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TORAY &+™ is a new fiber made from recycled PET bottles. Friendly to the environment, it offers high quality and functionality. From recycling, to upcycling, &+™ embodies a new way of thinking designed to expand recycled fiber use, and realize a sustainable society. &+™ fibers are made from used PET bottles that are collected by local governments and shops throughout Japan. The bottles are then carefully sorted and shredded, and cleaned in an alkaline solution. The resulting material is then filtered using proprietary technology jointly developed by Toray and one of its business partners, and processed into high-purity pellets with the same whiteness and viscosity as petroleum-derived virgin material. Finally, after undergoing rigorous quality control inspections, exclusive Toray fiber manufacturing technology is used to transform the pelletized raw material into sustainable, high-quality polyester fibers. For more information: https://lnkd.in/eBZeJEY #TORAY #sustainability #recycling #Green #sustainablebusinesspractices

Heard of Chivas Brothers? Well, if you aren’t aware already… We helped them go from single-use plastic packaging to  become fully recyclable ⬇️ They told us that they had a tight deadline for the hard launch of Ballantine’s Single Malt and needed a tube packaging system that would: 💥 Support their marketing 💥 Protect the product from damage during transit So, how did we do this? We created a vacform tray to securely hold tubes, meeting their marketing and product protection needs. After a successful launch, we collaborated further to replace plastic trays with recycled fibre-based dividers and top pads, making the packaging 100% recyclable. As a result, Ballantine’s Single Malt packaging is now both 100% fibre-based and fully recyclable. If you want to learn more, check out the full case study: https://lnkd.in/e-VeZvem

This is a great example of what is happening in Container Deposit Scheme's #CDS across Australia. Making sure containers displaying the 10 cent refund mark enter these Scheme's gives every Australian an EASY way to make a POSITIVE IMPACT against #climatechange and protecting our oceans. #sustainability #betterfuture #forourplanet #rightmove #circulareconomy #circularity #recycling

In this edition of the Spotlight, we hear from monta Klebebandwerk GmbH about its self-adhesive packaging tape, made from 90% post-consumer PET recyclate Click here to read: https://lnkd.in/e4_jQRhm To get access to exclusive premium content, become a Packaging Europe member: https://lnkd.in/em_Jz4_Q Follow our hashtag to stay up to date with the latest packaging news: #PackagingEurope

It’s Global Recycling Day – a perfect date to introduce our latest video featuring our recycling partner Martogg & Company. Martogg have been manufacturing recycled plastics since 1975 and have been one of our recycling partners since January 2023. When limits on offshore exports of recycled PET came into place in 2018, Martogg seized the opportunity to invest locally and recognise the potential of Australian recycling resources. Using PET containers from Containers for Change, Martogg make high-grade purified PET flake that can be used to make food safe products such as more bottles and packaging like peanut butter jars and food trays. Watch the video to find out more about Martogg Industries' dedication to maximising recycling potential within Australia and reducing our reliance on imported recycled material or, even worse, virgin PET. We’re proud to be working with industry innovators like Martogg to help build Australia’s remanufacturing industry. Austen Ramage Heath Boucher #MeetTheRecycler #containerexchange #COEX #circulareconomy #sustainability #martoggindustries #petrecyling #PET #globalrecyclingday

Tetra Pak is announcing several strategic investments designed to level up the recycling capacity for carton packages in the European Union (EU). The move supports the goals of the proposed EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) by ensuring that all packaging components are recycled and valuable raw materials are kept in circulation for longer, therefore showcasing the pivotal role of recycling in the green transition of the food packaging sector. In 2023, Tetra Pak invested nearly €40 million to accelerate beverage carton recycling worldwide and plans to increase this even further over the coming years to achieve greater material circularity. The recent initiatives and investments are set to boost the EU’s ability to recycle beverage cartons, including the non-fibre protective layers of polyethylene and aluminium, known as ‘polyAl’. This will be achieved by either unlocking new collaborations or by strengthening the capabilities of established recyclers to turn all materials from post-consumer cartons into new high-quality resources and goods. These add to the existing and well-established recycling infrastructure in the EU, where beverage cartons are recycled in 20 specialised paper mills, with polyAl currently processed by seven facilities (and a further six under development). #packagingnews #printingnews #UAE #middleeast #northafrica #saudiarabia #labelindustry #3dprinting #printer #inks #cartridges  #PrintWeekMENA #TetraPak

Staying Ahead in Sustainable Packaging: Insights from the BCMPA Webinar Victoria Pittman, Head of Client Services and Business Development at Granby, recently attended the "Getting to the Root of Packaging Regulation for Contract Manufacturers + Packers" webinar, organised by the BCMPA and delivered by Tracy Sutton and Hannah Worthington of Root Advisors for Sustainable Packaging. This event provided a comprehensive summary of the global policy landscape for packaging, including the latest on the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations (#PPWR). What is PPWR? The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is a revision to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (1997) aimed at aligning with the EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan. The new regulations build upon existing legislation and introduce new obligations for all members of the packaging value chain. Key elements of PPWR changes are for there to be a harmonising of fragmented rules, making requirements more concrete and enforceable; Reducing virgin material use, particularly plastic (Granby banished plastics in 2022); Minimising the environmental impact of packaging throughout its lifecycle; Helping consumers understand packaging composition, origin, and disposal methods and scaling up circular infrastructure for reuse and recycling. PPWR Targets are to reduce packaging waste per capita by 5% by 2030, 10% by 2035, and 15% by 2040, and set uniform targets across all EU Member States, regardless of packaging material. PPWR was approved on 24 April and will undergo a legal review before being transposed into the EU Journal (expected Nov 2024). An 18-month transition period will follow, the likely date for enforcing measures is some time in 2025/26. So, what are the implications for the UK? Despite potential changes in in the UK Government next week, UK manufacturers and producers are expected to align their packaging with the new EU legislation to ease manufacturing burdens and ensure compliance. Victoria found the event particularly informative, stating, "In our industry, lead times and project planning can often span 6, 12, 24 months or even longer. It's crucial to stay ahead of regulatory changes to ensure compliance and to leverage these changes for our client’s business." For those interested in staying ahead of the curve in sustainable packaging, this webinar was a must-attend. If you missed it, we highly recommend signing up for future BCMPA sessions. #SustainablePackaging #PPWR #Granby #BCMPA #Root #PackagingRegulations

#PlasticWaste is everybody’s business, including the retailers and bottle depots who make it part of their businesses by receiving back drink containers for recycling! 🛒 Many deposit return schemes around the world have a “return-to-retail” model – where retailers who sell beverages also take back empty containers for recycling. Retailers are at the heart of drink container recycling: in selling drinks and collecting the containers, they play the most visible and vital role in Clean Loop Recycling and deposit return. 💚 Together with its retail and depot customers, TOMRA collects over 46 billion drink containers every year for reuse and recycling in over 60 markets. Businesses today are seeing growing demand from their customers to take a role in managing our planet’s resources. https://lnkd.in/dbWERigC Just check out these words from our retail and depot customers on the part they play! 💬 #PlasticPollution #CustomerStories

The plastic packaging industry is at a turning point, which requires a push for change. We at Faerch Group believe that this change requires educational efforts, cross-value chain collaboration, and the promotion of innovative solutions, coupled with a willingness to take risks to help the industry achieve circularity in food packaging. 🌍♻️ Aron Damen, Director of Cirrec and a recognised PET recycling specialist, shared his views recently at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe event on advancing circularity in the tray sector to keep valuable resources within the loop and out of the environment🌱. He discussed the drivers and enablers for circular recycling and explained how tray-to-tray recycling has been achieved at Faerch. Damen also highlighted what to expect with the latest investments in establishing a second tray line in our Duiven facility, which has tripled our internal recycling capacity to manage 60,000 tonnes of tray feedstock from post-consumer waste. Did you know? Cirrec is a PET tray recycling facility integrated into Faerch, which enables circularity in food packaging at industrial scale already today. This is just the beginning of a common journey towards true circularity in food packaging. Stay tuned for more to come! 🌟 #TraytotrayRecycling #PETRecyclingSpecialist #CircularRecycling #TrueCircularityinFoodPackaging

At Lyrba USA, our core vision is to create a circular economy. We are working towards this by increasing the recycling rates of thermoformed PET. Embracing this opportunity not only benefits from valuable resources but also alleviates strain on our environment. Therefore, instead of allowing thermoformed PET to end up in oceans or landfills, we give it another life, allowing producers to repurpose it into something useful once more. In 2023, thermoformed PET was recycled at a much lower rate than PET bottles. According to Recycling Partnership, PET bottles had a recycling rate of 27% while thermoformed PET stayed behind at just 9%. This discrepancy highlights several key challenges that the recycling community must address, including unique product designs, limited consumer awareness, and technological limitations. This graphic briefly illustrates a simplified version of the thermoform recycling process: Companies first design products and packaging, then the products are manufactured, and consumers use these products and sort them into a recyclable waste stream, the thermoformed plastics are then processed by recyclers, and turned into rPET flakes and rPET sheets before being used again by manufacturers. Stick around to continue learning about what makes thermoformed PET recycling challenging and our proposed solutions. #pet #thermoforming #rpetsheets #rpet #rpetindustry #rpettrends #innovation #circulareconomy #lyrbausa