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Coles launches recyclable paper bag packaging in time for winter

18 Dec 2024
Komal Sharma

As we enter the cooler months and the much-loved mandarin comes into season, Coles has done away with the plastic net bag and has instead launched packets of the lunchbox staple in a recyclable paper bag.

The new-look packaging solution for Coles Unique Selection mandarins will avoid the use of 11,700 kilograms of plastic in one year and can be recycled kerbside. 

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Dole switching to paper-based packaging for Smoothie Bowl line

18 Dec 2024
PC Correspondent

Dole Packaged Foods LLC, Thousand Oaks, California, recently announced a significant shift toward sustainable packaging.

Beginning this summer, the company says it will use paper-based materials for the packaging of its popular Smoothie Bowl line, adding that the new packaging design eliminates 97 percent of plastic packaging across the entire product lineup, which includes Acai Original, Acai Protein, Mango Gets Mangosteen and Strawberry Meets Aronia flavors.

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Journey of rediscovery: Absolut launches limited edition Andy Warhol bottle

18 Dec 2024
PC Correspondent

“Art serves as a potent medium for Absolut due to its ability to evoke emotions, spark conversations and challenge dimensions,” says Deb Dasgupta, vice-president global marketing for Absolut Vodka. Art has long played an important part in the brand’s creative expression. For Absolut, it’s about more than visual beauty. It holds the power to unite people; to enable them to connect regardless of differences, or distances worldwide.

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Hostess launches brand refresh with updated logo, packaging

14 Dec 2024
PC Correspondent

Hostess’ updated logo keeps its trademark red heart but brings a “more playful” font style, brighter color palette and new cloud-shaped border “celebrating the light and airy quality of every Hostess snack,” according to Orrville-based J.M. Smucker, which closed the $5.6 billion Hostess Brands Inc. acquisition just over a year ago.

“The new packaging will begin to roll out in January and will be reflected nationally across the entire portfolio, all packaging formats and in all distributions upon completion,” said Aundrea Graver, director of marketing at J.M. Smucker.

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WHO OKs HIV Test Packaging at African Plant

14 Dec 2024
PC Correspondent

Local and regional production of diagnostics is a priority for WHO as it can strengthen diagnostic capacity, enhance pandemic preparedness and increase access to essential health tools where they are most needed. Partners such as PEPFAR have set ambitious targets to procure 15 million African-manufactured HIV tests by 2025, and this timely addition of a packaging and shipping site marks a significant step toward achieving that goal.

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Returnable packaging scheme launches for Highland businesses

14 Dec 2024
PC Correspondent

The Highland Community Waste Partnership (HCWP) has teamed up with the German sustainable packaging company Vytal to introduce this initiative.

The scheme aims to enlist 20 businesses from the region. The UK generates 11 billion pieces of packaging waste annually due to on-the-go lunch habits.

The HCWP’s #ChooseToReuse campaign seeks to mitigate this by promoting reusable alternatives.

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Mintel Launches 'Mintel Spark' as CPG Product Innovation Slumps

13 Dec 2024
PC Correspondent

Mintel launched the Mintel Spark. This new product concept generator is a catalyst for market-leading innovation for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands.
 
Mintel Spark was designed to address this slump and assist brands throughout the innovation process.   
 
Matt Nelson, Mintel CEO, said: 
 
“By combining trusted Mintel expertise with AI, Spark connects the dots between consumer, innovation, and market insights to reveal the opportunities with strong market potential, giving brands the confidence to move forward.” 
 

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Bakcycle recycles flexible packaging of the highest quality using TOMRA technologies

13 Dec 2024
PC Correspondent

Bakcycle Recycling, founded by Bakioğlu Holding, a pioneer in Turkey’s packaging sector with over 50 years of experience, began active operations at the end of 2023. The company produces granules as a substitute for original raw materials from post-consumer low-density polyethylene (LDPE) packaging waste, mainly sourced from municipal and packaging waste sorting facilities. The recycled granules are used in flexible packaging production.

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