With EasyD4R, packaging made of paper, cardboard, glass, aluminium and tinplate can now also be tested for recyclability in addition to packaging made of plastic. Henkel offers the tool as a free download on its homepage to promote the recycling economy.
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By the beginning of 2021, Henkel intends to convert its complete tube portfolio for dental care products across all brands to fully recyclable tubes. This will drive forward the recycling economy. The Spanish toothpaste brand “Licor del Polo” was the first.
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Diageo intends to use paper spirit bottles in the future. The new bottles will be used for the Johnnie Walker brand in early 2021. A consortium of global FMCG companies, including PepsiCo and Unilever, was formed to further develop the technology.
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With the support of the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (IVV), Beiersdorf and Werner & Mertz have been working on a standard concept for cosmetic packaging made of recycled plastic. In this way, they want to offer the industry an orientation aid.
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Bottling milk in PET is becoming increasingly popular in Italy. Fattoria Latte Sano, together with packaging specialist Sidel, is moving forward by switching the packaging of its UHT milk from cartons to “aseptic PET”. This is intended to set the manufacturer apart from the competition on the supermarket shelf.
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His voice carries weight. It is not without reason that Reinhard Schneider was awarded the German Environmental Prize in 2019. Now Schneider has turned to politics and business with an appeal. The core message: stick to the “Green Deal” and the climate protection targets without fail.
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Ferrero has published an update on its packaging strategy. Among other things, it announces the introduction of a new paper spoon for “Kinder Joy”. The prospect is a plastic reduction of more than 1,500 tons per year compared to the spoon previously used.
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FruchtBar uses mono-material bags without aluminium for the packaging of five popular fruit and cereal purees. The first fully recyclable “squeeze” has been on the market since May. Interseroh certifies best recyclability.
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Food retailer Rewe and ECF Farmsystems are testing new ways of product packaging: The “capital city basil” produced in Berlin is now being packaged plastic-free. The innovation has a pilot function and may soon be rolled out more widely.
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Particularly light bottles, a transport box with Internet connection: the PackTheFuture Award of the French plastics associations and the German
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