Materials

According to a recent press release, BIOLO is the first company to successfully use PHA technology to manufacture not only straws, but also fully compostable bags.

Global flexible packaging and lidding films supplier KM Packaging has introduced a new home-compostable cling film called C-Cling.

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) has developed an easy to recycle paper monomaterial eco-friendly packaging sheet with high barrier properties.

European packaging manufacturer Coveris has teamed up with sustainable start-up Notpla to deliver a range of printed, biodegradable and recyclable food cartons, using Notpla’s award winning barrier coating technology.

The pioneering Fiber Bottle is made from 100% natural matter, recycled cardboard and water, and is biodegradable & compostable, and is now shelf-ready at scale, with Cullen already producing hundreds of millions of moulded fiber bottles for the healthcare sector across 34 countries globally.

DSM Engineering Materials launched a new, more sustainable version of its flagship product Stanyl: Stanyl B-MB (Bio-based Mass Balanced), with up to 100% bio-based content.

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have developed...

Walki is introducing a broad portfolio of different materials, including printed solutions, to suit the needs of the frozen food market with the aim of making the packaging fully recyclable in the paper stream.

Kraft Heinz Co. has created a paper-based Heinz ketchup bottle by teaming up with Pulpex Ltd., a sustainable packaging technology company based in the United Kingdom. The renewable and recyclable bottle is made from sustainably sourced wood pulp.

Scientists from the Faculty of Agronomy at Mendel University in Brno have been researching the development of packaging that can be eaten along with food.

In search of new sustainable plastic materials, researchers from the University of Alicante in Spain have developed a packaging material derived from pineapple waste.

Bioplastics are being extensively preferred as they reduce the carbon footprint and prevent landfill issues.

Albéa Tubes and L’OCCITANE en Provence have recently launched groundbreaking cosmetic tubes and caps for L’OCCITANE en Provence’s “almond” range, supporting the circular economy. The packaging is made by Albéa Tubes with CirculenRevive polymers from LyondellBasell.

The PALLITE® cartons are up to 83% lighter than wooden shipping crates, offering a considerable saving in shipping costs, but with a capacity to hold up to 750kgs. The packaging has now been used to successfully transport the hot-holding units to the USA and to a customer in Australia.

Cascades recently announced an expansion plan in the isothermal distribution market with the commissioning of a new production site in the western United States, in Tacoma (WA), and with the launch of new products under its northbox® brand of insulated boxes for fresh foods.

Romanian firm Greenglass Recycling is investing EUR10m in a post-consumer glass recycling plant. The company believes this will boost its annual processing capacity to 260 000 tons per year.