Kevin Gambrill, Author at Sustainable Packaging News

Smarties Switches Entirely to Recyclable Paper Packaging

13 April 2021
Headlines, Recyclability

Nestlé Oceania announced today that its popular Smarties confectionery range has been switched to recyclable paper packaging in Australia. While some Smarties packs sold in Australia are already in paper, the change sees all plastic packaging replaced with new recyclable paper packaging. The change…Read more →

Total Corbion PLA at Chinaplas: PLA bioplastics for a brighter future

12 April 2021
Bio-based

Total Corbion PLA will be exhibiting at the Chinaplas trade fair from 13th – 16th April in Shenzhen, China. On display will be a number of partner applications based on…Read more →

Promateris Awarded a Grant for the Production of Biodegradable and Compostable Raw Materials

12 April 2021
Bio-based, Headlines

Promateris has initiated an investment project of a new division, Bio Compounds, which aims to locally manufacture raw materials from partially renewable resources, used in the production of compostable packaging.…Read more →

PouchLab Turns Two: Results and Future Goals

12 April 2021
Recyclability

PouchLab is a R&D Excellence Centre set up by Volpak in 2019 to support customers and partners in optimizing their flexible packaging solutions. In the past two years, this area…Read more →

Pulsed Light Sterilization for Sport Closures

12 April 2021
Circular Economy, Headlines

Aptar Food + Beverage, a global leader in dispensing solutions for more than 30 years, is pleased to announce a technical collaboration with Claranor, world leader in Pulsed Light packaging…Read more →

Accelerating Sustainability with Flexible Packaging Automation

9 April 2021
Machinery

Plastic packaging is ubiquitous in our daily lives. It plays an important role in protecting food as it moves through the economy. It has a role in reducing food waste…Read more →

PragmatIC receives £1.3m contract from UK Government Sustainable Innovation Fund to turn waste into worth

9 April 2021
Circular Economy

PragmatIC, a world leader in flexible electronics, has been awarded a £1.3 million contract from the UK Government Sustainable Innovation Fund for a state-of-the-art recycling scheme based on PragmatIC’s ultra-low-cost…Read more →

The UK’s first 100% recyclable baby food pouch launches

9 April 2021
Recyclability

Baby food brand, Piccolo, is becoming the first in the UK to launch a 100% recyclable baby food pouch, and the first in the UK suitable for kerbside recycling. How…Read more →

Landmark Poll: Britons want ban on plastic sample sachets

9 April 2021
Circular Economy

A LANDMARK new poll has today revealed overwhelming support for a ban on plastic sample sachets used by the personal and home care industries. Almost eight-in-ten Britons say plastic sample…Read more →

High-tech in the mountains

9 April 2021
Machinery

A&M Rare’s new, ultramodern bottling plant seems almost surreal in its Armenian mountain setting. This is a place where unspoiled scenery and naturalness are writ large – with regard to…Read more →

Optimized Production of Packaging Paper

9 April 2021
Resource Efficiency

PAPRESA, the leading southern European manufacturer of newsprint, commissioned Voith in March to completely rebuild PM 5 at the Rentería mill in Spain. The start-up of the ambitious project is…Read more →

SML’s latest MDO generation: revolutionary dual frame system boosts efficiency

9 April 2021
Recyclability

From stand-up pouches to laminates, from tapes to functional films for hygiene products: The range of application for MDO films is truly tremendous. SML’s know-how on MDO dates back to…Read more →