Sustainability

Together, the two companies will make $1 million accessible to qualifying Uber Eats restaurants in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and Madrid to be used towards funding sustainable packaging solutions to help transition to a greener future, which hospitality industry research indicates is a top priority for 2023.

The rare genetic light disorder means that when skin comes into contact with the visible, coloured parts of sunlight, it causes neuropathic pain and triggers burns.

In patients, when exposed to sunlight, a precursor of the red blood pigment, protoporphyrin, is deposited in blood vessels. 

Energy from visible light is absorbed and triggers a chemical reaction, which the person affected perceives as severe pain and which appears as burns on the skin. 

A proposal for a revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation which the European Commission has tabled builds on the performance of the EU industry’s recycling model for paper and board packaging. The paper industry now calls for a science-based evaluation of recyclable and reusable options.

Researchers from IIT Roorkee and Afflatus Gravure Private Limited, Noida, created an environment-friendly technology for flexible printing. In accordance with a licencing agreement signed in front of IIT Roorkee Director Professor KK Pant, other representatives of the company, and the research team, the institute has transferred the two innovations to a reputable packaging company.

Natura PCR, a leading film recycler and postconsumer resin (PCR) producer, says it has received a letter of nonobjection (LNO) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that enables the company’s 100-percent-recycled linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) PCR to be used in direct food-contact packaging applications, including packaging for foods stored at room temperature and for refrigerated and frozen foods.

Quadpack has grown its Woodacity range with the launch of the Idol Woodacity Solo Twist Compact.

A refillable compact, the new addition is based on Quadpack’s Solo Twist closure system, which allows for an inclusive opening/closing gesture for both right and left-handed consumers.

The cap can be opened with a quarter turn in either direction.

The casing is made entirely of wood from European, sustainably-managed forests, and it comes with an embedded mirror in the cap.

Nestlé has announced a “global first” for its iconic KitKat is being trialled in Australia.

The popular 45g four-finger bars will be wrapped in “innovative new paper packaging” sold exclusively at Coles supermarkets in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Bars wrapped in the new paper packaging will be sold for a “limited time” from January as the brand explores different avenues to meet Nestlé’s goal of reducing its use of virgin plastics by a third by 2025.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul renewed her support for a law establishing extended producer responsibility for packaging in the annual State of the State report released Tuesday.

Hochul announced she will introduce the Waste Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, “which transfers the onus of recycling to the producer — not the taxpayers.”

Waitrose is canning the mini wine bottle in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of takeaway drinks.

The supermarket plans to switch all of its 187ml glass wine bottles – except those containing champagne, prosecco, cava and rioja because of restrictions imposed by those particular appellations – to aluminium cans by next week. The cans will come in 187ml, 200ml and 250ml sizes.