Software partnership aims to tackle packaging overuse
Macfarlane Packaging has partnered with Lancaster University to design software intended to help customers reduce excess packaging by an average
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What lessons can Europe teach America about reducing food waste?
In this article, Olga Kachook, director of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, gives an American perspective on how European countries are
‘100% recyclable’ vacuum film developed by Klöckner Pentaplast and Dow
Klöckner Pentaplast and Dow are launching the kp FlexiVac R, a multilayered vacuum film for fresh food applications that has
Form-fill-seal yoghurt pot made from 98.5% PS produced in cross-industrial collaboration
Plastiques Venthenat, Amcor, Olga, Cedap, and Arcil-Synerlink have developed a form-fill-seal yoghurt pot that claims to be
New Tomato Ketchup caps make whole bottles ‘100%’ kerbside recyclable, says Heinz
Heinz is topping its Tomato Ketchup squeezy bottles with a ‘100% recyclable’ cap in a move set to make the
Wipotec unveils X-ray inspection unit for food and beverage packaging and precision checkweighing unit
Two new inspection machines from Wipotec – one precision checkweighing unit for potentially explosive environments and one X-ray enabled inspection
Researchers create packaging tray that warns of contamination before food is unwrapped
Researchers at McMaster University in Canada have created a new packaging tray that can signal when Salmonella or other dangerous
Tetra Pak and Axjo Group conducting feasibility study for polyAl recycling plant in Sweden
Tetra Pak and Axjo Group are collaborating on a feasibility study to build a new recycling plant for the polyAl
Paper insulation barrier from Mondi applied to easy2cool’s e-commerce food bag
easy2cool has replaced the plastic outer layer of its paperfloc Eco-Liner e-commerce bag with Mondi’s FunctionalBarrier Paper,
‘Easy-to-open’ mono-PE pouch for snack packaging unveiled by Walki
In collaboration with Rovema, Walki has developed a new pouch concept that claims to be an easy-to-open and
Pot Noodle to trial FSC-certified paper pots in an effort to reduce plastic consumption
Unilever’s Pot Noodle instant noodle brand is trialling a new, FSC-certified paper pot in a bid to cut
Mondi provides Aromsa with corrugated cardboard shipping box for food flavouring products
Mondi is working with flavour company Aromsa to replace its stainless steel containers with TankerBox, a paper-based alternative that
INEOS Styrolution, TOMRA, and EGN to build advanced mechanical recycling facility and produce food-grade rPS
INEOS Styrolution, TOMRA, and EGN Entsorgungsgesellschaft Niederrhein aim to convert post-consumer polystyrene into recycled polystyrene for food packaging with