Plastic Packaging

This partnership represents a step forward in advancing packaging sustainability, combining Amcor’s expertise in innovative packaging with Kolon’s high-polymer manufacturing technology.

The collaboration focuses on technological exploration of chemically recycled PET (crPET) and polyethylene furanoate (PEF) materials. Kolon is pioneering an advanced recycling process to produce new PET from post-consumer bottles, fibers and flexible packaging. Using crPET supports Amcor’s commitment to integrating 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials by 2030.

Braskem the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a global market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, today announced the launch of its innovative bio-circular polypropylene (PP), which it sells under the brand name WENEW. WENEW is a groundbreaking advancement in sustainability for the restaurant and snack food industries. Derived from used cooking oil (UCO), this certified bio-circular ISCC Plus mass-balanced product represents a significant step towards a more sustainable economy, helping to displace fossil fuels.

Arla’s new bottles are doing more than being your morning coffee’s best friend—they’re holding a promise to the planet.

Bottles With a Past

Arla has switched its Cravendale and B.O.B. 1-litre bottles, produced at the Stourton site, to post-consumer recycled PET (rPET). This means your milk bottle may have had a former life as a water bottle or other drink container. This bold move eliminates nearly 900 tonnes of virgin fossil plastics from production—a true heavyweight win for the environment.

The Conseil d’Etat decided that the decree - dating back to June 30th, 2023 and part of a wide-ranging environmental law - should not have been imposed because an EU regulation was being developed on specific restrictions on the use of certain forms of unnecessary packaging, in particular single-use packaging for fresh fruit and vegetables weighing less than 1.5 kg. 

Marks & Spencer is teaming up with a recycling technology group to enable the retailer to trace what happens to its drinks bottles, cartons and other plastic packaging.

The Polytag system prints an invisible tag on to containers, which can be picked up by electronic readers located at recycling centres.

Products featuring the tags will begin appearing on shelves in the next three months.

The move is the result of a collaboration with Amcor, a specialist in developing and producing more sustainable packaging solutions, and Jindal Films, which specialises in the development and manufacture of recyclable films designed for flexible packaging.

A team of scientists at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed PBAT-based biodegradable packaging, revolutionising the market with eco-friendly alternatives that decompose within three months, leaving no harmful residue.

Dr. K Veerabrahmam, Scientist, DRDO and his team at Advanced Systems Laboratory of DRDO at Hyderabad developed biodegradable packaging products using PBAT, a biodegradable polymer derived from petroleum products or plant oils.

Global packaging leader, Berry Global Group, Inc., collaborated with men’s skincare brand, true™, to launch a refillable deodorant in Poland. The new deodorant sticks launched in spring 2023 and are available in 200 Douglas Perfumery stores, airport duty free concessions, and on true’s online store.

he study led by experts from the University of Portsmouth, UK and the Flanders Marine Institute, Belgium, looked at how two different types of plastic break down when tested in extreme conditions.

ExxonMobil, working with key partners, has developed a fully recyclable thermoformed packaging product featuring 95 percent polyethylene (PE) content. The Houston-based energy company says the new packaging design offers a high oxygen barrier, “excellent” optics and enhanced puncture resistance while maintaining optimized formability for hot fill and aseptic applications in the food and beverage sectors.