End of Life and Recovery

Smart Packaging Solutions, a division of the multinational VPK Group, a Dutch company specialising in the production of green paper and cardboard packaging, has come up with some new solutions to meet market needs. To better understand what drove the company to create innovative sustainable alternatives, Eline Verheijden, plant coordinator in Loenen (The Netherlands), explains.

IFCO, the German provider of Reusable Packaging Containers (RPCs), completed the European roll-out of IFCO RPCs for Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd on schedule at the beginning of May 2023. With IFCO as the exclusive provider of RPCs for fresh fruit and vegetable categories for the Aldi supply chain, the discount retailers secure long-term higher logistics efficiency and even more sustainability.

Tinned tuna, beer and soft drink caps, jar lids, sun creams and insect sprays: Italians' beach bags also contain steel packaging, and correct disposal is a good habit and a fundamental practice to be maintained even on holiday. Ricrea is once again launching its "Cuore Mediterraneo" itinerant campaign to raise awareness among swimmers and sailors of the many, often little-known properties of steel packaging and the rules for separate collection.

Sagra, the historic oil brand, has made its commitment to reducing its environmental impact even more tangible by launching new bottles made from 100% recycled plastic that are completely recyclable. A new green milestone in the name of the circular economy and respect for the environment.

New research from the renewable materials company Stora Enso sheds light on the importance of packaging in achieving greater food systems sustainability. The report entitled “Food packaging for better food systems” identifies 13 impact opportunities for the food packaging value chain, powered by innovation an...

To incentivise the collection of empty paper bags after they have been used on building sites, ready to be taken off a recycling plant for making recycled paper for manufacturing bags for other products as part of a proper circular economy process. This is, in short, the "Make the Difference, One Bag After Another" project promoted by...

Südpack, a German manufacturer of high-performance films and packaging materials for the food, non-food and medical goods industries, devotes more than 50% of its investments to technologies that help to improve sustainability. 30% of its turnover is...

On 22nd April, on the occasion of Earth Day, Acqua Lete and the AC Milan Football Club announced the launch of an innovative environmental sustainability project in collaboration with Coripet, a leading consortium in the collection and...

For many years Tetra Pak has been working in partnership with a number of companies committed to environmental sustainability and the development of a circular economy, such as Filoalfa, an Italian company belonging to the...

An international team of experts, led by researchers from the Institute of Subtropical and Mediterranean Horticulture 'La Mayora' (IHSM-CSIC-UMA), in Malaga, and the Institute of Material Sciences of Seville (ICMS-CSIC-US), located in the Parque Científico Tecnológico Cartuja de Sevilla, has developed tomato pomace resins...