Sustainability

Washington-based sustainable packaging company Palous Fiber Packaging (PFP) has launched new 4-cup carriers made with wheat straw pulp.

The company aims to provide an alternative to global supplies of milled wood or post-consumer recycled material, which it says are “deceptively marketed as being greener than other materials”.

The carriers will be made using fibre from harvested wheat crops, which is locally sourced and used as a moulding medium instead of being incinerated as agricultural waste.

WINE BOTTLE WEIGHS ONLY 50 GRAMS

The global packaging specialist ALPLA has added a PET wine bottle to its product range. The 0.75-litre bottle weighs just 50 grams – around eight times less than the alternative made of glass. The first white wine bottles belonging to the Wegenstein winery recently went into circulation in the Austrian wine market, making them part of the Europe-wide bottle-to-bottle loop. The sustainable solution reduces carbon consumption by 38 per cent compared to the glass alternative – and that's even without rPET content.

The Wella Company has introduced a redesigned and more sustainable version of its Welloxon Perfect salon color developer. This new product line was sustainably designed, from packaging, to formula, and transportation.
 
The new bottle design features an innovative multi-layer molding technology that replaces virgin plastic with up to 70% of post-consumer recycled plastic. The bottle is also designed to be 100% recyclable, except for the safety seal, in countries where a recycling system is established.
 

In an industry first for UK construction, The Pallet LOOP today announces that each reusable green pallet it produces and puts into the sector will be fitted with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag – a move that is set to generate huge amounts of data about the movement of pallets and associated building materials nationwide as they pass through the supply chain.

The ‘premium quality’ packaging contains 50% recycled plastic and meets stringent food contact requirements.

Launched in the UK and Ireland for PepsiCo snack brand, Sunbites, the packaging is made by recycling plastic waste into food grade packaging material. This is done using an advanced recycling process, a complementary approach to mechanical recycling, which enables the recycled materials to satisfy the demanding EU regulatory requirements for applications such as food contact packaging, contact sensitive and medical devices.

All materials that products are packed and wrapped in and the ones used to protect the products in transportation from the producer to the consumer become packaging waste after they are used.

Serbia adopted the Law on Packaging and Packaging Waste, introducing the system of extended responsibility of producers. It stipulates that economic entities placing products with packaging on the market are obligated to include the costs of collecting and processing the packaging in the product price.

The Fallen Leaf Collection and Natural Kraft Collection are designed to inspire eco-conscious consumers with their sustainable craftsmanship and exceptional features.

The partnership with Bolthouse Farms – one of the retailer's longest supplier relationships – reflects the company's preference for offering its customers more sustainable packaging options, said Ron Lovelace, director of produce for Meijer.

Luxury men's retailer Harry Rosen has launched an entirely recyclable packaging program in partnership with TerraCycle®, as part of a continued commitment to sustainability efforts. This program represents the first of its kind across North America's fashion retail industry - while other retailers may use garment bags made of recycled materials, Harry Rosen is ensuring these used bags are given a second life and are kept out of landfills.

Innovative BoxWay Packaging Group Limited has been working closely with Somerset-based Ashridge Nurseries in the pursuit of newly designed cardboard boxes for its herbaceous plants in place of preformed plastic packs to protect their P9 herbaceous pots during transit to its customers across the UK.