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UK – Global strategic branding consultancy, Robot Food has rebranded Harringtons pet food, updating the brand’s logo and packaging design. The idea behind the rebrand is all about enhancing Harringtons’ ‘natural’ credentials. The company wanted to ensure it remained ahead of the competition in the category by evolving its brand in line with customers’ changing needs. Targeting better on-shelf standout…
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UK – Paper and packaging company, Mondi has added a new range of medium, high and very high-barrier paper-based packaging to its FunctionalBarrier Papers portfolio. The new line of packaging is intended to offer better product protection and support customers to use more environmentally friendly packaging solutions. Mondi has further developed its portfolio and now provides customers with a full…
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NETHERLANDS – Avantium and Henkel have signed an offtake agreement on furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) for adhesives to be used in electronics applications. Under the agreement, Avantium will supply Henkel with furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) produced in Avantium’s FDCA flagship plant, currently under construction in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. Avantium expects to start production at this world’s first commercial facility for…
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AUSTRALIA – Melbourne-based startup, Fungi Solutions has developed what it claims to be “Australia’s first” mushroom-based packaging from landfilled waste. The start-up packaging company aims to divert organic waste from landfills, marking it as the first business in Australia to convert fungi into packaging. The converting process combines fungi with organic waste to grow and create compostable packaging. After use,…
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UK – British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer, Tesco has announced plans to use plastic waste collected from coastal areas in its fresh fish packaging. The retailer claims that the move will prevent as much as 500 tonnes of discarded plastic from entering the oceans. The supermarket’s salmon, haddock, cod, and sea bass lines are set to be sold…
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UK – British retailer Waitrose, a portfolio company of John Lewis Partnership, has announced that it will now sell its own-brand tea bags in certified home-compostable packaging. Waitrose says that its Duchy tea bags have been accredited with a TUV OK compost Home certification, allowing consumers to place tea bags directly into a home compost bin or heap. According to…
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UK – Farming & Co, an online meat retailer, has unveiled a new traceability system, On-pack QR codes, which enables customers to use their smartphones to see where their whole cuts come from. Using a QR code on the packaging, customers can trace the origins of their meat, including the breed, videography of the farm where it was reared and…
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FRANCE – US-based digital watermarking solution provider, Digimarc, has expanded the Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0 to France. HolyGrail 2.0 is a cross-value chain initiative that aims to evaluate whether digital technology can increase sorting and higher-quality recycling rates for packaging in the European Union (EU). The scheme is led by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) and facilitated…
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AUSTRIA – Global specialty packaging pioneer CCL Label has developed what it claims to be the thinnest stretch sleeve on the market at a 30-micron thickness in a bid to cut carbon footprint. According to CCL Label, the sleeves are made of mono-PET that has a high degree of elasticity. This means that no adhesives and no heat is necessary…
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TANZANIA – Zaidi Recyclers, a Tanzanian recycling firm has launched a digital platform (NiBOOST integrated into the Zaidi App) for collecting dead car batteries for recycling, saving the environment and humanity from harm. The new digital platform has been put into use in the city of Dar es Salaam and is expected to expand to many localities in the near…
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