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Trends impacting secondary packaging
Improved operations, cost savings and lower transportation costs are the top three drivers for companies re-evaluating their secondary packaging according to the latest PMMI report. Sustainability is high on the agenda but not one of the major drivers.
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Biodegradability and the packaging industry
As market demand for environmentally friendly plastics grows, CSIRO is helping the packaging industry assess product biodegradability
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Chep Australia returnable plastic crate system
Chep Australia’s returnable plastic crate (RPC) system for produce has proven its sustainability credentials, delivering users good environmental performance as well as functionality and financial value in the supply chain.
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BASF Ecovio plastic
The latest release of the Ecovio range from BASF can be used to make 100% compostable and biodegradable plastic bags which meet European standard EN 13432 and Australian standard AS 4736.
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High-performance sheet
Plantic HP1 is a development in biodegradable packaging. It enhances the existing functional properties of Plantic R1 sheet, thereby creating a larger addressable market.
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Biodegradeable polymer technology
Plantic Technologies has released its biodegradeable polymer technology.
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PepsiCo develops new environmentally friendly plastic bottle
PepsiCo has developed a PET plastic bottle made entirely from agricultural by-products from its foods business.
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Entries welcome for 2011 Environmental Packaging Awards
Entries are welcome for the 2011 Environmental Packaging Awards, which rewards efforts in sustainable packaging within New Zealand.
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Bioplastic for deep-freeze packaging
A sustainable deep-freeze packaging made from renewable resources has been developed by FKuR.
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Marks & Spencer packs its wine in PET
Marks & Spencer will convert its range of mini still wine bottles to PET, saving 525 tonnes of packaging a year. The range includes 19 bottles of red, white and rose wine.
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Packaging is leading the ‘green’ agenda for consumers
Getting packaging right can help convince a cynical consumer that a product’s ethical claims are real, according to new research from Datamonitor.
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Green plastic in carton packaging pilot
Tetra Pak has an agreement with Braskem to purchase HDPE, derived from renewable feedstock, for use in a pilot project to produce 'green' caps and closures.
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Plastics without the use of fossil fuels
A one-stage process which produces polylactic acid and its copolymers through direct fermentation makes the renewable production of PLA and lactate-containing copolymers cheaper and more commercially viable.
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Wal-Mart Packaging Scorecard graded poorly in Europe
The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN) has urged the packaging industry to not allow the Wal-Mart Packaging Scorecard to become an industry standard.
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Developing natural plastics in Australian sugarcane
American company Metabolix has signed a collaborative agreement with Australia's Cooperative Research Centre for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology (CRC SIIB) to research and develop natural plastics directly in sugarcane.
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Styrofoam containers replaced with starch
An American company has developed a novel class of biodegradable, mouldable containers that can hold food products in dry, damp or wet conditions.
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Oxo-degradable polystyrene foam containers produced
Cascades has launched Bioxo, the first product line of containers made from totally oxo-degradable polystyrene foam.
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Trouble ahead for glass packaging industries
The glass packaging industry is cracking under the pressure of the burgeoning plastics industry, according to a new report published by Global Industry Analysts (GIA).
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Packaging that minimises product waste
Shaking and tapping is often the only way to get the last drop of tomato sauce out of the bottle. But soon a special coating on the packaging will make every last, precious drop of sauce ooze out of the bottle with ease.
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Design for recycling
The Sustainable Packaging Alliance’s (SPA) 13th Round Table ‘Design for Recycling’ will be held in Melbourne on Friday 13 July.
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Most Americans don’t know plastic is made from oil
A nationwide survey in the US in April found that 72% of the American public does not know that conventional plastic is made from petroleum products and 40% believes it will biodegrade.
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Call for papers on a sustainable packaging industry
The food, beverage, packaging and manufacturing industries are invited to submit an abstract for the 2008 Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) National Conference, to be held 12-13 June 2008 at Luna Park, Sydney.
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