Sustainability

Launching in the UK, one of Thai Union’s major markets, the group will consider rolling out Ecotwist in other countries while British consumers can find Ecotwish in all Asda stores, with other major retailers to follow soon.

Thai Union believes Ecotwist marks the “biggest packaging innovation in the UK’s ambient tuna category in the last 20 years” and is a “step change” in sustainability for John West.

Consumers can now enjoy John West’s highest-quality tuna without the hassle of any excess packaging and excess waste, the group wrote.

Aldi has removed plastic packaging on some of its bananas as part of a new trial to reduce plastic pollution.

The trial is taking place across selected stores in the UK, including in the North East, Yorkshire, the South West, the South East, and the Midlands.

The discounter is following the example of other major supermarkets in  replacing the traditional plastic bag with a paper band alternative.

The trial covers selected banana lines, such as Aldi’s Nature’s Pick five-pack, midi bananas, and organic six-pack.

• Mondi partners with Scan Sverige to provide packaging for its Pärsons brand's ham, sausage and plant-based slices.
• Mondi's WalletPack is designed for recycling, successfully replacing previously used multi-material non-recyclable plastic packaging.
• The new PP-based mono-material packaging has a high oxygen barrier, keeping the product fresh on shelf.

Mondi’s WalletPack is a PP based solution which is designed for recyclability.

The report was mandated in the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022, and aims to examine how single-use packaging used in the sale of fruit and vegetables can be reduced. The report gathers information and insights on the types of single-use packaging used to bring fruit and vegetables to the point of sale, the role of producers, wholesalers/distributors and retailers in specifying the type and use of single-use packaging in the sale of fruit and vegetables, and suggests options to reduce such single-use packaging.

The workshops, which are hosted at the company’s PackRight Centers in Reading, Pennsylvania, and Lebanon, Indiana, bring DS Smith’s designers and engineers together with customers to develop design solutions that boost packaging efficiency, effectiveness, appeal and sustainability. The new workshops are the first in the U.S. packaging and design space to employ advanced visual content platform solutions from leading French collaboration tech start-up Klaxoon.

Britannia, Colgate and Nestle will be most impacted by the new plastic waste management (PWM) rules that are likely to push up packaging costs for consumer firms, suggests a note by Kotak Institutional Equities. These new rules are likely to be implemented starting in a phased manner starting fiscal 2024-25 (FY25).
On the other hand, Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL), ITC, Jyothy Labs and Varun Beverages Limited (VBL), the report said, will be least impacted by the new PWM rules.