Confectionery in paper – more than a gimmick?
Mars Wrigley Germany has collaborated with German retailer EDEKA to offer its Balisto chocolate bar in a paper-based packaging for the first time. More than 90 percent of the packaging of the 100,000 multipacks (each contains 9 single bars) is made of paper
PepsiCo Europe sets ambition to eliminate virgin fossil-based plastic in all of its chrisp and chip bags by the end of the decade
Consumer trials of the 100% recycled or renewable plastics packaging will begin in European markets in 2022, starting with renewable plastic in a Lay’s range in France in the first half of the year
Sulzer’s PLA bioplastics production technology selected for NatureWorks’ new plant with annual capacity of 75’000 tons
Sulzer is delivering customized state-of-the-art production technology to NatureWorks’ latest biopolymer manufacturing facility which will be located in Nakhon Sawan Biocomplex, Thailand
Eastman to invest up to $1 billion to accelerate circular economy through building world’s largest molecular plastics recycling facility in France
This multi-phase project includes units that would prepare mixed plastic waste for processing, a methanolysis unit to depolymerize the waste, and polymer lines to create a variety of first-quality materials for specialty, packaging, and textile applications
INEOS and Petroineos at Grangemouth partner with Plastic Energy in an important breakthrough in the recycling of plastic
All partners coming together for a preliminary trial and the evolution of the policy environment in the UK will inform the development of a large-scale advanced recycling plant, which aims to be the first of its kind in the UK
Genecis Bioindustries Inc and Helian Polymers announce cooperation
By combining both companies’ strengths, converting food waste into biodegradable plastics for Genecis and creating unique PHA based materials from various building blocks for Helian Polymers, the possibilities of unique materials arise
Notpla secures £10M to industrialize sustainable packaging made of seaweed, including flexible films, coatings and paper
According to Notpla, seaweed is an ideal feedstock because it is abundant, grows quickly, does not compete with food, sequesters carbon, and does not require fertilizer or fresh water
Stop downcycling our bottles: Why Europe’s non-alcoholic beverage industry needs fair and necessary access to its recycled packaging
The European non-alcoholic beverage industry urgently calls on the European Commission to facilitate fair and necessary access to its recycled plastic (PET) bottles to effectively ’close the bottle loop’
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