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Exciting news on #Holygrail2! There is a big need to improve sorting and eventually move into highly granular sorting with multiple other benefits including eco modulation of EPR fees and digital product passports #DPP. Let s all transform the waste industry enabled by #Digitalisation

kp launches market-first 100% rPET tray from kp Tray2Tray Marking a significant food packaging industry milestone, Klöckner Pentaplast – kp - has launched the first food packaging trays comprising 100% recycled PET – rPET - deriving exclusively from trays. Until now, food packaging trays have been manufactured using ever increasing proportions of recovered PET material; however, the newly launched kp tray is the first to be composed entirely of recycled tray material. This milestone is the direct result of the kp Tray2Tray® initiative, which aims to rewrite the PET recycling rules. "As a bold innovator, we are thrilled to introduce the first-ever 100% rPET tray to the market." said Thomas Kure Jakobsen, President, Food Packaging at kp. "This achievement is a major breakthrough in the packaging industry, and perfectly demonstrates what is possible with the right combination of expertise and technology. Most rPET in the material loop comes from plastic https://lnkd.in/gg--Pkpk #Sustainability

Circular food packaging - Closing the loop within hotfill and thin wall packaging solutions. Join the Webinar with experts from PETCORE Europe, NGR Recycling and Perstorp.👇 https://lnkd.in/e6xN_Q_N #circulareconomy #circularity #circulardesign #packaging #packagingindustry #foodpackaging #rPET #packagingdesign #retailinsights #categorymanagement #Akestra #retailnews

Food packaging is something that most of us encounter on a daily basis, but how often do we think about their end of life? Each small change we make in our everyday lives has a big impact on building a sustainable future, and at Xampla, we’re on a mission to help contribute towards that goal. One industry where we see immense potential for positive change is food packaging, and more specifically, packaging coatings. Typically, food containers or boxes are coated with plastics or PFAS - which both have differing, yet significant negative impacts on the environment. This is where our Morro Coating is a game changer. Made from natural plant protein, it offers a completely natural, plastic-free and eco-friendly alternative to traditional packaging coatings. What sets our Morro Coating apart is that it is both highly biodegradable and readily compostable, while also providing the same grease-barrier protection needed for applications like takeaway boxes. How does it achieve this? Thanks to our technology and patented engineering, we have been able to create a coating that is both sustainable and functional (see the image below for a quick breakdown of the processing journey). For more information on Morro Coating, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eYEsEmTk #MorroCoating #EcoFriendlyInnovation #SustainablePackaging #XamplaScience 

What a fascinating day - talking with packaging people and understanding the huge opportunities for reusable and refillable systems at the Reuse and Refill Fair (Salon du Vrac, dahling) in Paris. Many viable alternatives to single-use packaging are itching to get on the market. To be a success, it will need all of us everywhere to take part - from shoppers and eaters to retailers, food manufacturers, distributors, packaging producers, used packaging collectors, cleaners, digital technology providers, local authorities, governments and more. This is a huge systematic change in how we consume and dispose of packaging, affecting primary, secondary and transport packaging. 👉🏼 Things will go fast in the next 5 years with regulations and innovations scaling up. Keep tuned! 👉🏼 Look here for packaging suppliers and organizations who are shaking things up: https://lnkd.in/eaAy5Syg #sustainability #esg #circularity #packaging

Do you have an SUP challenge, we can change that to a USP win. Evopak RCM is a unique new material that customers love, they love the feel, the recyclability (real recyclability) and the fact it protects the planet, people and wildlife. A real USP for brands and retailers. Evopak RCM recycles kerbside in existing systems, never creates plastic pollution, microplastics or toxins even if littered it is completely safe, it composts, biodegrades and returns to biomass and CO2 if not recycled. RCM gives high performance product protection, runs at high speeds on packing lines with no modification and is commercially viable to scale Produced in one of Europe's largest most advanced end to end packaging production facilities, BRC, TUV, ISO certified, we deliver the finished printed packaging to you factory door on a global basis. Not a plastic paper laminate, not a plastic dispersion not a wax paper coating. New and unique, a real circular USP. #recyclablepackaging #recycling #circulareconomy #innovation #compostable #biodegradablepackaging #safe Tom LockPaul CarvellPaul SandersonEdvardas BarauskasVictoria McAllisterSwizzels Fox's Burton's Companies (FBC) UKBurton's Biscuit CompanyGareth ReevesAnna VinogradovaDENYS PRYHODIIVolodymyr ShrederROSHEN Confectionery CorporationRoshen USA HuelBrian CrowtherBrian Dudzinski Sally EvansKellogg CompanyRichard BroadribbCalbee Group UK LtdCalbee AmericaCalbee-Wings FoodNakd Fruit & Nut BarsFULFILJordan KinderVitamin WellEllen O’BrienEllen Harper MEngKieran BevanDudley JonesMark LappingAndrew McPheeColes GroupPremier FoodsSergey KrasnoshtanJames CadburyPepsiCoMrBeast BurgerShop MrBeast

Wednesday Topic: Benefits of Using r-PET for Food Packaging: ♻️Environmental Impact: Using r-PET reduces the demand for virgin PET, lowering the environmental footprint of plastic production and reducing waste in landfills. 💲Cost-Effectiveness: Recycling PET can be more economical than producing new PET, especially as recycling technologies improve and scale. 👥Regulatory and Consumer Demand: There is increasing regulatory pressure and consumer demand for sustainable packaging solutions, making r-PET an attractive option for food packaging manufacturers. We have a solution that handles the decontamination of r-PET: The IR-CLEAN® system by KREYENBORG GmbH & Co. KG presents a compelling and cost-effective solution for directly reprocessing PET post-consumer flakes for food packaging, eliminating the need for vacuum technology and fitting seamlessly as a retrofit to existing extrusion lines. Its cleaning efficiency is confirmed by a Letter of Non-Objection from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). To learn more visit: https://hubs.ly/Q02zDbMQ0 #efactor3 #kreyenborg #infrareddryers #plasticrecycling #rpet

PEF, new partnership with Albert Heijn supermarkets for the alternative material for food #packaging with environmental credentials. Albert Heijn, one the biggest supermarket chains in Europe, part of the Ahold Delhaize group (€90B revenues and 400.000 employees), is partnering with Avantium, a chemical technology company focused on renewables, to launch the world's first #PEF packaging for supermarket products. What is PEF? PEF, known as polyethylene furanoate, is a plant-based, #circular material that is nontoxic. Unlike the current high-performance materials for food and beverage items, like PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PEF possesses stronger properties such as biodegrading at a faster rate and withstanding higher temperatures (glass transition temperature). It also extends the shelf life of food and beverages, therefore helping to reduce food waste. To enable scale-up, Avantium is constructing the first commercial plant for furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), a building block for PEF, with production starting this year, at Chemie Park Delfzijl in the Netherlands. The plant will have a capacity of up to 5,000 tonnes annually and will produce FDCA from sugars with its patented YXY technology. Marit van Egmond (photo), CEO of Albert Heijn, comments: "Albert Heijn wants to pass on a liveable earth to future generations. To make that possible, one of our goals is to make packaging more sustainable. Besides packaging reduction, recyclability and reuse, fossil-free materials are high on our wish list." PEF is about to move forward from being a promising lab-material to being an industrial reality, able to offer biodegradability, extended shelf life, and reduction of food waste. Every step that increases our #sustainability choices is something to celebrate.   Drone-video shows plant construction progress as of March 20th, 2024.  https://lnkd.in/dStrCYcX Tom van Aken

The involvement of cartonboard packaging with liquor products has always been a strong and courteous relationship. Innovation after innovation has led us to newer developments in recent years. One of those developments has been in the area of beer packaging. 🍺 Our member Smurfit Kappa have created an innovative solution called the "Top Clip" for 6 packs of beer to replace shrink wrap bundles of multi-pack in Belgium. 🇧🇪 The objective is to reduce waste and to promote more sustainable forms of packaging. With this development, the "Top Clip" will have a 30% lower carbon footprint than a shrink-wrap consumer pack. Furthermore, TopClip is made from renewable raw materials, and is recyclable and biodegradable. ♻️ In a world where solutions are increasingly complex, Smurfit Kappa showcases that sometimes it is the simple designs that have the biggest impact on our world. 😎 🍻 For more info on their developments, read about it here: https://lnkd.in/egiZH8_W #Belgium #beer #beerpackaging #packaging #cartonboard

Recyclable Australian paper potato pack wins award South Australian packaging company Detpak, a subsidiary of the Detmold Group, was awarded the prestigious APPMA | Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association Packaging Design Innovation Award for their Kerbside Recyclable Paper Bag for Fresh Potatoes, in collaboration with Mitolo Family Farms and supermarket chain Coles Group. This initiative, which marks Australia’s first kerbside recyclable paper bag designed specifically for fresh potatoes, significantly reduced plastic usage by 64%, saving 8.2 tonnes of plastic annually. Developed over three years, this paper-based packaging solution not only maintains product quality and shelf life but also aligns with the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation’s guidelines for recyclability. Detpak’s innovation is part of their broader commitment to sustainability, evidenced by their collaborations with Subway and Uber Eats to create sustainable packaging solutions, including a fibre-based catering platter and smaller-sized paper bags for single orders, as well as introducing compostable tableware under the Vanguard brand. Via ThePackHub Innovation Zone #packaging #packaginginnovation #sustainability