Environment Sustainability Matters
PCH to establish sustainable packaging design centre in China
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- Published on Monday, 03 September 2012 08:26
- Written by Staff Reporter
CHINA – Supply chain management company PCH International plans to set up a new sustainable packaging design centre in Shenzhen, China, in early 2013.
Sealed Air receives recycled content certification for packaging foam
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- Published on Wednesday, 29 August 2012 09:00
- Written by Staff Reporter
CHINA – Sealed Air has received third-party recycled content certification for its Ethafoam HRC recycled content polyethylene foam, produced in its QingPu, Shanghai facility.
Industry cooperation vital for packaging sustainability
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 August 2012 08:18
- Written by Staff Reporter
CHINA – Companies in the Chinese packaging industry must work together to advance the sustainability message, according to Sealed Air’s vice president of sustainability, Dr Ronald Cotterman.
Turning plastic waste from the sea into soap packaging
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- Published on Monday, 13 August 2012 09:00
- Written by Staff Reporter
US – Soap maker Method plans to launch a new soap bottle made partially from plastic trash recovered from the beaches of Hawaii.
Stand-up pouch for wine and cocktails lowers carbon footprint
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 August 2012 09:00
- Written by Staff Reporter
UK – Offering greater portability and a carbon footprint 80% lower than glass packaging, the new range of eco-friendly easy to pour, 1.5 to 3 litre pouches from Smurfit Kappa continues to grow in the wine market.
New Starbucks cup sleeve saves equivalent of nearly 100,000 trees
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 August 2012 09:00
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US - Starbucks Coffee, together with LBP Manufacturing and Henkel, has launched its new hot-cup sleeve - Earth Sleeve – which enables a reduction in total material usage while increasing post-consumer content, saving nearly 100,000 trees.
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