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The new QR codes, created by Zappar and working with the RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People), can be detected by the free Zapvision app, supporting the estimated two million blind and partially sighted people in the UK to access product information.

They will be launching first on Persil’s plastic-free capsules and Ultimate Liquids ranges in the UK.

The technology works by adding additional markings around existing QR codes, improving the detectability.

SAVE FOOD members at Interpack:

A CLOSURE FIGHTING FOOD WASTE with London-based start-up Mimica.

Its founder, Solveiga Pakštaitė, primarily wanted to develop a bottle cap that would give people with impaired vision information about the shelf life of the product. As a rule, such info is only printed on the packaging and thus cannot be recognised by visually impaired people.

Boomerang Systems UG

If women exchange ideas, they can profit and with them so can the entire sector. Interpack deliberately brings international women from the sector together for the trade fair in May. Under the title “Women in Packaging”, on 8 May there will be a first time event explicitly for the women in the sector. The programme features a discussion on stage with top speakers from all over the world as well as opportunities for networking. The event is supported by the WPO – World Packaging Organization – which is contributing its worldwide network.

Taking place once in 3 years, interpack in Dusseldorf is the largest trade fair for processing and packaging. A record number of companies took part in the success of the previous edition. Messe Dusseldorf opened its doors to 2860 exhibitors from 55 countries and 170,899 visitors from 169 countries.

Circular Economy

Even if you have only a nodding acquaintance with the range of topics surrounding sustainability in industry, you will have come across this term: the circular economy. Although this model may be remarkably simple, it is also all-encompassing.

SortPak offers two packaging options to make it easier for patients to take medicines as prescribed:

• SortPak, which individually packages each dose based on the time and day patients take their medicines.
• SyncPak, which synchronizes refills of patients’ medicines and delivers them in one box to their doorsteps.

The first medication the two companies will deliver together is CivicaScript’s treatment for prostate cancer. SortPak, a URAC- and ACHC-accredited specialty pharmacy, is especially knowledgeable in managing the needs of people with cancer.

“Our new SeaGlass Collection reinforces our ethos of finding beauty in waste,” says Mercedes Landázuri, Ampacet Market Insight Manager. “The color palette showcases the luminous colors found in these treasures from the sea.”

These unique effects for PET enhance the shelf appeal of packaging and products without a mold change. As with other colored PET packaging, products made with SeaGlass can find a second life recycled into textile fibers. For example, 50 2-liter bottles can create one square yard of carpet fiber with fewer emissions than using virgin plastics.

Sponsored by Sen. Trey Paradee, Senate Bill 57 would bar restaurants from serving ready-to-eat food in containers made from polystyrene, a non-biodegradable and potentially carcinogenic petroleum product best known by the brand name Styrofoam, starting on July 1, 2025. 

The bill would further prohibit food establishments in Delaware from providing single-use plastic straws unless requested by a consumer, while also banning single-use plastic coffee stirrers, cocktail picks and sandwich picks. 

The apple farmers in Himachal Pradesh welcomed the decisions. The farmers had been demanding the implementation of all 3 Acts, including the Legal Metrology Act 2009, the APMC ACT 2005 and HP Passenger and Goods Taxation Act 1955, which will not only help them get good prices for their produce but also save them from being fleeced by middlemen.

State Horticulture minister Jagat Singh Negi said the Congress government is committed to implementing the APMC Act in the state.