To close the loop for plastic packaging, 51 partners are participating in a new AI application hub. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the measure aims to improve the sustainability of plastic packaging along the entire value chain in two innovation labs.
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Sidel has opened a new center for PET recycling. At the only PET recycling pilot plant to date in Octeville, France, the company aims to deepen its expertise in PET recycling to fully support market players in the switch to recycled PET.
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Legal framework conditions and challenges as well as ways to improve the circular economy were the main topics at the Austrian Packaging Day 2022.
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During FACHPACK at Forum PACKBOX, the Green Packaging Star Award of the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) was presented.
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There are several preparation options on the way to a finished coffee treat. Coffee capsules for automatic brewers have become one of the most popular, but they are not the most sustainable choice because they generate a lot of packaging waste – primarily aluminum and plastic. Now, more and more manufacturers are turning to environmentally friendly capsules.
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“The megatrend of digitization and automation – what does it mean for packaging printing” was one of the topics discussed by the flexographic printing trade association DFTA at the PACKBOX forum at FACHPACK. Jürgen Dornheim, sustainability and packaging expert from Procter & Gamble reported on the “Holy Grail” initiative.
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Good mood at FACHPACK: The exhibition organizers drew up an interim balance on Wednesday and expressed their satisfaction to journalists with the course of the two exhibitions FACHPACK and POWTECH, which are being held in parallel at the Nuremberg Exhibition Center for the first time.
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OTTO is the first online store in Germany to send selected online orders in fully compostable, biodegradable shipping bags. These are made of grass paper and a bio-based plastic substitute that is produced from plant waste and, according to the manufacturer, degrades within two weeks.
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Lightweight, fully recyclable, and, for the first time, with post-consumer recycled content in the mechanical components: the new spray head of Werner & Mertz’s Frosch brand of cleaning products is designed to be more sustainable than before.
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Analogous to the exhibition motto, NürnbergMesse and bayern design are shining a spotlight on opportunities offered by social change processes in packaging design in the special show “Transition in Packaging by Design” at FACHPACK in Hall 7 (Stand 432).
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