SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING FOR DRY PET FOOD

Innovative approaches for paper-based packaging with polymers Author: Dr. Bettina Plaumann, Kuraray Europe, Segment Team Paper & Packaging Various trends and requirements are currently transforming the packaging market: renewable raw materials, reducing the amount of packaging material, cutting CO2 emissions, monolayer packaging, recyclability, repulpability and biodegradability – to name a few. The overriding and most

Sustainability is a fundamental value on which IMA has based its operations

Sustainability is a fundamental value on which IMA has based its operations for many years and is a very important pillar of the system. The Group’s commitment towards this matter is embodied by the corporate IMA ZERO project. The Company has been prioritizing sustainability since years and committing to concretely implementing new eco-friendly projects and initiatives, annually publishing a

A TRADITIONAL COMPANY WITH A PIONEERING ROLE: BERGLANDMILCH SWITCHES TO SELF SEPARATING K3® R100 CUPS FROM GREINER PACKAGING

•Berglandmilch is now using self-separating cardboardplastic combinations for its 500g yogurt cups.   •The cups are used for all flavors of the Schärdinger, Tirol Milch, and Stainzer brands.  •The packaging guarantees optimal recyclability and is considered a particularly sustainable packaging solution for the future.   •The declared aim of the changeover is to take on

ESSENTRA TAPES TO SHOWCASE SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING SOLUTIONS

Packaging solutions experts Essentra Tapes is set to headline next month’s Packaging Innovations event in Birmingham. Rippatape® Halo, the jewel in the crown of its ECO Range, will step into the spotlight on the 15 & 16 February at the largest annual event connecting packaging specifiers and buyers with the suppliers, new materials, formats and

SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING

Mr. Ashok Chaturvedi, CMD, UFlex Limited, releases report on Recyclability of Multi-Layer mixed Plastics (MLP) at an industry event on sustainable packaging  Mr Ashok Chaturvedi, Chairman and Managing Director, UFlex Limited, recently released a report on recyclability of Multi-Layer mixed Plastic (MLP) waste at an event organized and hosted by Plastic Packaging Research and Development

UNIVERSAL PACK: NOT JUST SUPPLIERS OF PACKAGING LINES, BUT ALSO PARTNERS.

FLEXIBILITY AND INNOVATION IN PACKAGING LINES AND SERVICES Universal Pack is an Italian company specialized in packaging for food and pharmaceutical products. Thanks to advanced technologies and collaborations with important industry partners, the company can provide personalized and innovative solutions. It is also strongly committed to environmental sustainability and the highest quality and safety of

CLOSING THE CHAPTER ON FOOD PACKAGING AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM

According to Legambiente’s Beach Litter dossier (2019), at the top of the top 10 most commonly found wastes on Italian beaches are plastic and polystyrene pieces, which are the “precursors” to microplastics.  In particular, beverage caps and lids (one per meter of beach), followed by cigarette butts, cotton swabs (7.4% of the total found), plastic

ROTOPRINT, PACKAGING FIRST AID SINCE 1978

Rotoprint Sovrastampa S.r.l., born in 1978 in Lainate (Mi), with the packaging saved from waste and refurbished in the forty years of activity, has recovered over 1,000,000 km, it could go around the world almost 25 times. This important result was achieved thanks to the system invented by Gian Carlo Arici to modify already printed,

Sulapac launches Sulapac® Luxe, a new sustainable material for luxury fragrance caps as part of its expanded cosmetics portfolio

Beauty brands are seeking sustainable alternatives for conventional plastic packaging – but high-end brands have high-end demands. Sulapac’s expanded portfolio, including a novel bio-based material ideal for fragrance bottle caps, allows cosmetic brands to meet their sustainability targets with a comprehensive range of applications, without compromising quality or aesthetics. An award-winning material innovation startup, Sulapac, has launched Sulapac ® Luxe, a new bio-based material ideal for substituting

Incorporating renewable materials in packaging

Incorporating Renewable Materials is just one of the ten principles within the ‘Sustainable Packaging Design Guidelines’ that help companies and packaging technologists to design sustainable packaging that will meet the 2025 National Packaging Targets. So what are Renewable Materials? Well, they are materials made of natural resources, composed of a biomass from a living source