The collection of post-consumer plastic bottles for recycling has increased by 13% from last year, according to a Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) report.
Krones has confirmed to BeverageDaily.com that it has struck a deal to commission its first sustainable closed-loop PET recycling line for a German beverage firm, the sixth such line worldwide.
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.
APPE insists that a ‘technological advance’ now allows it to produce large size polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles with recessed handles, and challenge blow-moulded HDPE rivals with a ‘significantly lighter’ alternative.
Wells Plastics has criticised NAPCOR’s latest campaign against degradable additives, claiming that its own oxo-degradable PET additive is recycling friendly.
Russia is threatening to ban sales of PET beer bottles but a new report from Pira indicates that the global popularity of the plastic among brewers is on the increase.
UK authorities have given the green light to a £15m joint venture between Eco Plastics and Coco-Cola to supply recycled PET (rPET) to the global drinks giant.
The European market for plastic caps and closures is expected to grow steadily over the coming years as beverage manufacturers continue to make the switch from glass to plastic, according to a new market report.
The methodology used in a study that found PET plastic bottles are more eco-friendly than glass and aluminium containers is flawed, leading packaging bodies have told FoodProductionDaily.com.
Naya Spring Water said it is the first bottled water company to use 100 per cent recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) in its containers, as it prepares to roll out the product in the United States.
Coca-Cola Co yesterday announced the selective global roll-out of its new PET bottle made from up to 30 per cent plant materials such as sugar and molasses.
Rising income levels in China will fuel a robust growth in demand for beverage containers in the country over the next three years, a recent report has said.
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is generally succeeding in meeting German concerns regarding sustainable consumer packaging and should continue to increase in use until 2025, claim a group supplying the material.
Plastic packaging growth, in particular bottles, will outpace the paper equivalent through to 2012 in selected markets, claims a US based industry research firm.
Nampak, one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of rigid plastic containers to the food and drink industry, has announced that it is set to receive 12,000 tonnes of food grade recycled high density polyethylene (rHDPE) from UK recycling company, AWS Eco...
Major players in the wine industry are set to team up with
packagers and other stakeholders to improve cooperation in
supplying lightweight glass bottles to tackle environmental
concerns over the product.
Healthy, environmentally friendly and delivered in a minimum time
period - a new water vending machine uses radio frequency
identification (RFID) to hit all the market trends.
A rectangular polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container for hot
fill beverages offers increased strength and packs at a greater
density, claims its manufacturer.
At least two packagers are attempting to cash in on the growing
demand for wine bottled in plastic at an industry showcase being
held in Sacramento this week.
Jolt, an energy drink originally marketed in 1985, is being
re-launched in an innovative new aluminium beverage package from
Rexam Beverage Can North America.
Anheuser-Busch, the world's largest brewer, has introduced
aluminium beer bottles for its Michelob, Michelob Light and
Anheuser World Select brands in certain bars and clubs across the
United States, writes Kim Hunter Gordon.
A new PET beer bottle for the German market may suggest increasing
acceptance of the material as a viable beer-packaging format, but
some still have environmental concerns, writes Anthony
Fletcher.
Asahi Breweries has cancelled plans to sell beer in plastic
bottles, sending a wake-up call to manufacturers and governments
across the globe to get their recycling operations in order.
Constar International, a leading producer of polyethylene
terephthalate (PET) plastic containers, has successfully packaged
Smirnoff Ice in high performance Starshield barrier PET bottles.
The company claims that the material extends...
Sidel will be featuring its latest technological innovations in the blow moulding sector, which will include the Actis treated PET beer bottle for the German market, as well as highlighting its expanded international presence at the forthcoming BRAU trade...
Having now reached 180 million bottles per year, Belgian brewer
Martens claims that surging demand from the German market means
that its production of beer in barrier PET has now entered the
realms of mass consumption.
In Japan, Showa Aluminium Can Corporation is to make an innovative
move to start production of aluminium bottles for beverages by
remodelling one of the existing aluminium can production lines at
its Hikone Plant.
Belgian brewer Interbrew has introduced a new innovative beer
packaging, Pivopack. The launch marks the first monolayer barrier
enhanced PET bottle worldwide and will be making its debut on the
Russian market.
German company Gneuss claims that its latest Rotary filtration
system, used to improve the quality of PET bottles, has made its
mark with manufacturers in Europe.
Graham Packaging Company, a global designer and manufacturer of
customised blow-moulded plastic containers, is using its newly
developed proprietary Active Cage technology to produce two new PET
plastic (polyethylene terephthalate)...
