2:46 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Alternative rPET application

Sonopress and SK Chemicals agree on cooperation in the field of 100% recycled PET distributed by Biesterfeld Plastic for the EcoRecord Long-Playing Record

Leading storage media manufacturer Sonopress has developed a revolutionary new form of long-playing record that dramatically reduces the environmental impact of the manufacturing process. Neither natural gas nor steam are needed to press the discs, and in test operations the energy ...
1:28 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Bottle development and design

ALPLA and TÖNISSTEINER realise reusable PET bottle made entirely of recycled material

The packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA and the mineral water company ...
3:33 min Strategies & Market Analysis, Digitization, Sorting and collection
Study

TOMRA: Young recyclers have digital experience high on agenda, research reveals

TOMRA has commissioned a European study examining what young people want and ...
1:40 min Digitization, Sorting and collection
Digital watermark technology

France to be first country to launch Digimarc Recycle

Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq: DMRC), the pioneer in product digitization and leader in digital watermarking, announced today that France, selected by the HolyGrail initiative leadership team, will become the first country-wide implementation of Digimarc Recycle. This marks ...
2:31 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Asia Pacific
rPET

Coca-Cola India launches 100% recycled PET bottles in the carbonated beverage category

Taking a major step to support a circular economy, Coca-Cola® launched in ...
1:31 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Statement

Lego stops plans to make bricks from recycled plastic bottles

Lego has announced that it is no longer testing rPET from used beverage bottles as a raw material. The company says the reason is that rPET did not help save CO2. At least the decision means that more PET beverage bottles can remain in circulation for this application.
2:29 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Recycled plastics
Circular solution

LC Packaging, PET Recycling Team, Starlinger and Velebit close the loop with Big Bags made from recycled Big Bags

With the purpose of developing a circular solution for FIBCs (Big Bags), LC ...
2:70 min Digitization, Sorting and collection
Digital watermark technology

Industrial tests with HolyGrail 2.0 technology continue, leading to France-wide pilot market launch in 2024

With the 2030 deadline looming – when 100% of plastic packaging must be reusable, easily recyclable, or compostable – the Digital Watermarks Initiative Holy Grail 2.0 is pleased to announce it is now entering the final phase of R&D trials, to validate the technology at the ...
2:13 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Recognition

K3® r100 wins Green Packaging Star Award

Berglandmilch is the first company in Austria to use the self-separating K3® r100 packaging. For its product innovation, Greiner Packaging has now received the Green Packaging Star Award, which is presented annually by the Austrian magazine KOMPACK.  The Green ...
3:10 min Climate protection
Ambition

Systemiq commits to net zero path for 2040

From food and fashion to energy and construction, Systemiq teams have been helping global industries to reduce their environmental impact. As we try to raise the pace of positive change, we’re doing the same internally too, with significant cuts in our emissions by 2025, as Aditi ...