Tag: Plastics
Europe: Coveris launches fully recyclable rice packs for retailer Aldi
Coveris and UK rice supplier Veetee have launched a fully recyclable packaging for Aldi’s branded rice.
Supporting the retailer’s aim for 100% of its...
Europe: Green BericapValve wins packaging award
Bericap’s BericapValve has won Packaging Europe’s Sustainability Award 2020 in the Recyclable Packaging category, beating five finalists.
The award recognizes and awards the major...
Europe: Krones, Stadler Anlagenbau partner on closed-cycle economy
Used PET bottles and other plastic waste can serve the packaging sector and other industries as a valuable resource.
It’s only that – currently, at...
Europe: Institutions to curb the use of single-use plastic products
The European institutions have reached an agreement on a directive to curb the use of a number of single-use plastic products in the EU,...
Europe: share sells bottled water in recycled PET
Berlin startup share is the first beverage producer in Germany to sell its water in PET bottles made of 100% recyclate.
KHS Group's Bottles...
Asia Pacific: Chinaplas to highlight circular economy in 2019
After focusing on Internet 4.0 for the past three years, Chinaplas is seeing the rise of circular economy in the industry.
"We’ve been aware of...
Europe: Nestlé pledges increase in recycled plastics
By 2025, bottles, PET layer in laminates, caps on glass jars and tins, trays for meat products and shrink films for display trays will...
Asia Pacific: Chinese bottler selects Ineos’ material for packaging
Tibet Qomolangma has selected Ineos Styrolution's K-Resin KR03 material to package its Qomolangma Glacier mineral water bottle cap packaging in Tibet, China.
The styrene-butadiene-copolymer grade...
Asia Pacific: China boost demand for virgin plastics material, analyst
Global demand for polyethylene (PE), the world’s most used plastic, has nearly doubled since 1999, according to information provider IHS Markit.
It states global demand...
Africa: Dealing with the environmental impact of packaging
Africa has one of the most diverse food and cuisine markets on the planet, with the industry projected by the World Bank to reach...