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Europe: pacproject, EcoTensil launch carton spoons in region

pacproject, the Hamburg-based agency for packaging design, consultancy and strategy, has now concluded a contract with the Californian packaging manufacturer EcoTensil on launching its...

World: Domestic consumption grows metal packaging sector

After a significant slowdown in the late 2000s, the global market for metal packaging has recovered its growth with the highest rates registered in...

Asia Pacific: Super-toasted bread a possible foam material, find Chinese researchers

Sturdy, lightweight carbon foam has many structural and insulating applications in aerospace engineering, energy storage and temperature maintenance. Current methods to create this material...

Americas: Silk keeps fruit fresh without refrigeration

Tufts University biomedical engineers have demonstrated that fruits can stay fresh for more than a week without refrigeration if they are coated in an...

Europe: Straw may help create everyday products, says researcher

Glucose from straw may play a big role in the future production of many everyday products. An award winning PhD project from DTU Chemical...

Europe: Tetra Pak delivers 200B FSC packages

Tetra Pak will have delivered 200 billion packages labeled with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) logo by the end of April 2016. Since 2007, the...

Europe: Research finds the elderly feel helpless with retail packaging

Packaging on supermarket goods can leave ‘older’ consumers feeling powerless and vulnerable, according to a study carried out at the University of Portsmouth. Issues such...

Europe: Report outlines circular future for plastics

Applying circular economy principles to global plastic packaging flows could transform the plastics economy and drastically reduce negative externalities such as leakage into oceans,...

Europe: Carbon price tags needed on bioplastics, says association

European Bioplastics is supporting initiatives to develop global carbon-pricing mechanisms and implement them effectively. It says these measures would be needed to incorporate the external...

Europe: Company’s process enables infinite recycling of PET

Chemistry company Carbios is developing its enzymatic depolimerization process of polyesters rending it applicable to polyethylene terephthalate (PET). This proprietary process enables the depolymerization of...