Sustainability

Indorama Ventures has been working for six years on a PET tray recycling project at its Verdun plant in Wellman France Recycling, with support from VALORPLAST and CITEO. The project aims to recycle single- and multi-layer PET trays.

VALORPLAST claims to have collected significant quantities of post-consumer PET trays and Wellman has conducted a number of industrial experiments. The companies add that the flakes produced by the process are being tested by several players to develop high-quality applications.

The Sustainability Consortium (TSC), alongside P&G, Burt’s Bees, Colgate-Palmolive, GSK, Sustainable Packaging Coalition, The Recycling Partnership, Balcones Resources, University of Arkansas, and Arizona State University have formed a new coalition to accelerate progress on creating resources to recycle small format packaging and other materials through science-based, collective action projects. 

This is the first coalition of its kind to include CPG companies, non-profits and universities.

Founded by Gabi Jennings in response to the disposable nature of products in the kids’ bath sector, Love Ocean aims to become a part of every family’s bath-time routine. The structure of the Love Ocean bottle, developed by Pearlfisher, aims to act as a talking point during bath time for parents to entertain their children with storytelling about the wonders of the ocean.

REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES BY 90 %

Greenhouse gases from industrial applications can be slashed by almost 90% when green technology is implemented in machine and system engineering. A study from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) carried out on behalf of the VDMA e. V. (Mechanical Engineering Industry Association) produced this conclusion.

With the integrated monoblock for the production of Bag-In-Box type packaging, SACMI launches the challenge of 100% sustainability along the entire value chain , from production to shelf.
Compact and integrated, the SACMI solution has long been recognized and rewarded by the market for its versatility and efficiency in the management of different products , thanks to a highly performing process that allows you to go directly from the materials that make up the packaging to the finished product, filled and packaged, available for distribution in a small space .

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., the agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 farmer families, has announced the first Store Drop-off recyclable stand-up-pouch solution for Ocean Spray Craisins® dried cranberries. The announcement comes after nearly two years of development and collaboration with Bryce Corporation, a supplier of flexible packaging and prepress solutions. 

As Ocean Spray continues their commitment to sustainability, the partnership with Bryce marks another advancement towards more recoverable packaging solutions.

SoPure® is an original solution because it is a capsule free of plasticizers such as phthalates—used to make PVC flexible—and made with Provalin®, a compound produced by Actega.

Migrational properties of Provalin® for SoPure®
Provalin® is a blend of thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) composed by more than 95% polymer and less than 5%  lubricants and stabilizers.

On the other hand, the PVC compound has a percentage of liquid plasticizers not linked to polyvinyl chloride; therefore, it is potentially able to migrate into food, which varies between 35 and 40%.