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AUSTRALASIA – Confectionery giant Mars has announced plans to switch to new recyclable packaging for its chocolate bars in Australia and New Zealand. Mars, Snickers and Milky Way chocolate bars will have biodegradable brown paper packaging, designed to be more environmentally friendly, in Australia in April and in New Zealand the following month. Mars said the wrappers on its chocolates…
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IRELAND – The Government of Ireland has announced a recycling initiative for plastic bottles and aluminum and steel cans, television channel RTE Ireland has reported. Under the Deposit Return Scheme, to be introduced in February 2024, anyone who buys a drink will pay a small deposit for the plastic bottle or can container. They can then receive their deposits back…
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FINLAND – Global supplier of labeling materials for branding and promotion, UPM Raflatac has collaborated with Orthex to offer household products and their labeling made of recycled plastic saved from ending up as marine litter. The initiative will produce products like buckets, wash bowls and water scoops using raw materials from value chains that collect plastic waste and transform them.…
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EUROPE – Mondi has released its fourth annual consumer trend survey on e-commerce, online shopping and consumer attitudes toward packaging. The survey, conducted by RetailX, drew responses from 1,000 consumers each in France, Germany, Poland, Sweden and Turkey. The survey also includes the first data on generational differences in online shopping patterns. “This research has revealed five macro trends shaping…
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INDIA – Global leader in sealing and bonding technologies, Bostik has launched two new products for the tape and label market in India, Bostik HM2060 and Bostik HM2070. Bostik HM2060 is a single solution for high-speed label converting in the Fast-Moving-Consumer-Goods (FMCG), pharmaceutical and logistics industries. As India’s manufacturing scene continues to grow, there is an urgent need to increase…
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KUWAIT – American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation, PepsiCo has launched 100% recycled plastic bottles for its Diet Pepsi product in Kuwait. The launch is part of PepsiCo’s efforts to increase alternatives for sustainable packaging in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Pepsi is the first beverage brand in Kuwait to introduce locally manufactured, 100% recycled plastic bottles through its…
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KENYA – FW Africa, the publishers of leading magazines and organisers of several successful events in Africa’s food industry has announced a new event that will change the game in the dairy industry in Africa. The Dairy Manufacturing Africa Summit & Expo, which is planned for September 21-22, 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya, will bring together the key stakeholders from the…
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NETHERLANDS – Oerlemans Packaging Group has acquired Papierindustrie Adriaan Dekker to expand its flexible packaging portfolio. Oerlemans expects to move activities from Wormer to Rijssen, the home of group member Stempher Packaging Industry. The move will allow Oerlemans Packaging Group to expand beyond its current industrial and retail flexible packaging portfolio and further into the paper packaging market. Stempher Packaging…
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AUSTRALIA – The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved a task force to address soft plastic recycling in Australia. The approval comes after 3 leading retailers (Coles, Woolworths and Aldi) lodged an urgent application for interim authorization to form the Soft Plastics Taskforce. It came after REDcycle, the country’s leading soft plastic recycling scheme, suspended its soft plastics…
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UAE – Saudi chemical company SABIC is collaborating with Guangdong Jinming Machinery and Bolsas de los Altos to support the growth of polyolefin-based innovative applications in the flexible packaging segment. The three partners have agreed to work on polyolefin-based solutions for the flexible packaging segment. They will provide an outlet to test and validate the performance of SABIC‘s polyolefin resin…
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