Sustainability

Israeli biotech startup MadeRight, which has developed a process of cultivating fungi for green packaging, has nabbed $2 million in seed funding to drive the production of eco-friendly industrial materials.

The funding round was led by Fresh Start foodtech incubator and group of investors including Israeli venture capital firm Arkin Holdings and ARC Impact, that back on early-stage startups.

PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) will eliminate the plastic rings that hold together multipacks of bottled and canned beverages across its U.S. product line, replacing them with a paper-based solution that will roll out later this year. PBNA’s transition to paperboard packaging for these products in the U.S. follows the rollout in Canada that is just beginning to hit the marketplace.

The 1-2-3 Coffee Box is a testament to SupplyOne's commitment to efficiency, cost reduction, and customer success. This product has been meticulously optimized throughout its lifecycle - from material selection and design to manufacturing processes, logistics, distribution, use, and recyclability.

Today, Dove has announced the Dove Nature Regeneration Project—the Unilever brand's latest initiative to protect nature and tackle climate change.

In partnership with the Rimba Collective, Dove will help protect and restore 123,000 acres of rainforest in Southeast Asia over five years. The area is 8 times the size of Manhattan.

Made from FSC-certified paper, the pots feature a single layer of plastic film which acts as a protective barrier when water is added, The Grocer reported.

The pots can be recycled at home while sauce sachets can be recycled at soft plastic collection points.

The paper packaging, which has been in development by Pot Noodle owner Unilever for three years, will remain the same shape at the original plastic pots.

If the trial is successful, the consumer goods giant looks to roll out the change to the entire Pot Noodle range.

Pregis®, a leading manufacturer of protective packaging, introduces Pregis AirSpeed® Hybrid Cushioning (HC) Renew™ PCR, the only high-pressure air cushioning film made with 80 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) content. This innovative product represents a significant advancement for companies seeking to improve the sustainability of their protective packaging without compromising on performance.

The work being carried out by the Plastics Initiative uses future visualisation and analytical modelling to show how scaled reuse systems can perform economically, environmentally, and experientially in comparison to single-use.

To ultimately decouple plastic use from business growth, we need scalable solutions that don’t require single-use packaging to deliver products to users. Ambitious reuse policies are increasing, but the road to scaling reuse from niche to norm is still hard to imagine.

The first phase of the plant, scheduled to be operational in early 2024, will involve the installation of processing equipment to make cullet from collected glass.

Glass cullet is used in a variety of applications, such as being remanufactured into lightweight aggregate, consumer glass containers, and repurposed into the production of fiberglass products.

The second phase will include the production of ultra-lightweight foamed glass aggregate which will be used in road construction projects across Arkansas.

• tesa’s range of products with more sustainable content contributes to the global drive towards greater sustainability 
• The tapes can help industrial customers achieve their sustainability goals and create new opportunities for distributors 
• All tapes that are part of the upcoming initiative serve different uses.