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A paper bottle? On one hand, it sounds odd but on the other, why did it take so long? "Diageo has launched a trial for a paper-based bottle for Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur; while a Johnnie Walker paper-based bottle is also in development." The bottle is made from a "Dry Molded Fiber" that is 90% paper with a foil seal and plastic liner. The bottle, which can be disposed of in standard recycling programs without removing the plastic liner, was designed with PulPac and PA Consulting. They are also looking at the technology for pharmaceutical blister packs. #CSCCSCM #packaging #paper #sustainability #environment #manufacturing #beverageindustry #spirits #retail #grocery #foodandbeverage #supplychain #logistics

PPWR & Green Deal: Did you know that from 2025, all deposit containers in reverse vending machines in Austria will (have to) be plated in the one-way deposit system? With my collection machines, it will also be possible to plate deposit containers at all small take-back points as soon as clear and forgery-proof recording is possible using a serialised 2D barcode on the deposit containers. It is also possible to use my collection machines in supermarkets as stand-by collection aids for invalid deposit containers to save space. The savings potential, especially when transporting the flattened deposit containers to the sorting systems, can be up to 70 %. The flattening of lightweight packaging will be state of the art from 2023 - see EP patent and US patent - https://lnkd.in/grjHnwgH https://lnkd.in/dDC3Geip and soon my collection machines will also be produced in Slovakia! See them too: https://lnkd.in/dNRqavMn

From next year under the EU #SingleUsePlastic Directive (SUPD), it will be mandatory for caps and lids to remain attached to beverage containers of up to three liters. Packaging Insights speak to SABIC’s Caps and Closures team about the caps it has introduced to the market in an era of #environmentalsustainability across the industry. Explore the latest trends in caps and closure in the full report. #environmentalimpact #packagingdesign #packagingsolutions Reported by Sabine Waldeck.

Together with The Coca-Cola Company, we undertake a number of measures aimed at contributing to the solution of the global packaging waste problem. The reduction of it is also one of the objectives of the European Union, which has initiated, as part of the regulation on single-use plastics, a significant change in this regard – caps attached to plastic bottles. The new solution constitutes both an important part of the process of closing the loop on packaging as well as another step towards fulfilling Coca-Cola system’s ambition – a World Without Waste. Our new closures have been designed to ensure that a bottle and its cap are inseparable, and all packaging elements can be collected together, thus allowing to reduce the amount of waste in the environment ♻️♻️♻️  We have made efforts to maintain their functionality and comfort to use. We’re happy, that we’ve already implemented this innovation in all our plants in Poland and the Baltics - almost a year before the deadline set by the European Commission. We hope you will like our new caps as well! Click here to see how it works: 🇱🇹 https://lnkd.in/diqwznRs 🇱🇻 https://lnkd.in/dkkVEd8N 🇪🇪 https://lnkd.in/dK5QRC4z #Sustainability #TogetherForGood

Getting up to speed with grouping solutions replacing plastics! One more example (Westrock & Coca-Cola) to replace plastic rings in multipacks for bottles, with recyclable paperboard carriers. New equipment will replace more than 100 KTn of plastic by recyclable paperboard. This example is aligned with the initiative started already by Pepsico to eliminate plastic rings in several of their brands across US and Canada, replacing them by paper-based alternatives; and initiative of Coca-Cola in Austria that piloted a carboard and paper alternative to plastic shrink film. https://lnkd.in/dvPNNn2a Mondi is also claming that its paper-based alternative to plastic shrink wrap for bottle bundle packs, reduces carbon footprint by 43% compared to LDPE solution. Hug&Hold : Paper packaging solution designed and developped to wrap and transport PET bottles, by replacing plastick shrink wrap. https://lnkd.in/dX6J7dKd What do you think about these type of solutions? #sustainablepackaging #sustainability

Following the European Union's Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUP), Coca-Cola has begun rolling out PET bottles with tethered caps before they become mandatory (on single-use 3-litre and smaller beverage containers) across the European Union market 💡 The tethered cap features a special tamper-evident band that, once broken, does not impact the cap’s ability to remain attached ✅ Because tethered caps are less likely to be littered and more likely to be recycled, we look forward to their future launch in #SouthAfrica – CLICK on the image below to learn more about this development ⤵️ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸: https://lnkd.in/dyFx9C6G #CollectSortRecycle #Recycle #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #WasteManagement

https://lnkd.in/ec7d9dqP "Ireland launched its Deposit Return Scheme with the help of Sensoneo" This is great news, because it is a great step in the right direction...Congratulations and much success... Now we must continue building an industrial-level plastic recycling system that works. A system where the quality and the price of the recovered/recycled plastics matters as much as the volume that can be recovered. Perhaps these types of initiatives have taken a long time to come to fruition, due to our bad habit of going around in circles that lead nowhere (whose only merit is that they only increase the entropy of the system). In fact, DRS are the only way to get closer to the objectives and commitments that the industry has made. In passing, those who are dedicated to launching regulations and laws on the subject should understand much better the problem they are trying to legislate about; and at the same time stop signing commitments and obligations that violate very basic things in science, engineering and economics. Now we must, as the next stage, focus on being able to recycle well: That is, being able to reprocess post-consumer plastics with the quality and in the volume that corresponds to the objectives that we ourselves are committing to. Along with the above, and without any excuse, we must also ensure that recycled plastics are competitive in sales prices to final consumers and in quality, with respect to virgin plastics. And in that same process, we must also be able to guarantee a number of recycling cycles that is at least as good as the number of recycling cycles for paper and cardboard; or with losses similar to those in the recycling cycles of aluminum alloy cans. DRS are essential for all of the above; But in no case do the DRS guarantee being able to meet the goals of replacing virgin plastics with recycled post-consumer plastics. The latter has not yet been achieved, and with the available technologies it seems very difficult to achieve. A condition to achieve the objectives for 2025 and 2030 is undoubtedly having good quality plastic garbage; that is unquestionable. That is the greatest achievement of DRS systems (and this is not just a problem of cleaning and contamination of waste). However, the purity of our plastic waste is in no way a sufficient condition to achieve the goals we now have. Indeed, we still have a lot to learn (invent) about reprocessing plastics without destroying them in the process. We still need to be able to escape the trap of downcycling, and for that we need a lot of financing - putting the money in the right places - and above all we need a lot of new and better ideas about the rheology and processing technologies of post-consumer plastics... Along the way we must re-understand and reimagine much of the macromolecular physics and chemistry that brought us here...  Are we ready for all that?  Hopefully so... It should be time to start listening to the experts...

Wonder why Coca-Cola changed their Sprite bottle from green to clear?... because in respect to recycling, green bottles are not as highly priced by collectors in the recycling industry as the clear ones... and this switch was a demonstration of Coca-Cola’s commitment to extended producer recycling responsibility. In this case, market research provided valuable insights into environmental concerns, packaging trends, and industry norms. The decision to change from green to clear Sprite bottles likely resulted from a combination of these factors, all of which were informed by thorough market research to ensure that the new packaging design resonated with consumers and communicated Coca-Cola's commitment to recycling responsibility. Video Source: Nairobi Securities Exchange PLC YouTube Channel Unlock Your Business Potential – Contact Us for Your Effective Market Research - [email protected] #UnlockYourBusinessPotential

IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e. V. argues that ‘material-discriminatory’ measures remain in the provisional Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, and it is feared that resultant loopholes will exacerbate trade conflicts and adverse environmental effects To get access to exclusive premium content, become a Packaging Europe member: https://lnkd.in/em_Jz4_Q Follow our hashtag to stay up to date with the latest packaging news: #PackagingEurope

With all due respect to Jan, I think this makes a lot of sense. Mandates for recycled content in PET packaging, particularly in beverage bottles, as well as the need to prove that materials are going to “responsible” end markets in EPR regulations make this a good move by Republic. From an environmental and economic development perspective, we should be encouraging domestic development of facilities like this as the ideal outcome is to create circular markets for materials in markets where they were originally produced. That said, given the tremendous supply challenge coming for CPG companies given company pledges and regulatory requirements, I anticipate a rush to lock up long term supply contracts and international supply will be critical to meeting demand. #EPR #packaging #recycling