Unilever on its roadmap towards plastic reduction - Nestlé gives update on sustainable packaging progress - More on air up's 50% recycled bottle
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Welcome to this edition of the Packaging Europe LinkedIn newsletter! As always, we've gathered the most significant packaging news from the last seven days, so you can stay informed about the industry's most important stories and emerging trends.
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Illuminating Unilever’s roadmap to plastic reduction
Unilever has underlined its efforts to eliminate virgin plastics and incorporate post-consumer resins in its packaging designs – but calls for developments in recycling infrastructure and harmonized legislation to ensure that such changes are fully beneficial to a circular economy.
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Nestlé gives update on sustainable packaging progress
Nestlé lists a decrease in virgin plastic consumption, an uptake in recycled plastic content, its participation in reuse and refill trials, and its support of international legislation to combat waste among its steps towards more sustainable packaging practices in the last five years.
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New ITC Packaging technology injection moulds thin-wall PET containers in a single step
ITC Packaging has worked with BMB SPA and Novapet to unveil TWI-PET, a new technology that produces thin-wall, flexible PET packaging in a one-step injection moulding process.
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Refillable Air Up bottles now contain 50% molecularly recycled content from Eastman
A new line of reusable bottles made from Eastman Tritan Renew – constituting 50% ISCC-certified recycled content sourced from a molecular recycling technology – has been launched by air up.
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Packaging Europe’s brand director Tim Sykes spoke to Monica Battistella, Sustainability Manager at Taghleef Industries, about flexible packaging circularity, Taghleef’s sustainability strategies, and the company’s developments in design for recyclability.
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ACTEseal® PVC-free heat seal coatings from ACTEGA: The ideal solution for improving the recyclability of aluminium coffee capsules
ACTEGA, a global company that specializes in developing and producing specialty coatings, inks, adhesives, sealants and compounds for the printing and packaging industry, has recently achieved an important breakthrough in the coffee capsule market. The new ACTEseal® heat seal coatings for the internal coating of aluminium coffee capsules are PVC-free, making a significant contribution to improved recyclability.
Aluminium coffee capsules offer convenience in our fast-paced lives while protecting the coffee powder from external influences. However, PVC-containing capsules contribute to environmental damage and require complex and costly recycling processes.
The new ACTEseal® heat seal coatings not only improve the recyclability of aluminum coffee capsules, but also help increase the use of circular materials in packaging as they create a firm seal against recycled aluminium.
However, the advantages of these new PVC-free coatings go beyond sustainability: they impress with their excellent sealing seam strength, high burst pressure in stress tests, and their flexibility and formability.
Only raw materials suitable for direct food contact and proven to comply with standard market food regulations (including FDA and EU regulations) are used in their production. In addition to this range for interior coating, ACTEGA also offers a broad portfolio of primers, base coats, print and overprint varnishes for the exterior of coffee capsules.
Sustainability is at the core of ACTEGA's business. The company advocates for the circular economy and focuses on developing sustainability-driven solutions and products targeting downstream stages of the value chain that can make the world ‘a little bluer’.
This content was sponsored by ACTEGA.