Milliken & Company, a global diversified manufacturer with more than a century and a half of materials science expertise, has formally acquired Zebra-chem GmbH (“Zebra-chem”), a global chemicals company known for its peroxide and blowing agent masterbatches. With more brands and governments globally setting goals to increase their use of recycled materials, plastics manufacturers are faced with the challenges of […]

Mondi has successfully developed a new recyclable functional barrier paper range. Designed with protection in mind, this range of certified recyclable barrier paper solutions is fully integrated across Mondi’s value chain – from paper production to the barrier application – and can run on existing filling lines for form-fill-and-seal (FFS) applications. Mondi’s AegisPaper range reduces the amount of plastic used […]

AG Barr – maker of the iconic IRN-BRU – is accelerating its journey towards carbon neutrality and has announced that all of its soft drinks consumer multipacks will be wrapped in 100% recycled shrink wrap by the end of 2021. This move alone will save 400 tonnes of virgin plastic a year; equivalent to the weight of about 250 cars. […]

Avery Dennison has introduced rDT, the first commercially-available direct thermal paper labels to contain recycled post-consumer waste. Direct thermal (DT) paper is a popular material due to its ease of use, high print speed, high image resolution, and wide range of compatible printers. Avery Dennison’s new rDT is the first recycled uncoated direct thermal paper label material available on the […]

This week Tetra Pak announced the introduction of certified recycled polymers, making it the first company in the food and beverage packaging industry to be awarded the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) Advanced Products certification. Its carton packages integrating attributed recycled polymers are now available for food and beverage manufacturers. This move marks a key step in Tetra Pak’s approach to circularity which includes: minimising dependency on […]

As part of its ongoing efforts to help establish a circular economy, Avery Dennison has launched AD Circular, a comprehensive programme providing recycling of used paper and filmic label liners in countries across Europe. Through the programme, companies can simply use an online web application to schedule a pickup of used label liners by Avery Dennison to one of its […]

British sustainable packaging company, Frugalpac – manufacturer of the world’s first commercially available wine and spirits bottle made from recycled paper – has welcomed the UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee’s call for VAT reductions in green sectors to grow back better after covid-19 and create a circular economy. The Environmental Audit Committee’s report “Growing back better: putting nature and net […]

A new Quality Recycling Process (QRP) for flexible packaging, from CEFLEX and its stakeholders, shows high value applications for recycled polymers from a mechanical recycling process is viable. CEFLEX says the breakthrough process has been developed in the consortium’s Sustainable End Markets workstream. “We have reached a milestone through the power of value chain collaboration and expertise in waste management […]

Soupergirl, the all-natural, plant-based soup and gazpacho company, announced that it will become the world’s first soup company to go plastic neutral by recovering an equivalent amount of plastic from the planet for each pound it uses in packaging its soups. In a unique partnership with rePurpose Global, Soupergirl will donate a portion of proceeds towards the removal of hard-to-recycle plastics, […]

A North East packaging company is moving to larger premises to cope with the increased demand for its products. GM Packaging is moving from Tyne Tunnel Industrial Estate to a new unit at North Tyneside’s New York Industrial Estate – double the size of its current base. The business reports it is also on course to hit sales of more […]