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ALDI LAUNCHES FIRST SUPERMARKET OWN-BRAND ‘FLAT’ RECYCLED PET WINE BOTTLES NEARLY SEVEN TIMES LIGHTER THAN GLASS VERSIONS

28 Mar 2024
PC Correspondent
  • The eco-friendly Chapter & Verse Shiraz and Chapter & Verse Chardonnay bottles are fully recyclable and designed to easily stack on shelves while optimising storage space
  • Aldi’s Chassaux et Fils Méditerranée Rosé is also launching as a recycled PET bottle, in stores from today – Global Recycling Day
  • Products hit shelves after the supermarket announced it was launching the UK’s first own-brand paper wine bottle earlier this month
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Tequila Ocho unveils packaging rebrand

28 Mar 2024
PC Correspondent

The redesigned packaging took nearly four years to develop, and reflects Tequila Ocho’s commitment to terroir in spirits. A new tapered bottle shape makes it easier for bartenders to handle, while a shorter height makes it a cleaner fit for retail shelves and back bars.

In addition, the label was given a ‘rustic feel’ with ‘fingerprint’ texture throughout, a nod to the brand’s single estate concept. The redesign also includes a custom engraved wood cap, and a new neck label.

The overhaul unifies Tequila Ocho’s packaging on a global scale.

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Eastman and Neutrogena develop recyclable cosmetics packaging

27 Mar 2024
Grania Jain

Skincare manufacturer Neutrogena has worked with speciality material company Eastman to develop a film-free, recyclable cosmetics packaging solution.

Neutrogena has enhanced the quality and dependability of its metallised packaging by using Eastman Solus performance additives.

This Solus-enabled plastic film-free transfer metallised packaging ensures that the cosmetic manufacturer delivers a more sustainable product to its consumers without compromising shelf appeal, claimed Eastman. 

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CardBordeaux Bottle for Charles and Camilla

27 Mar 2024
Grania Jain

British sustainable packaging firm Frugalpac have produced a commemorative paper wine bottle to mark His Royal Highness King Charles III and Her Royal Highness His HxxQueen Camilla’s state visit to Bordeaux on Friday September 22.

The special paper Frugal Bottle is made from 94% recycled cardboard, has a carbon footprint six times lower than a glass bottle is five times lighter and can be recycled again.

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Parkside gets creative with disruptive compostable packaging for SMUG crisps

27 Mar 2024
Grania Jain

The pack, which uses Parkside’s groundbreaking Park2Nature™ material, can be disposed of in regular domestic compost heaps, where it will break down into water, carbon dioxide, and biomass in under 26 weeks. It can also be sent for industrial composting, where it will decompose within 12 weeks.

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Netherlands-based HAK recently opts to use SIG SafeBloc carton packs to ensure its pulses products are optimally protected over a prolonged period; 90% of the packaging material is forest-based, including polymers

27 Mar 2024
PC Correspondent

HAK, the leading Dutch plant-based food producer, has recently opted to use SIG SafeBloc carton packs – a more sustainable packaging option compared to cans or glass jars* – to ensure its pulses products are optimally protected to retain their high quality over a prolonged period. The high share of renewable materials and resource-efficient carton packaging results in a significantly lower CO2 footprint*.

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Mondi collaborates with Veyzle, WEPA and Soprema to make release liner production waste more circular

26 Mar 2024
PC Correspondent

By collaborating closely with industry stakeholders along the value chain, Mondi has tackled the siliconised and coated paper waste produced at its release liner plants in Jülich, Germany, and Heerlen, Netherlands. It is now repulped and valorised as secondary raw material in a range of other applications.

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