Food Packaging

As part of TotaEnergies’ RE:clic portfolio, the RE:newable polymer will be sourced directly from the company’s biorefinery in La Mède, France. Its reported virgin-like qualities are thought to allow for carbon reductions in the production of packaging without sacrificing quality, and the material is warranted under the ISCC PLUS scheme.

Over 400 million closures have been successfully applied to date on Coca-Cola bottling lines in Germany, Spain, and the UK, with the rollout to continue to the company’s other European plants.

In 1993 in the village of Lake Linden, Michigan Technological University Professor Bill Campbell and his wife Ellen founded the Nitrate Elimination Company, now known as NECi Superior Enzymes. Their goal was to create a commercialized enzyme system to remove nitrate from drinking water.

The new packaging is made from sustainably sourced thermoformable paper and is dynamic enough to be printed on with either flexographic or gravure technology and finished with a heat or cold-seal adhesive.

Working closely with Nestlé, Amcor has developed this next generation packaging solution which performs when it comes to sustainability and consumer convenience, while also maintaining the highest levels of product protection.

"Inspira is an exceptional product, with a richly crafted story that is tantalizing and deeply authentic," commented Paul Drake, Founder and Creative Director at JDO. "Our challenge was to express this in a way that was immediately understood, cutting through the clutter to strengthen impact at shelf and get to the heart of what makes Inspira so special."

To overcome any recycling confusion, the leading retailer will also be clearly labelling information on the correct way to compost tea bags in a food waste caddy across its newly designed packets of tea.

The new labelling will state: “We now make our tea bags out of plant-based material. Once used put your tea bag into your food waste bin. Our tea bags biodegrade into compost.”

This comes as a YouGov survey commissioned by Tesco found that shoppers are split on what to do with their used tea bags, with millions disposed of incorrectly.

The supermarket is working with sustainability organisation Keep Sea Blue to collect and recycle the plastic waste, which will include litter such as drinks bottles which are at risk of getting into the sea.

Some 80% of plastic in the ocean originates on land. Tesco’s move into new packaging is expected to remove around 500 metric tonnes of plastic from the environment each year, reducing the amount of ‘virgin plastic’ required in the packaging.

The 60-page tool is the result of the concerted efforts of 14 Montreal businesses, which have joined forces to form the Mon Commerce Zéro déchet community.

Starting in the fall of 2021 and continuing for a year, the members of the group explored and shared various initiatives aimed at reducing the number of residual materials, all with the support of several experts.