major breakthrough in plastics recycling wrap the waste and resources action programme has declared making a major breakthrough for plastics recycling with the completion of a yearlong trial on recovered pet. the trials have involved high street names boots, cocacola and marks & spencer using recovered pet to make new packaging for food and household products. market development organisation wrap has said the trials have demonstrated the viability of using recycled plastics in making new packaging containers. the project has included tests of recovered pet in millions of diet coke bottles, salad and sandwich packs and shampoo bottles. wrap said the tests, some of which involved londonbased organisations london remade and closed loop london, had shown that recycled plastic meets technical, commercial and safety requirements demanded by retailersbarcode for 2010 gs1, the nonprofit organisation, that designs and implements barcode standards, has announced a global adoption date of 1 jan,2010 for a new bar code with reduced space symbology rss, which can store more data in half the amount of space and offers a temporary alteration to radiofrequency identification rfid technology.tote for two    offer protection to wine bottles  the tote for two advances the use of flexible packaging in an innovative way to offer protection to wine bottles without the use of nonflexible materials. this dual wine bottle carrier has an inflatable pillow inserted between the wine bottles to prevent contact. the package is made of a sturdy plastic to hold the weight of the product. the tote for two is ideal for both stores and wine sellers due to its space efficient characteristics, and has a clear front for wine companies to display their  label. designed by students of california polytechnic state university. shrink technology for soda bottles a shrink technology that binds solar cells and heat pumps onto surfaces could lead to the development of self cooling soda bottles. researchers at the rensselaer polytechnic institute rpi say they are making progress in developing a thinfilm technology that could turn walls, windows and as they suggest, even soda bottles into climate control systems.now level checking and filling  made easy  a new combo with dropside door and sight glass has been launched by arlington packaging. the new features make it easier for users to fill and to check the contents level of the container. the new combo is said to have all the advantages of the existing container and is made from food approved plastic. 
