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Lacoste launches eco-friendly Loop Polo

18 Apr 2022
Komal Sharma

French heritage fashion brand Lacoste is launching a sustainable and eco-friendly twist to its bestseller polo, with the introduction of the Loop Polo made using recycled cotton from surplus Lacoste polos.

The eco-friendly unisex Loop Polo is composed of 30 percent recycled cotton spun together with 70 percent virgin cotton, made using a “closed-loop” process, which means no two polos are identical.

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Coles to remove plastic measuring scoops from Coles Brand laundry powders

08 Apr 2022
Grania Jain

Coles’ Together to Zero waste ambition sees the supermarket continue to work with industry partners, suppliers, and customers to reduce waste and unnecessary plastics. 

Scoops from Coles Tropical Paradise and Coles Ultra Original and Sensitive laundry powders will be removed from April 1.

The new scoopless laundry powders will be specially marked with ‘Reducing our Impact’, with the packaging featuring a light green lid, ensuring customers can easily spot the packs. 

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Daniel Rippy Talks LiquiGlide: Product Development, Use Cases and the Future

04 Apr 2022
Grania Jain

Upon the recent launch of Colgate’s Elixir in collaboration with LiquiGlide in Canada, Packaging Connections took the opportunity to invite Mr. Daniel Rippy, CBO of LiquiGlide to learn more about the technology, its application in various industries, and their expansion plans.

Currently, LiquiGlide’s patented EverDropTM Technology is a first-of-its-kind slippery coating that compliments clear, recyclable packaging tubes such as the one employed in “Elixir”.  

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Industry Professionals
Interview
packaging technology

3D Neopac Announces Technology Investments in EcoDesign Tubes, Decoration and Capacity Extension

04 Apr 2022
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The company has recently implemented several technology upgrades in production, and brings a variety of EcoDesign solutions for its signature SpringTube™ and Plastic Tubes.

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sustainablility
plastic tubes
SpringTubes
pharmaceutical
Cosmetics

Procter & Gamble India becomes ‘plastic waste neutral’

31 Mar 2022
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Procter & Gamble India becomes ‘plastic waste neutral’

P&G India is among the first few FMCG companies in India that have achieved 'plastic waste neutrality’ by recycling 100% of post-consumer plastic packaging waste

P&G also announced that it will set up in-house solar plants at its Goa and Mandideep manufacturing sites

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Procter & Gamble
plastic packaging
plastic waste
green packaging

WAR AND THE PACKAGING INDUSTRY

17 Mar 2022
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24 February 2022 marked the beginning of huge fluctuation in the global market. From oil to wheat, the demand and supply chain was greatly disrupted. With Russia being one of the largest exporters of oil, both sanctions against its international trade activities along with its own reluctance to supply to its adversaries have caused a huge hike in gas prices around the world.

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packaging industry shortage of commodities
raw materials
WAR

TURNING PLASTIC INTO SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING

28 Feb 2022
Grania Jain

The last 15 years observed an increasing discontentment with the use of plastic in the packaging industry. With growing concerns regarding excessive excavation of non-renewable resources as well as the toxic nature of plastic’s painfully slow degradation process, it was obviously to be replaced with environment-friendly alternatives.

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plastic packaging
sustainable packaging
ecofriendly
environment
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UFlex Rides High On Innovative Product Developments

14 Feb 2022
Grania Jain

UFlex, one of India’s largest multinationals in flexible packaging materials and solutions and a global leader in polymer sciences has been riding the waves of innovation to build packaging products, applications, and solutions that will further enhance the role of packaging as a value-added responsible packaging.

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