pioneering projects aimed at promoting sustainability and community development: Project Mogra Kala and Project Craft Kala. These initiatives underscore the Group’s commitment to environmental stewardship and social responsibility as it approaches its 95th anniversary.

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Vegware adds to end-of-life waste management options for customers

03 Sep 2024
PC Correspondent

All of Vegware’s single and double wall hot cups can be recycled as well as composted, where accepted.

Vegware explained that the main obstacle to boosting the recycling rate of paper cups is the ‘widespread misconception’ they cannot be recycled due to their plastic lining. In reality, paper cups are recyclable, but they must be collected separately from other materials to ensure they are properly processed for recycling.

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UPM Raflatac introduces new wave for plastic packaging: The world’s first RecyClass certified paper label for rigid HDPE and PP

02 Sep 2024
PC Correspondent

The New Wave label material is designed to provide functionality for the full life cycle of products, primarily home and personal care products such as soap bottles or washing detergent containers. It supports the purity of recycled materials by washing off cleanly at just 40°C using plain water with no chemicals required. Available now to customers in EMEIA, followed by the Asian market, the New Wave label material is tested to perform without fiberloss in the recycling process, helping to prevent contamination in material streams.

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AeroFlexx, an Innventure Company, Named Official Innovative Packaging Solution of Progressive American Flat Track

02 Sep 2024
PC Correspondent

Innventure LLC, an enterprise growth engine, today announced that AeroFlexx, the sustainable liquid packaging company Innventure launched in 2018, has been named the official innovative packaging solution for Progressive American Flat Track, a premier dirt track motorcycle racing series sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing.

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Meet APRIL's New Downstream Portfolio in Sustainable Packaging

02 Sep 2024
Yukta Arora

As the global shift towards sustainability gains momentum, consumers are increasingly prioritizing eco-friendly packaging options. This is evidenced by the projected annual growth of over 3 percent in paperboard demand in Asia, extending through to 2030.

In response to this growing demand, APRIL Group, a leading producer of bio-based pulp and paper, has embarked on a major diversification initiative. Earlier this year, the company inaugurated its cutting-edge paperboard manufacturing plant in Riau, Indonesia.

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New EU rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging

02 Sep 2024
Komal Sharma

Parliament adopted new measures to make packaging more sustainable and reduce packaging waste in the EU.

The regulation, which aims to tackle constantly growing waste, harmonise internal market rules and boost the circular economy, was approved with 476 votes in favour, 129 against and 24 abstentions.

Reduce packaging and restrict certain types

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