Food & tobacco

The mono-material structures enable enhanced recyclability by eliminating the need for material separation during recycling, improving resource efficiency and supporting the circular economy.

The buyback scheme is specifically designed for HPMC’s branded glass bottles used for packaging fruit products, including apple juice, jams, preserves and squashes, ensuring that the packaging materials are recovered and reprocessed rather than discarded as waste.

Interest in the initiative has led to long queues forming at deposit return machines in Istanbul and several other provinces as people brought bags of used plastic bottles, glass bottles and aluminum cans to be processed one by one.

The initiative builds on broader Syrian-UAE logistics cooperation, with discussions underway to establish a logistics corridor connecting Syrian ports with Iraq’s Port of Umm Qasr, extending to Khalifa Port in the UAE.

Over 100 Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs) have been installed across the state, with more than 65 percent of panchayats issuing no-objection certificates for deployment.

The proposed regulations explicitly require invoices to contain a brief description of the product or service, which must align with information printed on product packaging, reinforcing the connection between labelling accuracy and consumer rights.

CalRecycle’s draft regulations have broadened exemptions for FDA- and USDA-regulated packaging, including dairy products, raising concerns that the law could lose up to half its funding.

The two companies will collaborate from the initial raw material design stage to develop packaging that strengthens cold and heat resistance properties.

The packaging is manufactured using food-safe RPET containing 70% recycled content, offering high clarity for product visibility while remaining lightweight at approximately 11g.