Industry fury over unfair and unachievable UK plastic packaging recycling targets

10-Feb-2012 - The leading UK plastics trade body has launched a withering attack on what it says are unrealistic and unfair Government recycling targets for plastic packaging.

Refillable bottles are the future, says Petainer, unveiling ‘greenest ever’ bottle

07-Feb-2012 - Plastic packaging technology business Petainer has launched its ‘greenest ever’ refillable plastic bottle using 25% post-consumer recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and claims it is a significant environmental improvement.

Self-chilling beverage cans will take market by storm: Joseph Company CEO

03-Feb-2012 - US firm Joseph Company International is launching the world’s first ‘self-chilling beverage can’ using licensed technology, even tested by NASA, that cuts out the need for refrigeration, and says it has already had interest from two of the world’s largest retailers.

Eco-resin with 50% rPET matches virgin material - company

31-Jan-2012 - Quality equivalent to virgin material, high strength and a lower carbon footprint are claims made by Artenius for its new PET resin that contains up to 50% recycled content.

SuperCleanQ funding victory to boost SMEs rPET prospects

10-Jan-2012 - An industry consortium has secured almost €2m of EU funding to develop processes and quality procedures to recycle for food contact applications, with the aim of helping small to medium-sized recyclers (SMEs) here reprocess waste and conform to European regulations.

New self-sealing 'ring pull tube' has huge potential, Visican

05-Jan-2012 - UK packaging company Visican has invented a novel self-sealing ‘ring pull tube’ in both cardboard and plastic formats that it says provides a 'ground-breaking' alternative to metal cans.

‘Curbside exclusion’ is major challenge facing US carton recycling: Carton Council

13-Dec-2011 - Despite improvements to curbside carton recycling, lack of access for consumers is the major problem that the industry faces in upping recycling rates, according to the US Carton Council.

‘Lighter means less valuable’: Diageo tackles sustainability misconceptions

09-Dec-2011 - Diageo says that realising its new vision for sustainable premium packaging is a challenge, especially given “the perception among consumers that lighter means less valuable”.

Cardboard beverage can designed to meet sustainability demands

28-Nov-2011 - A cheaper, environmentally friendly beverage can made of cardboard will be available within the next 12 months, says its developer.

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BCME chair lifts lid on beverage can sustainability

21-Nov-2011 - Beverage Can Makers Europe (BCME) chairman Gerrit Heske told BeverageDaily.com that cans were thriving in Europe due to perceptions of 'convenience, taste and freshness', but that industry still had a fight on its hands to tell consumers the full sustainability story.

Symphony attacks ‘absurd’ Californian marketing ban on oxo-bio plastics

18-Nov-2011 - Symphony Environmental Technologies has hit out at Californian legislation that it says highlights the ‘absurdity’ whereby it cannot market its oxo-biodegradable plastic as biodegradable in the state.

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'Breakthrough' barrier technology sees APPE target new applications

18-Nov-2011 - APPE is targeting new application areas for its novel oxygen-scavenging barrier system marketed under the the ActivSeal brand, the company revealed to BeverageDaily.com in an exclusive interview at Brau Beviale 2011 in Germany.

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APPE laments cut-price market perceptions of rPET products

16-Nov-2011 - At Brau Beviale 2011, we spoke to marketing manager Kinza Sutton - from leading European manufacturer of PET pre-forms and bottles APPE - who lamented the fact that brandowners and fillers expect cheaper prices for rPET products despite relatively high production costs.

Packaging partnership challenges compostability perceptions

10-Nov-2011 - Innovia Films hopes to dissuade negative compostable food packaging perceptions through a new partnership with paper-packaging producer Sappi Fine Paper Europe.

Sustainability drive hits European plastic packaging growth

04-Nov-2011 - Despite a market recovery following the 2008-9 recession, demand for European food and beverage packaging in specific areas is being hit by “structural changes” including the sustainability trend.

Berlin Packaging gets behind groundbreaking eco bottle

20-Oct-2011 - A novel environmentally-friendly bottle that cuts plastic use by more than two thirds and has a 100% recyclable and compostable mould-fibre shell is set to shake up the beverage and personal care markets, claimed Berlin Packaging.

Tetra Pak CEO discusses demand for functional packaging that doesn't cost the earth

18-Oct-2011 - FoodProductionDaily.com gained an exclusive interview with Tetra Pak president and CEO Dennis Jönsson to discuss the demand for less packaging but improved product functionality, as he prepared to address delegates at the World Dairy Summit 2011 in Parma, Italy.

US recycles more PET but trade group questions if ‘voluntary’ system can generate sufficient volumes

18-Oct-2011 - The amount of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles recycled in the US rose slightly to 29% in 2010 – but the industry body NAPCOR cautioned that the rate would need to climb hugely by 2013 to meet likely rPET demand.

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We didn’t raise UK recycling awareness early enough: Tetra Pak CEO

17-Oct-2011 - Tetra Pak president and CEO Dennis Jönsson has admitted that his company didn’t do enough to raise awareness of the recycling potential of cartons during their crucial formative years in the UK market.

Blowfill investment sees CCA slash Australian PET use

11-Oct-2011 - Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has opened two new blowfill lines costing AUS $35m at its Australian bottling facility in Adelaide, in a move that it said would significantly reduce its use of PET resin and energy.

Zero-landfill possible for polyolefins – PlasticsEurope

03-Oct-2011 - The entire 4.7m tonnes of rigid polyolefin (PO) waste produced in Europe annually could be diverted from landfill if the political will existed among governments across the region, according to a leading plastics producer trade body.

Corrugated pallet cover is greener, lighter and generates cash - Sonoco

21-Sep-2011 - A new pallet protection system for bottles and cans is lighter, greener and more cost effective, said Sonoco.

New recycling schemes needed despite improvements

21-Sep-2011 - Further improvements are needed in the collection and recycling of aluminium beverage cans, despite recycling rates for the cans increasing across the EU, according to the European Aluminium Association (EAA).

Beverage carton material sourcing getting greener, say big 3

20-Sep-2011 - Major players in the carton packaging manufacturing sector have declared the number of their plants meeting key sustainability criteria has doubled since 2010.