Biodegradable | Sustainable Packaging News

Scottish Coffee Roastery Launches UK’s First Plant Based Home Compostable Capsule

16 September 2021
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Solinatra® Launches UK’s First Truly Sustainable Coffee Capsules Award winning Gordon Street Coffee, winners of Great Taste awards 2020 UK’s first 100% natural, biobased home compostable coffee capsules Eco friendly alternative, 60 billion capsules…Read more →

INZEA® PLA: bio-based plastic performs well in processing test

At its Customer Center in Lossburg, Germany, ARBURG regularly carries out processing tests on bio-based plastics, including the INZEA® product family distributed by Biesterfeld. The world-leading manufacturer of injection moulding…Read more →

Limerick-based Café launches with Plastic-free Lidless Coffee Cup

Limerick-based 1930 Café has launched its new coffee shop concept with a plastic-free and lidless takeaway cup as part of its initiative to tackle plastic pollution, including the huge volumes…Read more →

Packaging the benefits of wood and hemp

13 September 2021
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With an increase in online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic, the development of alternative sustainable packaging has never been more important. Currently more than 95 per cent of the foams,…Read more →

New biocompounds for extrusion and thermoforming

8 September 2021
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Biobased and biodegradable M·VERA® grades for cosmetics, food and non-food packaging The packaging is the first impression a potential customer gets of a product. Its appearance often determines the purchase…Read more →

Cortec® Unveils Revolutionary Biodegradable VCI Paper with Eco-Bio™ Technology

Cortec’s best-selling CorShield® VpCI®-146 Paper just got better for the environment with the addition of Eco-Bio™ Technology! As packaging pollution becomes an increasing concern in today’s society, Cortec® has been…Read more →

Pregis receives ‘industrial compostable’ certification for its Flo-Pak Bio loose fill product line

27 July 2021
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Pregis, a leading global manufacturer of protective packaging, has obtained “industrial compostable” certification for its Flo-Pak Bio product line of loose fill products -The Bio One (green, using natural food…Read more →

Minus Works becomes first gel pack manufacturer to receive ready biodegradability certification

Minus Works, an American manufacturer of sustainable, high-performance gel packs for the cold chain industry, announced it has received Ready Biodegradability Certification for its Plant-Based Refrigerant Gel formulation, making it…Read more →

Yes, we’ll pay more for environmentally-friendly packaging

11 June 2021
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Three in four (73%) shoppers in the UK say they would pay more for a product if the packaging had less impact on the environment, according to a new study…Read more →

A ‘radically sustainable’ partnership

29 April 2021
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Berlin-based brand i+m chose Sulapac® Nordic Collection by Quadpack for the new member of its natural cosmetics series. Award-winning German cosmetics brand i+m has launched a new product for its…Read more →

Emballator Innovation Centre is testing new bio-based material

19 March 2021
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A bio-based material made from lignin, a residual product from Scandinavian woods, is being tested at Emballator Innovation Centre for packaging. Together with RenCom, the producer of this specific material,…Read more →

Whitehall advised to back compostable materials to increase food waste recycling

19 March 2021
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EXPERTS and parliamentarians have urged the Government to back compostable materials to increase food waste recycling after a landmark report finds overwhelming support for the materials. The report, produced by…Read more →