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Amcor joins United States Plastics Pact to advance circular economy

On 26 August 2020, Amcor announced that it has joined the US Plastics Pact, a collaborative, solutions-driven initiative to create a path forward to...

India bans use of toluene in food packaging inks

BIS finally published the long awaited revision of the Indian standard IS 15945 in July 2020. The major highlight of the revised standard IS...

UFlex introduces eco-friendly paper-based Kraftika FlexiTubes

UFlex is an Indian multinational in flexible packaging materials and solutions known for continuous innovation in packaging that not only offers technologically advanced products...

India’s proposed uniform EPR framework to do more harm than good

The proposed uniform EPR framework floated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, to curtail the problem of packaging waste, has been...

Gea installs two waste heat recovery plants in India and Italy

Two plants for waste heat recovery in flat glass production lines of the Saint-Gobain Group at locations in India (Sriperumbudur) and Italy (Pisa) have...

Diageo to launch Johnnie Walker in paper bottle in early 2021

Diageo, makers of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Guinness, has announced that it has created the world’s first ever 100% plastic free paper-based spirits bottle,...

Mondi partners with Hutthaler to create new fully recyclable plastic packaging

Mondi has partnered with Austrian meat producer Hutthaler to produce a fully recyclable thermoforming film made from a mono-material for their meat and sausage...

Manjushree Technopack launches new initiative to deliver recycled packaging

Manjushree Technopack, India’s largest rigid plastics packaging company and backed by Advent International, has launched its new initiative ‘Born Again’ to deliver recycled packaging...

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hubergroup sets all sheetfed offset printing inks to cobalt-free formulations

Globally the demand for ecologically optimized products is growing. Brand owners are responding by intensified efforts to not only optimize their products, but also...

Bacardi portfolio to move to 100% biodegradable bottles

Bacardi has made a giant leap forward in the fight against climate change and plastic pollution as it unveils plans to put the world’s...

H.B. Fuller India introduces adhesive for paper straws

H.B. Fuller India has introduced a new food-safe adhesive under its leading Swifttak brand to meet the increasing paper straws demand. The company says...

Ester Industries looks beyond compliance to build circularity at scale

Vaibhav Jha, CEO of Ester Industries, used his presentation at the 13th Specialty Films & Flexible Packaging Global Summit in Mumbai to make a...

H.B. Fuller receives RecyClass Technology approval in Europe

H.B. Fuller has been approved by RecyClass as fully compatible with the existing European industrial recycling process for Polypropylene (PP) flexibles. The adhesive is...