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Compostable packaging must be included in EPR needs assessments, industry partners say

02 Feb 2024
Vasu Goyal
  • The Composting Consortium, managed by Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy, released a policy brief on Tuesday asserting that extended producer responsibility programs are strengthened by needs assessments that take into account compostable packaging and composting infrastructure.
  • The brief includes three calls to action for regulators, policymakers and producer responsibility
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no-boxx looks to reduce single-use packaging from UK e-commerce supply chain and cut carbon emissions

02 Feb 2024
Grania Jain

This is currently being used in a pilot scheme by a sustainable activewear brand, with plans for a wider roll-out later in the year.

The reusable packaging pouch has the potential to be used over 20 times with consumers encouraged to return the packaging to the retailer after every use. 

It is made from recycled polyethylene (rPET) and is currently available to manufacturers and retailers in three sizes, depending on the size and quantity of items dispatched.

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Polytag and Biffa partner to deliver “unprecedented” packaging lifecycle data

02 Feb 2024
Grania Jain

Recycling technology company Polytag and sustainable waste management company Biffa have partnered as part of plastics, resource, efficiency and recycling charity RECOUP’s 26-week long “Bottle to Bottle” project, in conjunction with label printer Interket UK and Arla Foods and Müller Milk & Ingredients.

The project will see Co-op’s water bottles and Aldi and Ocado’s milk marked with UV 2D tags, printed by Interket UK, with a Polytag UV tag reader retrofitted onto the plastic conveyor at Biffa’s Teesside MRF in the northeast of England.

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LyondellBasell & MSI Technology, LLC Collaborate on Innovative Consumer Packaging

02 Feb 2024
PC Correspondent

LyondellBasell PB-1 resins are commonly used in consumer packaging applications for easy-open packaging and film modification for seal initiation temperature providing:

  • Broad seal-peel temperature range

  • Consistent and reproducible peel performance

  • Adjustable peel force to end-use requirements

  • Similar initiation and propagation peel force 

  • "Whitening" with "Smooth & Clean" peel surface

  • Good seal integrity 

  • Easy processability

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DuPont Launches Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Awards Program

02 Feb 2024
PC Correspondent

DuPont today announced that it is launching a new global awards program called the Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Awards. This annual awards program is designed to recognize leaders across the healthcare industry who are embracing and driving sustainability throughout the packaging lifecycle.

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Pringles invests £86M in household recyclable paper-based packaging tubes

01 Feb 2024
PC Correspondent

The eco-packaging has been tested by the company’s packaging experts to make sure it protects the saddle-shaped chips and keeps them fresh for 15 months as the previously used can.

The new packaging landed exclusively in Tesco stores and online last week before being rolled out to other supermarkets later this year. The tubes are also available in One Stop stores, part of the Tesco Group. Around 48 million recyclable Pringles tubes will be sold in Tesco in the first year alone.

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TotalEnergies Premium Wood Pellets packaging now made of 50% recycled polymers from the RE:clic range

01 Feb 2024
Grania Jain

The new innovative packaging is composed of a core layer of rPE2206, a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) grade made of 100% PCR content and part of the RE:clic circular polymer range, and high-performance Lumicene® and Supertough® metallocene virgin resins. It exhibits identical properties and thickness as fossil-based alternatives with a significantly reduced environmental footprint.

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Vessl, Inc. and Tempra Technology, Inc. Sign Agreement to Develop Innovative Packaging Solutions

01 Feb 2024
PC Correspondent

Vessl's Founder & CEO Walter D. Apodaca, Jr. commented, "This agreement is a testament to our shared commitment to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in packaging technology. We believe we can create solutions that not only meet but exceed the expectations of consumers and companies worldwide and propel the evolution of on-the-go thermal solutions."

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