Sustainability

The packs are made with Parkside’s patented triplex Park2Nature material, which is TÜV certified as home-compostable within 26 weeks in normal composting conditions and 12 weeks in an industrial composting facility. The products are grown, processed and packed entirely on the New Forest Fruit Company’s farm in New Forest, Hampshire, ensuring minimal carbon footprint for each product.

There are several classifications for recycling processes. Currently, the best known and most used is mechanical recycling.

The Japanese Government’s Resource Circulation Strategy for Plastics includes a target of transitioning to reusable or recyclable plastic designs by 2025. Milestones under the strategy for 2030 include that 60% of plastic containers and packaging should be reused or recycled, and that the recycling of plastic resources should be doubled. With 2025 as an important starting point toward those milestones, it will be essential to expand efforts for reuse and recycling on the way to 2030.

Berry Global proudly accepted two gold awards from the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) in its 67th Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition. Berry won awards for Packaging Excellence and Sustainability for its Entour recyclable polyethylene (PE) film solution for fresh-cut produce applications.

• Panel-reviewed LCA study comparing different formats and raw materials in a packaging life cycle
• Flexible multi-layer packaging using sustainable feedstock with highest reduction in CO₂ emissions
• Investigation of different additional scenarios on climate change impact

“This exercise helps us to better understand the environmental impacts of both the packaging format as well as the raw material source within a mozzarella packaging’s entire life cycle”, said Dr.

Nu Skin, a global leader in premium-quality beauty and wellness products, announced it is the first beauty brand to use sugarcane-based Eco-Pac sustainable packaging. With this refresh, Epoch, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, is enhancing its commitment to better the environment. The 13-piece collection featuring products for body, skin, hair and baby reduces carbon emissions through new, sustainable Eco-Pac packaging, and features safe, natural and effective ethnobotanical ingredients from indigenous cultures around the world.

The vox pop study, carried out by the Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA), provides insights into public perception of bioplastics and compostable packaging, and people’s attitude to sustainable packaging.

As part of its commitment to move toward zero plastic waste, the Government of Canada is proposing to develop a Pollution Prevention Planning Notice (P2 Notice) for plastic packaging that comes into direct contact with food, also referred to as primary food plastic packaging. The P2 Notice would require Canada's largest grocery retailers to prepare and implement a pollution prevention plan to meet targets to reduce, reuse, and redesign primary food plastic packaging, including recycled content targets.