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STRAIGHT TO THE SOUL

While art rarely allows itself to be easily defined, it often involves provoking the senses. And there is no stronger direct link to our core, than the sense of smell.

There is a physical explanation for this: smell is the only one of our senses that bypasses the thalamus – our body’s information relay station. Everything else we experience is processed there beforebeing sent to the brain for interpretation, but smell goes straight to the soul. That’s why smells can trigger such powerful and immediate sensations; memories, lust, heartache.

Since 1984, the McCormack family has nurtured crops on their cherished ancestral farm with a profound dedication to harmonising age-old farming wisdom with state-of-the-art horticultural innovations, to provide the finest, top-quality greens and herbs to the market.

Driven by the vision of a sustainable solution, McCormack Family Farms contacted the team at Smurfit Kappa Markham Vale after discovering the water-resistant coatings video via LinkedIn, that showcased the remarkable properties of this ingenious solution.

Novolex®, a leader in packaging choice, innovation and sustainability, is introducing food packaging containers that are both recyclable and made with a minimum 10% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content.

Manufactured by Novolex brand Waddington® North America (WNA), the new products include various sizes of dessert cups, tamper-evident containers, cake containers and bakery clamshells.

Historically, Heinz sauce bottles used a flexible silicone valve to deliver a consistent portion of sauce per squeeze, but this was -often challenging to recycle. Together with Berry Global Heinz has now switched to a mono-material cap, manufactured in PP. This means it meets requirements for recyclability. 

EcoEnclose is also excited to offer one of the first paper-based stretch wrap options! This unique, high tensile strength paper expands and stretches around pallets, effectively holding contents in place. At the end of its useful life, the material is curbside recyclable.

This paper pallet wrap is an inspiring innovation and a step forward in sustainable warehouse operations.

However, it is essential to note its drawbacks proactively.

The tubes’ tamper-evident closure helps guarantee supply chain integrity for end user safety and reassurance. Available in sizes from 13.5-19mm for volumes from 3-8ml, the tubes utilize Neopac’s Polyfoil® technology, comprising a proprietary blend of materials providing advanced barrier properties for products requiring ample protection against moisture, oxygen and other potentially harmful external factors.

Firms categorised as ‘large organisations’ are currently required to report their packaging data to Environmental Agency twice per year under EPR reforms, with fees set to begin in October 2025 following the programme’s delay.

A ‘large organisation’ is one that is responsible for over 50 tonnes of packaging per year and that possesses an annual turnover exceeding £2 million.

AeroFlexx, a novel packaging for liquids that combines the best attributes of flexibles and rigids to create a new-to-the-world package form using an “air frame” design, has logged several milestones since 2020. That’s when it snagged a starring role on the world’s packaging scene by earning the Flexible Packaging Association’s Highest Achievement Award judged “as contributing most to the advancement of the industry.”

Digimarc and Wipak have partnered with both retail groups to print invisible codes onto the surface of their packaging; these are set to be detected and decoded by a high-resolution camera on a recycling facility’s sorting line, where they will be separated by material and sent to the corresponding stream.