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Nestle Goes Single Material Packaging

Nestle has announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind, single-material pouch for its baby food products designed for the future of recycling. In the US, the new pouch will be available exclusively on TheGerberStore.com for Gerber’s Organic Banana Mango Puree beginning in May 2020. It will be 100% recyclable through Gerber’s national recycling program with TerraCycle.…
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Will Coke PET Recycling Become a Fiasco in the Philippines?

Activists say the facility, a joint venture between the beverage giant and Thai packaging firm Indorama Ventures, would still require virgin feedstock derived from fossil fuels. They also took issue with the companies’ claim that PET bottles are not single-use packaging. Global beverage firm Coca-Cola and packaging company Indorama Ventures have ignited controversy by claiming that polyethylene…
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Food Delivery vs Corona Virus

‘Wash your own hands after removing the packaging and before eating your food’. As the coronavirus tightens its grip on the U.S., many states have ordered restaurants to close for eat-in customers and switch to takeout only. But with the influx of deliveries, how safe is it to order food as we’re trying to halt…
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Future of Flexible Packaging According to Covestro

What do deliciously crunchy chips, crisp green salad and fresh roasted coffee beans have in common? Their bags and pouches belong to a quickly growing category known as flexible packaging – currently the most widely used form of packaging worldwide. Flexible packaging is on the rise. In recent years it has surpassed all other packaging…
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Clariant Cooperation with the Plastic Bank

The Plastic Bank is a social enterprise and economic development firm that empowers disenfranchised communities to exchange any type of plastic waste for currency. As a company that is committed to sustainable development, Clariant is supportive of actions to minimize and manage plastic waste and promote a circular plastic economy. In 2019, Clariant teamed up with the Plastic Bank,…
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New Ocean Plastic Chair

Polywood is looking to the seas to source recyclable plastics for the launch of its new Ocean chair. A part of a larger collection, called Wave, the Ocean chair will debut at the Design Influencers Conference in San Francisco and mark the start of the company’s commitment to recycling one million pounds of ocean-bound plastic…
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Plastic-Eating Caterpillars

The tiny waxworm went from zero to hero in 2017 when researchers discovered the caterpillar could potentially help solve one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems: plastic waste. The creature can chomp through plastic, even polyethylene, a common and non-biodegradable plastic currently clogging up landfills and seas. Now scientists have a much better understanding…
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Pepsi Replaces Plastic Rings With Molded Pulp

PepsiCo is using molded pulp as an alternative to the plastic rings used in their Pepsi brand. This trial is occurring in Sacramento, California. Over the next four weeks, the molded pulp rings and secondary paperboard packaging are going to be tested on the 7.5oz mini six-packs of Pepsi and Sierra Mist. The molded pulp…
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World First Seaweed Takeaway Box

With half a billion plastic boxes used across the takeaway sector every year, Just Eat and Notpla team up to create eco-friendly seaweed-lined takeaway box. The box is recyclable and home-compostable and will degrade within four weeks Initial trial launched in London with three Just Eat restaurant partners As part of its mission to tackle…
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Bio Leather from Coconut Water

Coconut water is among the best thirst quenchers in the sweltering months. But there’s more. Did you know that coconut water can be the base material to develop alternative leather? A little known Kerala-based start-up ‘Malai Biomaterials Design’ courted spotlight a few days ago when it won the second edition of Circular Design Challenge (CDC)…
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