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According to BASF, the new adhesives, Acronal RCF 3705 and Acronal RCF 3706, are designed to be easily removed early in the recycling process for paperboard and cardboard streams. Both adhesives have been certified by the German research and service institute, Papiertechnische Stiftung (PTS), as not interfering with the recycling of transport boxes. 

Uwe Düsterwald, project manager of sustainability in adhesives at BASF, comments: “As we work to achieve worldwide climate neutrality, greater circularity and more effective recycling are a must.

UFlex, one of India’s largest multinationals in flexible packaging materials and solutions and a global leader in polymer sciences has been riding the waves of innovation to build packaging products, applications, and solutions that will further enhance the role of packaging as a value-added responsible packaging.

Grass fibres can replace plastic as a 100% biodegradable and disposable material for packaging for take-away food. This is the goal of the new innovative project SinProPack, which aims to develop a sustainable alternative to the disposable plastics currently used for packaging.

The project is bringing together industry, consumers and knowledge institutions to develop, demonstrate, test and evaluate fibre-based packaging for to-go food via proof-of-concept, pilot-scale trials and industrial upscaling.

The package has been designed to help food and beverage brands add a new eye-catching dimension to their packs.

For the first time, the holographic packaging material will be produced at Tetra Pak’s manufacturing site in Chakan, Maharashtra. The Warana Ghee in Tetra Pak cartons will first be available in Maharashtra, with major focus on Mumbai, Marathwada and Vidarbh.

Adulteration of food items, especially edible oil and ghee, is a big challenge in India, and increasing demand for ghee is leading to malpractices like counterfeiting, leading to quality concerns.

I tried to pack everything we moved to college into boxes small enough that my daughter and I could manage them alone.  I knew that the first day (and week even) would be super busy for my daughter.  I didn’t want to increase her workload by just tossing all the shoes into a box that she’d have to sort through later.  (In the picture below is less than half the shoes she took with her!) 

Coca-Cola is a top target for consumer, investor and environmental groups concerned about petroleum-based plastic single-use bottles clogging oceans, among other problems.

The company was the world's worst plastic polluter for the fourth year in a row in 2021, according to the global coalition Break Free From Plastic's annual report released in October.

"We hope that other companies will follow Coke's leadership and set reusable packaging targets," said the group's global corporate campaign coordinator Emma Priestland.

Designed primarily as a thermoforming base web, Ecoflex® is formulated with premium PE polymers, offering good puncture resistance, improved tear resistance and it can be used for MAP (modified atmosphere packaging) or vacuum. Offering excellent clarity and printability, the material is perfect for meat, dairy and bakery thermoformed applications and has good recyclability throughout Europe.

• Mondi has created a recyclable refill pouch enabling Henkel consumers to reduce plastic by 70% and helping Henkel to move closer to its sustainability targets
• Henkel’s Pril hand dishwashing liquid is available in a 100% recycled PET pump dispenser bottle which can be re-used many times using refills packaged in Mondi’s recyclable mono PE refill pouch
• The innovative pouch is light-weight, convenient to use, certified as leak-proof and highly durable even for home deliveries

Both bottles of perfumes are made from sustainable PCR (post-consumer recycled) glass.

"More than 10 years of experience and a broad range of products in PCR glass convinced us to partner up with Gerresheimer,” explains Mariusz Krzyśpiak, Packaging Manager Fragrance at Oriflame.

Gerresheimer’s two production sites dedicate to cosmetic packaging - in Momignies, Belgium and Tettau, Germany - are major producers of PCR glass containers.

The packaging industry and the demand for new packaging forms and packaging materials is growing strongly worldwide. An example of this is the request of the entire packaging world for bio-based or biodegradable package forms. All major (food) producers have set corporate targets to bring fully climate neutral packaging to the market by the year of 2025. In this search, they are looking for a partner who can help them testing their packages on air and leak tightness (seal ability of materials).