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Nexus announced it has agreed to terms for an equity raise of $150 million. Cox Enterprises, focused on building the world's most innovative businesses in cleantech and environmental sustainability, led the round and will become the majority owner. These funds will support efforts to deliver on recycled-plastic commitments by accelerating the expansion of Nexus Circular's market-leading advanced recycling process.

In 2018, the United States generated 35.7 million tons of plastics, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). That’s the equivalent of approximately 6.1 million male elephants, each weighing six tons – or 13,000 pounds. As of 2018, over 75 percent of plastics produced in the U.S. ended up in the landfill. And according to research published in Our World in Data, plastic packaging is the leading source of global plastic waste generation.

They are optimally tailored to the respective product and interfere with the environment as little as possible. At the same time, they fulfill their purpose of protection, extended shelf life and the clear separation of conventional goods in mixed retail, where in addition to organic goods, non-organic products are also offered. It is precisely there that it is important to use printed packaging to label organic goods so clearly that the consumer can find the organic food he is looking for without a doubt and without the risk of confusion.

Western Health Advantage (WHA) is offering Gatekeeper Innovation Inc.'s Rx Locking Cap as a covered benefit to members to prevent misuse or abuse of prescription medications at home. This milestone is a major move for Gatekeeper's mission to secure and reduce diversion of prescription medications that can lead to substance abuse, poisoning, and deaths.

CJ Biomaterials, a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang, has created a new packaging solution CJ Olive Young’s cosmetic products.

Olive Young applies the 100% bio-sourced solution on the entire exterior of its WAKEMAKE brand container.

The ‘WAKEMAKE Water Velvet Vegan Cushion’ with eco-friendly bio-based packaging was launched on 21 December 2022 in Korea.

CJ Biomaterials, which specialises in producing polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), blends its amorphous PHA technology with polylactic acid (PLA) for the new cosmetic case.

The NFC-enabled digital identification technology will work alongside conventional deposit return and recycling schemes with the aim of encouraging more consumers to recycle plastic packaging.

The technology is being developed by UK-based flexible electronics provider PragmatIC in an initiative known as SPRITE (sustainable plastics recycling innovation by tagging electronically) and supported by the UK government’s Sustainable Innovation Fund.

• Toluene is a substance with hazardous properties
• It can have severe impact on human health, environment 
• Many top brands have already banned it for food packet printing 
• Bangladesh is yet to have any specific guidelines in this regard 

Brightly coloured designs of food packets help establish consumer confidence, brand images and promote sales by catching the eye of consumers as they browse along supermarket aisles.