Companies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland won a total of 45 awards at the WorldStar Packaging Awards 2022 hosted by the World Packaging Organization (WPO). Germany leads the country ranking with 28 winners.
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Packaging designer Andreas Milk and his team have developed a glossary that lists and explains new and sustainable materials for packaging: the “Material Lab” is a free online platform.
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The Federal Ecodesign Award 2021 was presented to ten prize winners. Very different innovative projects were honored, such as care products for self-mixing or online orders without shipping material waste.
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25 role models of sustainable design were honored in Düsseldorf with the 2nd German Sustainability Award Design. The award-winning products, services, and systems range from textiles and electrical engineering to sustainable cosmetics.
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Norma is expanding its range of sustainably packaged products: The Nuremberg-based discount grocer is changing the packaging of two types of batteries.
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Coca-Cola has unveiled a prototype bottle made almost entirely of plant-based plastic. The only exceptions are the lid and label. The company says the technology is now ready to be used by stakeholders throughout the value chain.
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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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Breakthrough in the recycling of film waste from the yellow bag: Nestlé Deutschland AG, Papier-Mettler KG and Grüner Punkt have jointly developed a new shrink film made of low-density polyethylene (LDPE), about half of which consists of recyclates.
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After Coca-Cola in Germany switched the non-refillable PET bottles of its ViO, Fuze Tea and Powerade brands to recycled material in the spring, the core brands Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero, Coke light, Fanta, Sprite, and mezzo mix are now following suit.
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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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