UK-based manufacturer of easily recyclable paper-based packaging, Frugalpac, has added another innovative option to its market-leading range of sustainable coffee cups, introducing the Frugal Cup Linerless. Seven months after the launch of the Frugal Cup, the UK’s first fully recyclable coffee cup made of recycled paper, Frugalpac has revealed its Frugal Cup Linerless, offering new and existing customers even more […]

Fabio Perini has always had a green vocation, which in the past prompted the launch on its markets of ecofriendly solutions, even anticipating trends. In 2010, Fabio Perini was the first company to propose gluefree solutions, barring the use of glue both in lamination (Aquabond) and in the initial pickup f tissue around the core (Web Tuck system Rewinder), reducing […]

PACT2EARTH, the UK’s first producer of compostable & biodegradable can holders debuted at Packaging Innovations. PACT2EARTH has developed a recyclable, compostable and biodegradable drinks can holder to replace traditional plastic rings. Its mission is to help facilitate the removal of single use plastics for packaging within the drinks industry. Almost 700 species are now known to have been harmed by […]

LC Packaging’s sustainability efforts have been acknowledged by EcoVadis with a golden CSR rating. With this golden rating, LC Packaging now belongs to the top 5 per cent of organisations worldwide with such a certificate. EcoVadis especially acknowledges LC Packaging’s structured and proactive CSR approach with policies and tangible actions on major issues. The detailed information regarding the implementation of […]

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, has today published its sustainability targets for 2030. One of the company’s targets is to achieve fossil free mills by 2030 with zero fossil CO2 emissions.  This ambitious target includes both emissions from the company’s own energy production (scope 1) as well as purchased energy (scope 2). Currently, 82% of the energy used at […]

An innovation from Avery Dennison that enables closed-loop PET recycling has won this year’s FINAT Recycling and Sustainability award. The CleanFlake portfolio enables production of high quality recycled PET (rPET) from post-consumer bottles while maintaining all-important visual impact and food contact approval. The portfolio is further reducing environmental impact by using recycled PET liner material. Jeroen Diderich, vice president and […]

Mondi Group, a global leader in packaging and paper, led Project Proof, a Pioneer Project facilitated by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF). The project has created a proof-of-concept prototype flexible plastic pouch incorporating a minimum of 20 per cent post-consumer plastic waste originating from mixed household waste. The pouch is suitable for packaging household products such as detergent. Project Proof […]

According to a recent study from WRAP, approximately 60 per cent of household food waste arises from products ‘not used in time’. The study observes that consumers want clearer information and packaging innovations to help reduce this waste, valued at £6.7 billion. How can retailers and suppliers introduce, test and measure the effectiveness of changes to packaging? Innovations such as […]

As part of a Clariant-wide program to create a more sustainable plastics industry, the Packaging Market Segment within the Masterbatches Business Unit is working to help brand owners and packaging producers realise their objectives for creating packaging that is more environmentally friendly.Clariant’s comprehensive portfolio of additive masterbatches, together with unparalleled in-house expertise and collaboration with other industry organisations, allows them […]

A range of popular French craft beers can now be enjoyed in 25cl Eco-Line cups from RPC Bebo Bouxwiller. Based in Carpentras in Provence, La Brasserie Artisanale du Mont Ventoux, under the leadership of its founder Alexandre De Zordi, and with the arrival of a partner investor Rhône Rive Gauche, has expanded production over the past two years from 500 to […]