Renewables
News and analysis on the latest developments in the renewables sector – from paper-based packaging to bio-based solutions and more.
Industry and academia join forces to integrate lignin into epoxy coatings
AGC Vinythai and Michigan State University’s Prof. Mojgan Nejad are working alongside allnex to increase the biobased content of
Antalis announces new plastic-free strapping machines
Antalis Packaging has revealed its new range of cotton twine wrapping and tying machines, said to offer a ‘100% natural’
Reusable glass bottle and SaaS software among German Packaging Awards winners
Holzmanufaktur Liebich’s handmade wooden box for Jägermeister liqueur, sykell’s cloud-based SaaS software for returnable packaging, dotch’s
Scientific journal to cover Carbios’ enzyme-embedded, ‘home-compostable’ PLA
Carbios and the Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (TBI) are publishing an article presenting an enzyme-embedded PLA designed to quickly biodegrade
Greiner and Constantia unveil home compostable coffee capsule
Greiner Packaging and Constantia Flexibles have partnered to introduce a new home compostable coffee capsule, as certified by TÜV Austria.
Addressing SBTi uncertainties in the pulp & paper industry
The pulp and paper industry significantly contributes to global greenhouse gas emissions due to its reliance on forestry, land use,
‘World’s first’ certified biodegradable hot melt adhesive produced by Power Adhesives
Power Adhesives claims to have developed the ‘world’s first’ fully-certified biodegradable, shaped hot melt adhesive with the aim
Hemp-based packaging plant envisioned in PAPACKS and Wandarra partnership
In a strategic partnership, ag-tech solutions firm Wandarra will utilize PAPACKS’ turnkey solution to replace fossil plastic packaging with
Volpak and Lecta to validate paper-based packaging for existing lines
Horizontal form-fill-seal solutions provider Volpak and Lecta, a specialty papers manufacturer and distributor, have announced a collaborative project
Dewatering technique accelerates drying process for cellulose nanofibers
Researchers at The University of Maine aim to streamline the commercial adoption of cellulose nanofibers as a packaging material by
Refillable Coverpla bottle with biodegradable cap adopted by Terre d’Oc
Terre d’Oc’s eaux de parfum products are now packaged in Coverpla’s ‘gently curved’ refillable bottle and what
‘World’s largest’ lignin production system introduced to Södra pulp mill
In a bid to fully utilize the wood used in pulp production and prioritize renewable resources over fossil-based materials,