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SIG celebrates grand opening of new Packaging Development Center Europe

30 Mar 2024
Grania Jain

The new center features state-of-the-art extrusion and finishing technology, coupled with advanced quality measurement systems and testing equipment. It will significantly increase packaging processability in serial production, system validation and capacity for future digital technologies.

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Apple unveils its first carbon neutral products

30 Mar 2024
Komal Sharma

Apple today announced its first-ever carbon neutral products in the all-new Apple Watch lineup. Innovations in design and clean energy have driven dramatic reductions in product emissions of over 75 percent for each carbon neutral Apple Watch.1 This milestone marks a major step in the company’s journey toward its ambitious Apple 2030 goal to make every product carbon neutral by the end of the decade, including the entire global supply chain and the lifetime use of every device Apple makes.

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DS Smith partners with Filir to redesign packaging

30 Mar 2024
PC Correspondent

The new packaging solution has been created by DS Smith designers to contain less materials and minimise waste. Key features include a locking system that is designed to prevent the chocolate boxes from being opened before use. The chocolate boxes are easy to assemble and fitted with a corrugated cardboard carry handle for additional versatility and usability.

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Waste Managed claims huge Easter egg waste annually

30 Mar 2024
PC Correspondent

It said recent research showed UK consumers splurged a £415m on Easter eggs in 2023, with an estimated 3,000 tonnes of Easter egg chocolate wasted each year in the UK, with packaging alone accounting for over 8,000 tonnes of waste annually.

Last year an estimated 4,370 tonnes of card and 160 tonnes of foil packaging were used for Easter eggs.

Despite efforts to promote sustainability, 59% of UK adults believe that Easter packaging remains excessive.

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Paptic provides sustainable gift bag packaging for Castillo de Molina wine

29 Mar 2024
Vasu Goyal

Finnish company Paptic has provided its sustainable gift bag packaging solution for Pernod Ricard Finland’s brand Castillo de Molina’s wine products.

Paptic’s gift bags are a lighter and more sustainable alternative that allows consumers to streamline their purchase processes and prevents the need to buy additional bags or cases to pack wine.

Leveraging Paptic’s material, Packdesign ID, a design, branding, and packaging company, made a single gift bag solution for three different wine products, featuring individualised stickers for each product.

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Central Consumer Protection Authority Seeks Public Feedback on Draft Guidelines to Combat Greenwashing Practices

29 Mar 2024
Aditya Panwar

The Central Consumer Protection Authority has issued a call for public feedback on Draft Guidelines aimed at preventing and regulating greenwashing practices. These guidelines, available on the Department of Consumer Affairs website, seek to address deceptive or misleading practices related to environmental claims in advertisements.

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Straight Forward Design works on new Clipper packs

29 Mar 2024
PC Correspondent

Straight Forward Design has partnered with Clipper to help activate its new brand positioning, which was developed by creative agency Isobel. The new campaign seeks to promote Clipper as the tea that tastes good and does good.

Anchored on the strapline, ‘There’s tea, then there’s GOOD tea’, the campaign acknowledges that it takes more than just taste to make good tea, showing how it also takes ethical and sustainable sourcing, natural ingredients and a fierce commitment to protecting biodiversity to make a truly good cup of tea.

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The redesign of the Jozo Salt Shaker achieves optimal recyclability.

28 Mar 2024
Aditya Panwar

As consumer packaged goods (CPGs) in the United States reassess their packaging strategies in response to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies aiming for more sustainable packaging, European CPGs are also confronting stricter requirements under the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD). By 2030, brand packaging in Europe must be either 100% recyclable or reusable.

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