Packaging

Grocery Chain Will Transition to PEF for Store Brand Packaging

Iranpolymer/Baspar Albert Heijn, the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, will use Avantium’s 100% plant-based and circular material PEF (polyethylene furanoate) for various forms of packaging. Refresco produces Albert Heijn’s new fruit juice bottle made out of PEF. This will be…

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Berry Global introduces Omni Xtra+ clingfilm

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Berry Global has launched an updated version of its Omni Xtra polyethylene clingfilm for fresh food applications. The new Omni Xtra+ film will serve as an alternative to traditional polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cling films, focusing on improved performance and sustainability. Improved…

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Coveris launches new recyclable MonoFlex Thermoform film packaging

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Austrian packaging company Coveris has developed and launched a new recyclable thermoforming film packaging solution, called MonoFlex Thermoform. The solution has been designed to serve as a sustainable alternative to replace traditional non-recyclable materials used for thermoforming packaging in the food…

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SPONSORED ARTICLE: New inflatable air cushions from SEE contain at least 95% recycled plastic

Baspar/Iranpolymer  SEE® (formerly Sealed Air) has launched a new range of BubbleWrap® Brand inflatable air pillows containing a minimum of 95% recycled plastic content to support e-commerce and fulfilment companies in meeting sustainability goals. To complement the utilisation of recycled…

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Recycling technology for plastic film wins IOM3 Circular Economy Award

Baspar/Iranpolymer  A pioneering recycling technology which promises the ability to recycle post-consumer plastic film has been recognised for its potential to increase the circularity of food packaging. Plastic recycling consultancy Nextek has been awarded the IOM3’s Circular Economy Award for COtooCLEAN,…

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AI shows plastic pollution can be almost eliminated by 2040

Baspar/Iranpolymer  A new AI-powered digital tool, which is available for anyone to access, gives users the ability to see how muc pollution can be avoided if different measures were to be taken globally. If no action is taken, the data…

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Opinion: Time to clear up the ocean-bound plastic issue

Iranpolymer/Baspar  We all know that plastic in our oceans is an environmentally devastating problem that is only getting worse. According to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Report, over 17 million tonnes of plastic entered the ocean in 2021, and that…

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Eco-products brings compostable packaging to the basketball court

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Eco-products, a brand of US-based packaging and food services company Novolex, is partnering with the Portland Trail Blazers, a professional basketball team, as its official zero waste partner. The company will provide its compostable packaging, including plates, bowls, trays,…

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Alpla, Tönissteiner launch reusable bottle made from 100% rPET

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Packaging specialist Alpla has collaborated with Privatbrunnen Tönissteiner, a mineral water company based in Germany, on the development of a reusable PET bottle made entirely of recycled material. The new bottle, of which the development was worked on by the…

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Is graphene the silver bullet for plastic recycling woes?

Iranpolymer/Baspar  If it feels like you’ve been hearing about recycling plastic all of your life, you might be right. The first plastic recycling mill was built in 1972[1], about the same time as the Environmental Protection Agency was formed. But…

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Pacur selects Eastman’s Eastar Renew for medical device packaging

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Wisconsin-based custom sheet extruder Pacur will use Eastman’s Eastar Renew 6763 to produce rigid, thermoformed, sterile barrier medical device packaging, the company has announced. The materials in the Eastman Renew polymer portfolio are manufactured with ISCC certified circular content…

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Italian Packaging Company Will Use Recycled PET From Food Trays to Produce New Film

Iranpolymer/Baspar AMB Spa, a packaging producer based in Italy, will use PET flakes from Indoraa’s PET tray recycling operations in its food-grade packaging film. The partnership between AMB and Indorama is aimed at diverting 150 million post-consumer trays from landfill or…

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Heinz revamps Tomato Ketchup bottles with fully recyclable caps

Iranpolymer/Baspar  This should ensure the whole bottle and the cap can now be recycled in regular kerbside collection. The move means a potential 300 million plastic caps annually can be recycled, instead of ending up into landfill. Heinz said it…

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New HDPE grade designed for recyclability

Iranpolymer/Baspar  ExxonMobil has developed a new HDPE grade specifically designed with machine direction oriented (MDO) PE film applications in mind. ExxonMobil HD7165L has been ‘designed for recyclability’ said the company, to help converters create recyclable mono-material laminates suitable for packaging…

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Braskem, SCG Chemicals form JV to advance Thai bio-based ethylene project

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Thailand-based petrochemical company SCG Chemicals and Brazil chemicals group Braskem have announced the signing of a joint venture agreement to create Braskem Siam Company Limited. The aim of the new company will be to produce sugar-cane based bio-ethylene from…

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Scientists develop pineapple stem starch film for packaging fruits and vegetable

Iranpolymer/Baspar  A team of scientists from Thailand and Malaysia, led by principal investigator, Associate Professor Taweechai Amornsakchai from Mahidol University, has successfully developed a low-cost and green method to make films prepared from pineapple stem starch (PSS) for food packaging,…

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The role of biodegradable materials in reducing medical plastics waste

Iranpolymer/Baspar In recent years, the growing concerns over environmental sustainability have prompted a critical examination of the impact of plastic waste on our planet. Nicolle Portilla, marketing manager, ZeroWaste Partnerships and RTS, explores the importance of materials’ roles in reducing medical…

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German Retailer’s Packaging Incorporates Digital Watermarking

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  Netto Marken-Discount, a German retailer with 4,300 stores, announced its Netto brand products are now Digimarc recycle-ready. Netto food and beverage products have Digimarc watermarks, imperceptible to humans but machine-readable, incorporated into the packaging. The product digitization facilities product scanning…

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ADBioplastics develops industrially compostable single-use packaging for olive oil

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  The Spain-based additives and bioplastics manufacturer has created a bioplastic called PLA-Premium which it claims offers improved processability, yet, like regular PLA, is 100% compostable under industrial conditions. TÜV Austria has certified the single-use product to disintegrate within…

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Ravago, Republic form post-consumer plastics JV

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  In a major recycling deal, Republic Services Inc. and Ravago Group have formed Blue Polymers LLC, a joint venture that will build and operate plants to generate 100 percent post-consumer resins. The joint venture will make high density…

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