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Cadbury Incorporates Recycled Plastic in Packaging, Kimberly-Clark Launches Free Recycling Program, and Greiner Packaging Automates Line for rPET Vials

Vasu Goyal

July

/ 2025

The updated packaging is expected to replace around 600 tons of virgin plastic annually.

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These initiatives highlight the ongoing efforts to innovate within packaging and recycling, helping industries to reduce their environmental impact and move closer to a sustainable, circular economy.

Cadbury's Sharing Bars Now Wrapped in 80% Recycled Plastic

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See a few examples of packaging that uses recycled materials from Cadbury, Kimberly-Clark, and Greiner Packaging from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

Yuan’s bath products bottle secures recycled content certification via SGS green marks program

IBG & Centdegrés Form Global Partnership

Jägermeister and Ardagh Glass Packaging deliver first lower-carbon emerald glass

Virginia Bans Styrofoam for Large Food Vendors

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Aldi Adopts ‘World’s First’ Aluminum-free Full Barrier Aseptic Cartons

Vasu Goyal

July

/ 2025

In parts of Germany, retailer Aldi will offer grape juice under its own brand Rio d'oro in SIG’s new 1-L aseptic carton packs made of SIG Terra Alu-free, a full barrier packaging material. By choosing this packaging format, Aldi and SIG say that it will reduce the carbon footprint of conventional multi-serve cartons by 29%.

Yuan’s bath products bottle secures recycled content certification via SGS green marks program

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Grania Jain

July

/ 2025

Environmental and social responsibility is embedded in Yuan’s business culture, with a commitment to the reduce, reuse, recycle concept in its manufacturing chain. In 2018 it won Taiwan’s National Sustainable Development Award; in 2020, its farm was awarded a Green Conservation Product Certificate; and in 2022, the farm’s herbal plants attained an Organic Agricultural Product Verification Certificate. It is a certified B Corporation which meets high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.

Amcor Partners with Maison Guerlain for Sustainable Luxury Packaging

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Aditya Panwar

July

/ 2025

Amcor (NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC), a global leader in responsible packaging solutions, has announced that Maison Guerlain’s newly launched Aqua Allegoria hand creams feature packaging made with Amcor’s advanced CleanStream® premium post-consumer recycled (PCR) polymer.

Kashi Vishwanath Dham to Ban All Plastics Post-Shravan

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Komal Sharma

July

/ 2025

Building on the success of its 2024 single-use plastic ban, Kashi Vishwanath Dham is taking a bold step towards a fully sustainable future. Starting August 10, immediately after the conclusion of the holy month of Shravan, the temple authorities will implement a total ban on all plastic items within the temple premises.

This includes commonly used plastic containers for offerings such as milk, garlands, and other packaging materials, which will no longer be permitted inside the sacred complex.

JPFL Films becomes India’s first packaging manufacturer to launch BOPA Nylon films

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PC Correspondent

July

/ 2025

JPFL Films becomes India’s first packaging manufacturer to launch BOPA Nylon films

JPFL Films Pvt Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Jindal Poly Films Ltd, has made history by becoming the first Indian company to launch Biaxially Oriented Polyamide (BOPA) Nylon films.

With an investment of Rs 120 crore, the company has set up production at its state-of-the-art facility in Nasik, aligning with the ‘Make in India’ initiative.

Nestlé Spain invests €15m in Girona factory for recyclable Nescafé packaging

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PC Correspondent

July

/ 2025

Nestlé Spain invests €15m in Girona factory for recyclable Nescafé packaging

The facility is adding two new packaging lines that will reduce virgin plastic use and improve energy efficiency through automation. Construction is set to be completed by the end of the year.

The investment will enable local production of Nescafé's refill bags, made from recyclable material. These bags, launched two years ago, offer the same product quality in a more sustainable format and can be used to refill Nescafé's glass jars.

UK retailers adopt Greiner Packaging’s self-separating packs for instant porridge pots

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PC Correspondent

July

/ 2025

UK retailers adopt Greiner Packaging’s self-separating packs for instant porridge pots

An evolution of the original K3 cardboard-plastic cup, K3 r100 is designed to enhance recyclability by allowing materials to separate automatically before reaching near-infrared (NIR) detection at recycling facilities. Greiner Packaging says the integration of NIR technology ensures proper material detection and sorting, with cardboard and plastic correctly assigned to their respective recycling streams.

Pernod Ricard prepares revised look for Altos tequila stable

Grania Jain

July

/ 2025

Pernod Ricard has rolled out an updated bottle design for its Altos tequila brand, debuting in the US this month.

The redesign, which will apply across the core Altos plata, reposado and añejo iterations as well as premix margarita RTD variants, will launch globally in September “across most major retailers, as well as [through] specialist drinks distributors”. The bottle is also 5.6% lighter and now includes 3% post-consumer recycled (PCR) glass.

PMMI Foundation Donates $100,000 to Michigan State University’s School of Packaging

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Grania Jain

July

/ 2025

The PMMI Foundation, the charitable arm of PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, has donated over $100,000 to the Michigan State University (MSU) School of Packaging in 2025 through the PMMI U Skills Fund. This investment underscores a longstanding partnership focused on strengthening the pipeline of skilled professionals entering the packaging and processing workforce.

Plastic Pallets Transform Operations at Smurfit WestRock Limerick Facility

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Yukta Arora

July

/ 2025

In a remarkable shift toward efficiency and safety, Smurfit WestRock’s Limerick plant has reported transformative results after replacing traditional wooden pallets with high-performance plastic pallets developed by C&T Matrix. Introduced in 2023, C&T’s BRC accredited plastic pallets were designed specifically for the packaging and converting industry and they are proving to be a game changer.

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Cadbury Incorporates Recycled Plastic in Packaging, Kimberly-Clark Launches Free Recycling Program, and Greiner Packaging Automates Line for rPET Vials

Aldi Adopts ‘World’s First’ Aluminum-free Full Barrier Aseptic Cartons

Yuan’s bath products bottle secures recycled content certification via SGS green marks program

Amcor Partners with Maison Guerlain for Sustainable Luxury Packaging

Kashi Vishwanath Dham to Ban All Plastics Post-Shravan

JPFL Films becomes India’s first packaging manufacturer to launch BOPA Nylon films

Nestlé Spain invests €15m in Girona factory for recyclable Nescafé packaging

UK retailers adopt Greiner Packaging’s self-separating packs for instant porridge pots

Pernod Ricard prepares revised look for Altos tequila stable

PMMI Foundation Donates $100,000 to Michigan State University’s School of Packaging

Plastic Pallets Transform Operations at Smurfit WestRock Limerick Facility

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