Plastic Packaging

Greif, renowned for its customer-centric approach to packaging, announces the development of custom-made containers for the safe storage and transportation of AdBlue, also known as diesel exhaust fluid. Scheduled for production in the UK this summer, the innovative multilayer CoEx AdBlue Jerrycans cater to individual customer needs.

Enhanced Design for Efficiency

The popular French sugar brand, Daddy Sugar, has switched from its previous plastic container to a fully recyclable Sonoco cardboard container with a PP sprinkler.

Aiming to reduce its packaging's carbon footprint, Cristalco redesigned its 500g Daddy Sugar icing sugar sprinkler container. The original design featured a polyethylene (PEHD) body, an oriented polystyrene (OPS) sleeve, and a polypropylene (PP) lid, making it a prime candidate for an eco-friendly revamp.

• Nestlé announced Friday that by June it will begin using a new recyclable shrink sleeve label on its line of seven ready-to-drink Nesquik flavored milk products. The company says the cap, bottle and sleeve can all be recycled together in the U.S.
• The crystallized PET sleeves were designed with “light-blocking print technology” to preserve shelf life – an important feature for protecting these drinks, whose taste, color and vitamin levels can be susceptible to being impacted by light, the company said.

The meeting of the ministers, held in Sydney on 21 June, considered the growing challenge of soft plastics, and industry’s slow progress to re-establish in-store collection since the collapse of the REDcycle scheme. 

Ministers discussed progress on the Commonwealth’s new National Circular Economy Framework, due to be finalised by December 2024, and which will drive a faster transition to a circular economy and ensure efficient use of key resources and materials in Australia.

Pact Collective and Eastman today announce they have qualified the use of clean, multicolor PET waste from Pact members and consumers as feedstock for Eastman’s methanolysis technology. This process addresses the challenge of multicolored PET received at material recovery facilities (MRF), which ​in some instances is​ unlikely to be mechanically recycled due to color variations. Eastman’s methanolysis process enables the upcycling of this material into Eastman Renew materials — high-quality copolyesters and PET for the beauty industry that offer a quality on par with virgin materials. 

The new Slim rechargeable glass jar in 50ml format, has recently joined Lumson’s REPLACE line, that already includes Unique, DeLuxe, and Japa refillable glass jars.

This new solution, designed for prestige skincare products, has a minimal captivating profile, and is perfectly aligned with the three key concept of REPLACE sustainable design:

Plastic Ingenuity, a provider of sustainable thermoform packaging, has developed a free online course on Thermoform Circularity as part of its new Good Information continuing education series. This in-depth course is designed to help industry insiders learn more about the principles of thermoformed packaging and how thermoforming can impact sustainability initiatives.

Tesco has told customers: "Avocado fans will notice some dramatic changes when they pick up one of Britain’s most popular salad items at Tesco."

The supermarket will be removing the barcode on Tesco's extra large avocados and swapping it for a bold laser etching.

The swap aims to "help the environment" and cut back on plastic use. It has not been made a permanent fixture though: the laser etchings will just be a trial.