R-Cycle wins German Award for Sustainability Projects
R-Cycle – the digital product passport for sustainable plastics – received the German Award for Sustainability Projects 2021 in the “Packaging” category.
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Aldi Nord Determines New Packaging Targets
The Aldi Nord Group is pushing ahead with its own sustainability agenda. In its latest interim report, the discounter takes stock and sets its sights on new measures and targets. The focus is on the topic of packaging in particular.
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More Recycling at Lidl and Kaufland
Recently, all disposable PET deposit bottles produced by “Schwarz Produktion” for Lidl’s and Kaufland’s own brands in Germany have been made of 100 percent recycled plastic (rPET), excluding the cap and label.
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Recyclable Toothpaste Tubes
Unilever’s oral care brands including Signal, Pepsodent and Closeup have announced plans to convert their entire global toothpaste portfolio to recyclable tubes by 2025.
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Migros introduces plastic collection
Food retailer promotes plastic collection: the Migros Luzern cooperative is the first cooperative in the Migros Group (which also includes tegut in Germany) to introduce a plastic collection bag. The collected plastic will be sorted, recycled and reused for new packaging in the future.
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Warning against counterfeit recyclate
Reinhard Schneider, head of the cleaning products manufacturer Werner & Mertz and winner of the German Environmental Award, denounces the use of falsely declared recyclate in packaging and warns against greenwashing.
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Tinplate has High Recycling Rate
A new representative survey confirms the strong trend towards increasing environmental awareness among the German population. At the same time, consumers often still misjudge the sustainability of various packaging materials. The new initiative weissblech-kommt-weiter.de (tinplate goes further) aims to provide consumers with better information.
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Styrofoam Packaging based on Chemically Recycled Plastics
What began with a pilot project at the end of 2019 is now culminating in a successful cooperation: starting April 1, 2021, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH will for the first time use styrofoam, in the production of which a raw material made from chemically recycled plastic waste has been used, as the packaging material for selected large appliances, particularly those of the luxury brand Gaggenau.
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“Headline Politics Won’t Get us Anywhere”
As part of the German Packaging Congress 2021, Kim Cheng demands not to commit to certain types of packaging in an image-driven way. Nevertheless, the managing director of the dvi is pleased that packaging is being certified by consumers as having made progress in terms of sustainability.
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“With Disposable Products, there Doesn’t Have to Be Any Waste”
Sales growth of up to 200 percent for disposable tableware and packaging made from plant starch: Bert Kantelberg, CEO of Papstar, sees the heightened environmental awareness of consumers as a great opportunity for his company. One challenge is putting disposable products in the right light.
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