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Refill Coalition: Grocers unite to tackle single-use plastic packaging

07 Mar 2022
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Marks & Spencer (M&S), Morrisons, Ocado and Waitrose have teamed up alongside the supply chain solutions company CHEP for a scheme run by Unpackaged, a company that provides refill stations for several retailers.

Work by the Refill Coalition aims to reimagine how key food staples such as pasta and grains, and household products, are supplied. This marks the first step in developing a worldwide standard for plastic-free food distribution from the supplier to a consumer’s cupboard.

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SUSTAINABILITY AND PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFFS

28 Feb 2022
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The term sustainability can have different meanings and interpretations based on the context in which it is used. When is comes to packaging, the key parameters to be considered will include environmental loads such as water and energy consumption, waste generation and carbon footprint. Other elements that make packaging more sustainable include its recyclability, source of raw materials and end-of-life management.

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TURNING PLASTIC INTO SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING

28 Feb 2022
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The last 15 years observed an increasing discontentment with the use of plastic in the packaging industry. With growing concerns regarding excessive excavation of non-renewable resources as well as the toxic nature of plastic’s painfully slow degradation process, it was obviously to be replaced with environment-friendly alternatives.

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Government Notifies Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility on Plastic Packaging Under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016

20 Feb 2022
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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility on plastic packaging under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. The guidelines on extended producer responsibility coupled with prohibition of identified single use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential, with effect from 1st July 2022, are important steps for reducing pollution caused due to littered plastic waste in the country.

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PepsiCo to trial recycled packaging for Walkers crisps

31 Jan 2022
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A PepsiCo spokesperson told letsrecycle.com that moving to mono-materials would make their crisp packets “easier to recycle”.

The company called on the government to speed up its timeline for flexible plastic like crisp packets to be mandated as part of kerbside recycling, saying they should be collected along with the rest of the core list of materials from 2023.

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New recycling options for printed PP films

19 Jan 2022
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This will open up new possibilities for recycling post-industrial printed film waste and potential for zero-waste production along the value chain of PP-based packag- ing for packaging manufacturers.

Alternative to non-food packaging made from virgin material

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R-Cycle nominated for the German Innovation Award for Climate and Environment 2022

12 Jan 2022
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The cross-industry initiative for high-quality plastics recycling "R-Cycle" has been nominated for the German Innovation Award for Climate and Environment (IKU) 2022 of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWi). The technical selection was made together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) in Karlsruhe

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Swiss researchers develop edible alternative to plastic packaging

09 Jan 2022
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Researchers at Empa, a Swiss materials research organisation, have developed a protective cellulose coating for fruit and vegetables. The coating is made from pomace, a substance that can be extracted from fruit and vegetable peels.

Empa researchers developed the coating together with the retailer Lidl Switzerland. The coating can be applied to fruit and vegetables to extend their shelf life.

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Unilever, Asda and WRAP to research refill stations and reusable packs

17 Dec 2021
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In-depth research is being co-funded with Innovate UK and will closely follow consumers as they plan at home, engage in-store, and decant and sore products back at home.

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Amazon largely bans plastic packaging

16 Dec 2021
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Plastic packaging is not completely banned
In recent years, environmental organizations have accused Amazon of producing too much plastic waste with its packaging and of being jointly responsible for the pollution of the oceans. According to an analysis by the Cologne retail institute EHI 2020, the company was by far the market leader in German online mail order – ahead of Otto and Zalando.

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