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Nescafe launches new refill pouch that uses less packaging and costs you less

22 Jan 2024
Komal Sharma

Nescafé has introduced the first instant coffee refill pouch for Nescafé Gold Blend and Nescafé Original that can be recycled in stores and helps save money while reducing packaging. 

The new 150g refill pouch is 97 percent lighter than the 200g glass coffee jar and has on average 60 percent less plastic than the jar’s lid. 

The pack is resealable to help preserve freshness and once the refill is empty consumers can recycle the pack in more than 5000 stores across the UK and through kerbside collection in Ireland. 

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New coalition calls on UN to recognise natural materials in UN treaty

22 Jan 2024
Vasu Goyal

The Natural Polymers Group features Notpla, Loliware, Traceless, Xampla, MarinaText, Zerocircle and PlantSea, offer a regenerative, circular solution to tackle plastic waste and pollution.

They work to establish nature-based materials, such as plants and seaweeds, as a viable and mainstream means of replacing plastic.

The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee will take place in Nairobi next week to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.

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LUMENE Collaboration strengthens the role of circularity in cosmetics packaging with UPM BioVerno and UPM Raflatac ForestFilm

20 Jan 2024
Komal Sharma

A holistic approach to sustainable packaging takes LUMENE closer to its sustainability goals in close-knit collaboration with UPM Biofuels and UPM Raflatac. Discover how UPM BioVerno naphtha and UPM Raflatac Forest Film labeling material strengthen the role of circularity at LUMENE in their most used packaging with an over 60 tonne annual reduction in fossil plastics and lower CO2 emissions.

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Walki Broadens Its Range of Completely Recyclable Monomaterials Catering to the Food Industry

20 Jan 2024
Aditya Panwar

In the pursuit of a circular future, Walki presents a range of fully recyclable laminates tailored for the food industry. Håkan Sabel, R&D Manager at Walki, emphasizes the need for effective barriers, particularly for foods like meat, sausages, and cheese, to ensure extended shelf life and minimize CO2 emissions associated with food spoilage.

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Lewis Moberly creates new designs for Little Freddie

20 Jan 2024
Vasu Goyal

Lewis Moberly was briefed to deliver a new design system for Little Freddie across the UK market linking through to the brand’s digital expression.

Pack hierarchy also needed to be strengthened to aid navigation whilst being mindful of future NPD.

Existing packaging design hadn’t reflected the quality and superior taste of the ingredients as well as the brand’s premium positioning that made it so distinct from its competitors.

The new design builds on strong existing brand assets – the distinctive ‘squiggle’ works across all packs.

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A Breakthrough in Metal Packaging: Eviosys Launches 'Ecopeel', a Revolutionary New Dual Product of Can and Peelable End

19 Jan 2024
Grania Jain

International packaging giant Eviosys has revealed its latest innovation, EcopeelTM. 200 years of expertise and innovation has produced an industry first: a processable food can with a sleek, peelable foil directly sealed on the can body. 

EcopeelTM has been designed with sustainability, convenience and inclusivity at its core. By replacing the traditional ring-pull with foil, EcopeelTM is lighter and offers a 20% carbon reduction per can. 

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Oatly calls for climate labelling on all food and drink sold in the UK

19 Jan 2024
Grania Jain

The scale and urgency of the current climate crisis can feel, at times, both completely and utterly overwhelming and extremely frightening. And although our individual, day-to-day choices are important when it comes to tackling the ongoing climate breakdown, experts frequently say that if we’re going to create a truly sustainable future, change is largely in the hands of politicians, policymakers and big businesses.

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Kao Launches Space Shampoo Sheet, a Sheet-type Dry Shampoo for Earth and Beyond

19 Jan 2024
Grania Jain

Japan's veteran astronaut Koichi Wakata lived on the International Space Station (ISS) on a five-month mission from October 6, 2022 to March 12, 2023, setting the space duration record for an astronaut from Japan. His bags were packed with a supply of 3D Space Shampoo Sheets, a dry type of shampoo developed by Kao Corporation. The same sheet, now available commercially under the brand name Space Shampoo Sheet, can easily wipe impurities from the scalp and hair without water. A light massage of the contoured sheet over the hair removes excess sebum and refreshes the scalp.

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Bio-attributed packaging receives Eco Mark certification for first time in Japan

17 Jan 2024
Grania Jain

Finland-based Neste and Prime Polymer, a subsidiary of Japan-based Mitsui Chemicals, have developed a renewable polypropylene packaging material for a seaweed snack sold by CO/OP, a brand of the Japanese Consumers Co-operative Union (JCCU). The product, whose bio-content is attributed through the mass balance method, is the first of its kind to receive the Eco Mark certification from the Japan Environment Association (JEA).

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