Plastic Packaging

It’s estimated that England uses a colossal 2.7 billion items of single-use cutlery, most of which are plastic, and a staggering 721 million single-use plates per year, with only 10% getting recycled. These single-use items, as well as certain polystyrene cups and food-to-go containers, will be included in the ban, meaning they cannot be purchased from any business.  

Placing sustainability at the heart of everything they do, Bidfood’s Catering Supplies is continuing on its journey to drive a circular economy by helping its customers reduce, reuse, recycle and renew. 

TOPPAN (TYO: 7911) subsidiary InterFlex Group, a global flexible packaging supplier and converter, has completed the acquisition of Skymark Packaging International (Skymark), an innovative manufacturer of flexible packaging across Europe. With the acquisition of Skymark, InterFlex Group and TOPPAN expand their growing presence in the UK and the EU as well as extending their reach in food, converter films and non-food segments.

This would make it ready for market entry and will also lay the groundwork for the launch of a pilot market in France in 2024. The 2030 mandatory EU-wide targets for plastic recycled content in packaging requires transformational change across the entire value-chain, particularly for manufacturers and retailers who use plastic packaging. Innovative technologies will enable these obligations to be met, creating opportunities for leaders in the circular economy for packaging.

The materials in the Eastman Renew polymer portfolio are manufactured with ISCC certified circular content by mass balance allocation. The use of resins with certified circular content aligns with the ambitions of Pacur’s innovation agenda to contribute to a more circular future and divert plastic waste that would otherwise be headed for landfill. “A key element of our innovation agenda is a commitment to investing in the developing of next-generation sustainability solutions,” said Jason Eckel, Pacur's senior vice president of sales and marketing.

Habasit’s new HabasitLINK M2483 Sphere Top 1” plastic modular belt is a compelling solution for the controlled, multi-directional movement of goods on conveyor belts, even if different from the belt’s conveying direction. It also facilities the rotary movement of goods, further increasing directional movement possibilities. The belt is particularly suitable for logistics and parcel handling applications where goods are accelerated, sorted, diverted, merged, turned, accumulated, or re-spaced – whether small or large, packed or unpacked.