The amendment to the Packaging Act expands the group of packaging distributors subject to registration. The registration obligation will apply to all types of packaging from July 2022. Online marketplaces will no longer be allowed to accept goods from manufacturers who have not previously registered their packaging in a system.
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The Schwarz Group is taking stock of the targets and progress of its group-wide plastics strategy Reset Plastic. The occasion for this is the Global Commitment 2021 Progress Report published on November 19 by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, whose initiative the Schwarz Group already joined in 2018. It also announced an increase in its recycling target.
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At the third “Österreichischer Verpackungstag” (Austrian Day of Packaging) organized by the FH Campus Wien, the focus was on the challenges of recycling-friendly packaging design. The international packaging design guideline presented for this purpose provides uniform recommendations for the industry.
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Together with Henkel, ALPLA has developed a new, recyclable packaging concept for the Düsseldorf-based manufacturer’s Somat gels. The dishwashing detergents are now offered in bottles made from up to 100 percent post-consumer recyclate (PCR). The cap of the Pro Nature variant also consists of half recycled material obtained from waste collection.
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Organic cereal manufacturer Bauck is switching to sustainable, paper-based packaging materials. The project, implemented in cooperation with paper producer Sappi and packaging machine manufacturer Rovema, demonstrates one of the possible solutions to the challenges of the circular economy in food packaging.
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The stand-up pouch for the “Finish All in One 0%” brand now contains 30 percent post-consumer recyclate. As detergent producer Reckitt points out, the switch was preceded by about two years of research and analysis.
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DS Smith is exploring the possibilities of using seaweed as an alternative fiber source to wood across its packaging network. Following initial tests, the company is also investigating the potential role of seaweed as a barrier coating.
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The Werner & Mertz stand-up pouch has become the first flexible packaging worldwide to achieve a “Gold” rating in all categories of the “Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Scorecard” – for the cleaning products company, the “crowning achievement” of a more than five-year joint project with Mondi’s packaging specialists.
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Mondelēz is now using recyclable packaging for its Dairylea and Philadelphia cheese brands in the UK and Ireland since August 2021. The move is part of the company’s “Pack Light and Pack Right” strategy, which aims for all packaging to be recyclable by 2025, among other targets.
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Procter & Gamble (P&G) is developing a fully recyclable paper bottle in collaboration with Paboco and has unveiled a pilot for Lenor. The trial launch in Western Europe in 2022 is intended to form the basis of a test-and-learn strategy to bring paper packaging into the P&G portfolio on a larger scale.
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