Kevin Gambrill, Author at Sustainable Packaging News

Borealis and Tomra Open State-of-the-art Plant for Post-consumer Plastic Waste Sorting and Advanced Mechanical Recycling

14 January 2021
Circular Economy, Headlines

Borealis and TOMRA have today announced the operational start of their advanced mechanical recycling demo plant in Lahnstein, Germany, the result of a partnership that marries chemistry with technology for…Read more →

Imagining the Future of Single-Dose Packaging!

14 January 2021
Resource Efficiency

Sometimes when something new comes to market, it can be hard to imagine how it will fit in your product portfolio or change the way you package certain products. V-Shapes,…Read more →

AFRY acquires ProTAK to strengthen the digital offering

14 January 2021
Resource Efficiency

To expand the digital offering for process industries, AFRY acquires the Swedish company ProTAK. ProTAK’s web-based software for production optimisation supports AFRY’s strategic ambition within digitalisation and sustainability as well…Read more →

New Survey Reveals French Consumers are Ready for Compostable Packaging

14 January 2021
Circular Economy

While the circular economy law enters the final stage, that the European Commission is soon to adopt "guidelines" on what the provisions of the single-use plastics mean in practice. The…Read more →

Air Cushions Made from 100 Percent Recycled Material

13 January 2021
Circular Economy, Headlines

AIRplus® 100% Recycled is setting new benchmarks in the field offlexible protective packaging. The protective packaging specialist Storopack launches a new air pillow film that is produced from 100 percent…Read more →

Amipak invests in making sustainable packaging products for the food-to-go sector

13 January 2021
Recyclability

With restaurants and pubs now only able to offer takeaway and delivery services, London-based third generation family firm Amipak, has invested in the future, installing new equipment to make environmentally-friendly…Read more →

Albéa expands its range of recyclable single-material PE tubes

13 January 2021
Recyclability

Albéa launches its new range of Basic Cap flip-top caps in 100% PE version. After the Slim Cap PE version launched this summer, this cap comes as an addition to…Read more →

Yes, you should judge a can by its cover

13 January 2021
Resource Efficiency

We all know that single use plastics are bad for the environment, and most of us know that aluminium cans are the world’s most recyclable packaging, so why are so…Read more →

High Speed Barrier Packaging Film For Horizontal Form-Fill-Seal

13 January 2021
Recyclability

Innovia Films is launching the next film in its new Propafilm™ Strata range of transparent high barrier, mono structure, packaging films. SLF is a chlorine free film that delivers exceptional…Read more →

Novamont Acquires BioBag and Strengthens its Global Presence

13 January 2021
Bio-based

The operation creates the most vertically integrated group in the bioplastics industry and allows the Italian B-Corp to further expand into Northern/Eastern Europe, North America and Australia. Italy’s Novamont, a…Read more →

Packaging data specialists point to sustainability being back at top of 2021 agenda

13 January 2021
Headlines, Resource Efficiency

Following a tumultuous year in which the global pandemic has caused unprecedented worldwide disruption, sustainability has returned to the top of the agenda for brands in 2021, according to packaging…Read more →

BASF works towards a circular economy for adhesive labels

13 January 2021
Circular Economy

BASF is a founding member of a new global network dedicated to building a circular economy in the self-adhesive labeling industry. CELAB (Toward a Circular Economy for Labels) is a…Read more →