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Environment Sustainability Matters

Sustainable paper-based pods for coffee

Details: Published on Friday, 16 November 2012 09:00; Written by Staff Reporter

SPAIN – Malongo has launched the very first coffee pod packaging on the market that is entirely recyclable and degradable.

GreenBottle set to take wine sector by storm

Details: Published on Friday, 09 November 2012 09:00; Written by Des King

UK – Packaging inventor Martin Myerscough has now extended his well-received GreenBottle paper bottle concept, made from post consumer recycled paper waste, to the wine sector.

Majority of Chinese against excessive packaging

Details: Published on Wednesday, 07 November 2012 08:21; Written by Staff Reporter

CHINA – About 97.5% of respondents to a recent poll in China believe that excessive packaging is a serious packaging for consumers.

Novelis opens Asia's largest beverage can recycling plant

Details: Published on Monday, 29 October 2012 20:07; Written by Staff Reporter

Bales-of-crushed-aluminum-cans-at-Novelis-recycling-plant SOUTH KOREA - Novelis has announced the opening of Asia’s largest aluminium beverage can recycling centre, at its facility in Yeongju, South Korea, as part of a multi-year, $400 million expansion of Novelis' operations in Korea.

Disney stops sourcing paper from APP and APRIL

Details: Published on Tuesday, 16 October 2012 08:41; Written by Staff Reporter

GLOBAL – Disney has pledged to eliminate the use of paper connected to the destruction of endangered forests and animals from its operations and licensees, effectively ceasing sourcing from Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) and Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings (APRIL).

China’s plastic bag ban saves more than 4.8 tonnes of oil

Details: Published on Monday, 17 September 2012 08:08; Written by Staff Reporter

CHINA - China’s ban on ultra thin plastic shopping bags has saved more than 800,000 tonnes of plastic or the equivalent of 4.8 million tonnes of oil in the four years since it was introduced in 2008.