Plastic Packaging

Solinatra, a Rosiro Group company, produces capsules with high oxygen and water vapour barrier properties, to safeguard product freshness.

The Refill Coalition announced that supermarket chain Aldi has joined its industry partners in order to fight against the use of single-use plastic packaging in the market.

The Refill Coalition is Aldi, British grocery firm Ocado, retailer Waitrose & Partners and the supply chain solutions company CHEP.

It was convened in 2020 by a UK-based firm Unpackaged with funding from UK Research & Innovation’s Smart Plastics Packaging Challenge.

The Refill Coalition co-designs and develops refill solutions that minimise and remove the use of single-use plastic.

The Rocket closure’s highly innovative design was born from consumer studies and insights to meet many uncovered market needs, which attracted Ferrero to partner with Aptar for their new Estathé packaging.

“Partnering with Ferrero in the development of this new generation of Aptar’s sports caps has been beneficial for both parties,” said Andrea Pepe, sales manager for Aptar Closures. “Aptar provided technical support during line trials at Ferrero plant, while Ferrero provided valuable insights that Aptar utilized to further improve the closure design and functionalities.”

Coles has promised to phase out soft-plastic shopping bags in-store and online by the end of next month.

The supermarket chain says its remaining supply of soft-plastic bags will be run down in the coming weeks and it will cease selling them by the end of June.

The move to reduce unnecessary packaging at the checkout is expected to take 230m plastic bags from circulation nationwide within a year.

The Coles Group chief operations and sustainability officer, Matt Swindells, said the decision was proof of the retail giant’s commitment to affect positive change.

• Newly-developed high barrier flexible pouch for dry food is designed for recycling
• Monomaterial pouch containing over 95% polypropylene (PP) helps producers and brand owners fulfil stringent Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) guidelines
• Value chain collaboration in the spirit of EverMinds™ continues to advance plastics circularity

Accelerating plastics circularity through value chain co-operation

In a country drowning itself in plastic, the creators of an app called MyMizu are attempting to change seemingly entrenched views and cultural norms regarding sustainability.

It’s a challenge the creators acknowledge, but they believe they are making inroads. Two weeks after the release of the app, which provides a map of places in Japan where water can be obtained for free, it already had more than 8,000 stations logged and over 5,000 downloads.