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June 15, 2021
For young Canadians interested in an environmental career, ECO Canada offers support through vital on-the-job work experience and skills training. ECO Canada has committed to helping young Canadians by administering wage subsidies through the federal government’s Youth Employment and Skills Strategy program, accelerating the career pathways of the next generation of environmental leaders.
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June 15, 2021
Unilever has joined Nextek’s global project NEXTLOOPP to create food-grade recycled Polypropylene (rPP) from post-consumer packaging waste. Polypropylene (PP) is a commonly used packaging material for food across the globe. Yet, post-consumer PP packaging is not widely recycled in conventional mechanical recycling infrastructure. Whilst food-grade PET bottles are undoubtedly a
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June 10, 2021
NEW research published today in Nature Communications could signal the end of fossil fuel single-use plastics as the science behind a new plant protein substitute is made public. Researchers at the University of Cambridge Knowles Lab describe how they can create a polymer film from plant protein that is sustainable, scalable and 100 percent...
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June 9, 2021
Eckes-Granini is making its packaging portfolio even more environmentally friendly with the help of the KHS Group. Since the middle of May its one-liter hohes C juice bottle has consisted entirely of recycled plastic (rPET). KHS’ Bottles & Shapes experts in Hamburg were responsible for optimization of the bottle. The new containers will continue to...
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June 4, 2021
Recycling of steel packaging in Europe has hit a new all-time high of 84%, according to figures issued by APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging. It is an increase of 1.5% and is the seventh consecutive year in which the overall recycling rate has risen. Alexis Van Maercke, secretary general of...
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May 28, 2021
With only a week for industry to respond to the government consultation on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging Waste, the UK’s largest compliance scheme, Valpak, has released detailed modelling for a range of the proposed options. James Skidmore, Head of Consulting at Valpak, said: “We already knew that overall costs for producers were set...
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May 28, 2021
Are you a cider manufacturer seeking to improve on your sales volume? Explore direct-to-consumer avenues? Perhaps you’d like to target events & pubs to use your cider? Or maybe you just want to use the most sustainable packaging available on the market which just so happens to also keep your product tasting its best –...
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May 27, 2021
Yangi has been awarded with a prestigious Dieline Award in the Health, Body and Beauty category. We are very excited to announce that we have been awarded a Dieline Sustainable Packaging Award for our work with Yangi – a fiber-based alternative to plastic beauty packaging, a collaboration development between The Loop Factory and Grow. Yangi...
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May 26, 2021
Exploring the use of mycelium as a biodegradable alternative to polystyrene! In an age of environmental consciousness, how many people have received a delivery package lined with foam and thought, “what a waste”? Here, Jordan Flagal, an environmental scientist and policy analyst, writes for materials search engine Matmatch, explaining how mushrooms can be an ally...
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May 26, 2021
Schoeller Allibert, a leading UK manufacturer and supplier of returnable and recyclable plastic packaging solutions, has underlined the potential of returnable transit packaging to the chemical supply sector. The business, which designs and develops sustainable containers, dollies and peripheries for the chemical supply chain, is afforded a unique birds-eye view of the sector, using market...
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