AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

The project utilises modern technologies to treat agricultural and animal residues through controlled biodegradation, improving soil fertility, reducing reliance on chemical fertilisers, and lowering methane emissions resulting from waste accumulation.

Unlike industrial compostable plastics that require high-temperature, high-humidity facilities not available in home settings, the T55 label’s home compostability certification ensures breakdown in backyard compost bins, where most household fruit waste ends up.

For India’s electronics supply chain, that packaging step is not incremental, it is the difference between raw material and finished goods.

He stated that the sooner the industry equips itself to evolving technological challenges, the better positioned it will be to further cutting-edge packaging.

OMET’s Cold Foil Saver technology selectively applies foil only where the design requires it, cutting consumption by more than half.

Ravi Jaipuria stated that the company is putting up a recyclable PET plant, noting that after putting that plant, imports will reduce substantially, and the company will be exporting to other countries from Zimbabwe.

The hub’s repackaging centres are designed to address a fundamental packaging failure: food arriving from multiple smallholder farms in varied, non-standardised containers must be sorted, cleaned, and repackaged into uniform.

The FAO report does not argue against recycled packaging, it argues for the systems that make it safe.

The Ruby R10-DTF ink set, with its high-opacity white layer, ensures that light-coloured decals remain visible when applied to dark or metallic backgrounds.

The increasing shift toward digital printing, customized packaging, and sustainable printing materials is creating new opportunities for technology providers, commercial printers, and packaging companies.