Sustainability

Although plastic has allowed for convenient, hygienic food packaging, plastic waste continues to be a major problem for the environment. To make food packaging more sustainable, researchers at the University of Córdoba and the University of Girona in Spain turned to avocado pruning residue — the branches and leaves removed from avocado trees annually.

This residue is a source of biomass, the term given to plant-based materials not consumed as food. Spain’s southern region of Andalucía is ripe with fruit trees, particularly avocado.

Additionally, Aldi is removing pulp trays from its Nature's Pick Mango twin pack and Avocado twin pack, to reduce the amount of packaging. These changes could see the UK's fourth-largest supermarket remove over 370 tonnes of plastic and packaging per year if rolled out across all stores.

These are just some of the latest changes in the supermarket's continuing efforts to reduce its environmental impact and develop alternative packaging for its products.

Novelis Accelerates Sustainability with Ambitious 3x30 Initiative to Lead Industry Decarbonization and Circularity

Antalis Launches greenCONSULT: A Simple Solution for Greener Packaging and Lower Carbon Footprints

As the demand for eco-friendly packaging grows, businesses face increasing pressure from legislation, corporate responsibility commitments, and environmentally conscious consumers. With so much at stake, it can be difficult for companies to determine whether their packaging is truly sustainable—and to find ways of further reducing their environmental impact. That’s where Antalis steps in with their innovative greenCONSULT service.

Amazon says that it has gotten rid of plastic air pillows at its warehouses.

“As of October 2024, we’ve removed all plastic air pillows from our delivery packaging used at our global fulfillment centers,” the e-commerce giant said in an October 9th blog post.

It’s a welcome change following years of pressure from environmental groups to stop plastic pollution flooding into oceans. The company is still working to reduce the use of single-use plastics more broadly in its packaging.

Under the MoU, SK geo centric and YoulChon Chemical will utilize their accumulated experience and technological expertise in plastic packaging manufacturing to develop high-performance soft packaging materials made from a single material

Conventionally, films and sheet-type packaging materials, commonly referred to as vinyl, are layered with multiple materials to prevent product deterioration caused by changes in temperature and humidity, making them virtually impossible to recycle.

Bambrew, a clean-tech startup in the sustainable packaging space, has announced the raising of INR 60 crore in equity and debt in a Series A led by Blume Ventures.

Blue Ashva Capital, Mumbai Angels, Indus Capital, along with angels Sreevathsa (Servify), Mandeep (Cashify), and RK Narayan (President at Horizon Industrial Parks), also participated in the round.

Bambrew raised USD 2.35 million in a pre-Series A round led by Blue Ashva Capital and Supack Industries in January 2022.