Key considerations for integration of recycled content in plastic products

26 Oct 202126 Oct 2021 Gabriele Kosmehl 1022 Views 3 min read

Eunomia consultancy carried out new research which has identified key considerations to verify recycled content claims in plastic products. The reason for the research was to inform actions in support of Canada’s target of achieving at least 50% recycled content in plastic products, where applicable, by 2030. Currently, Canada generates approximately

Companies Recycling

Alpla is awarded Platinum rating for sustainability

25 Oct 202125 Oct 2021 Gabriele Kosmehl 1001 Views 1 min read

After the Alpla Group achieved Silver in 2019 and Gold in 2020, EcoVadis has awarded the company its Platinum status for sustainability for the first time in 2021. Alpla – a global manufacturer of plastic packaging and recycling specialist – is therefore among the top 1 per cent of all 75,000

Bottles / Bottle Making Materials

Coca-Cola’s new prototype bottle is made from 100% plant-based sources

22 Oct 202122 Oct 2021 Gabriele Kosmehl 1400 Views 3 min read

The Coca-Cola Company revealed a new prototype bottle: its first made from 100% plant-based plastic (bPET), excluding cap and label, produced using technologies that are now ready to be commercially scaled across the industry. This builds on a technological breakthrough announced last week for the first planned commercialisation of technologies to

Bottles / Bottle Making Labelling Recycling

Sustainable bottle with plantable label

20 Oct 202121 Oct 2021 Gabriele Kosmehl 2243 Views 2 min read

Sustainability is an issue that has changed from being just a trend to a key part in the business strategy for companies wishing to develop their business, especially manufacturers that use PET for their packaging and operate in the fast moving consumer goods industry, where products have a short life cycle.

Recycling

Senbis Polymer Innovations B.V. releases whitepaper “Evaluating recycled PET grades and making them Fit for Purpose.”

19 Oct 202119 Oct 2021 Gabriele Kosmehl 968 Views 1 min read

Senbis is a Dutch company that divides its activities between R&D services and the production of sustainable polymeric products. In a new whitepaper, the company provides in-depth insights how recycled PET (rPET) can be evaluated and modified to convert the polymer into rPET based products that are ‘Fit for Purpose’. During PET

Companies Recycling

Coca-Cola HBC commits to net zero emissions by 2040

15 Oct 202113 Oct 2021 Gabriele Kosmehl 1250 Views 1 min read

Coca-Cola HBC (CCH) announced a commitment to achieving net zero emissions across its entire value chain by 2040. Via an existing, approved science-based target, by 2030 the company will reduce its value chain emissions in scopes 1,2 and 3 by 25%, with a further 50% reduction in the following decade. To address the

Bottles / Bottle Making Companies Materials

U.S. plastics industry trade improves in 2021 after 2020 pandemic slump

14 Oct 202113 Oct 2021 Gabriele Kosmehl 1322 Views 2 min read

The Plastics Industry Association released its annual Global Trends report at the 27th Fakuma International trade fair for plastics processing. The report, which analyses trade data from all of 2020 and the first six months of 2021, paints a complex but promising portrait of the U.S. plastics industry in the international market. For those around the

Bottles / Bottle Making

Rapid launch of a new 1l bottle on a Guinean line

13 Oct 202112 Oct 2021 Gabriele Kosmehl 1238 Views 2 min read

Braguinée is a family-owned company and part of Gaselia Group. It opened its plant in 2018 in Conakry, capital of Guinea. Braguinée is one of the top three players on the Guinean CSD market with growing demand for its products. Its best-known products are “Planet”, available in six flavours, “Bubble Up”,

Bottles / Bottle Making Recycling

99% of Weetabix Food Company packaging to be recyclable by summer 2022

12 Oct 202112 Oct 2021 Gabriele Kosmehl 1211 Views 1 min read

Weetabix Food Company intends to hit the milestone of 99% of its packaging being widely recyclable by summer 2022. The company is on track to make 100% of its packaging recyclable ahead of the 2025 deadline set by WRAP for the UK Plastics Pact. Key changes in the works for Weetabix

Events Recycling

Tomra’s Circular Economy Conference: Collaboration to “Close the Loop on Plastics”

11 Oct 20218 Oct 2021 Gabriele Kosmehl 1705 Views 1 min read

According to calculations by the World Bank, approximately two-thirds of household waste is still incinerated or landfilled. In its 4th global conference, industry leaders joined Tomra, the Norwegian specialist for waste collection, sorting and recycling, to continue to set the course for sorting and recycling significantly more plastic from household waste

Bottles / Bottle Making Packaging / Palletising Recycling

New launch of the PET returnable bottle in Austria

7 Oct 202115 Oct 2021 Gabriele Kosmehl 1457 Views 1 min read

Austria’s market leader in the mineral water market, Vöslauer Mineralwasser GmbH, is concretising its plans to relaunch the first and so far only PET returnable container in Austria. “In Austria, PET reusable containers were common until the 1990s, but they disappeared from the shelves completely due to a lack of demand.