Coca-Cola invests in returnable PET line in Bad Neuenahr, Germany

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Germany (CCEP DE) is planning to re-commission a currently unused returnable PET line at its German Bad Neuenahr site next year for the bottling of carbonated soft drinks such as Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite and the sugar-free variants. To this end, the company is investing about 15 million

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Cutting wine & beer carbon footprints

Petainer, who claim to “offer a wide range of lightweight, sustainable PET packaging solutions”, has been in business for over 35 years, designing and manufacturing “high-quality, cost-efficient products with circularity at their core”. It has manufacturing sites across the world, serving markets in Europe, the Americas and Asia. In Europe, it

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New HDPE resin for tethered caps

TotalEnergies announces the commercial launch of a new high-density polyethylene (HDPE) resin for tethered cap applications, allowing to reduce material usage, enhance recovery and improve recycling. The new HDPE 20HD07 resin is claimed to offer enhanced mechanical and organoleptic properties, enabling identical technical cap performances with less material than market reference,

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Winners of WorldStar Packaging Awards 2023 and Student WorldStar were awarded during Interpack 2023

The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) awarded during Interpack 2023 the winners of WorldStar 2023 and WorldStar Student during a Gala Ceremony on May 06 at Messe Düsseldorf. 140 companies, from a total of 228 winners, were present to receive their trophies. In a record edition, the WorldStar registered 488 entries, from

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PET Baltija is developing one of the largest PET recycling factories in Europe with €35 million investment

PET Baltija, one of the largest PET recyclers in Northern Europe and part of Eco Baltia, the largest waste management and recycling group in the Baltics, announced the investment of over €10 million as part of the development of a new PET recycling plant in Olaine, Latvia. This joint project is

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