Sustainable Packaging

UK – Food packaging specialist Colpac has launched a new website, described as combining ‘seamless user experience, improved functionality, and a striking, image-led design’. The…

USA – Sustainable healthcare company Cabinet Health is launching its first-ever nationwide pill bottle recycling program to address the pharmaceutical plastic waste crisis. Under the…

NETHERLANDS – The Dutch government has announced plans to implement new rules for single-use plastic packaging – specifically those used for takeaway foods and drinks…

KENYA – Africa’s largest beverage manufacturer, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Kenya has announced that it will be transitioning the Dasani water bottles for both the…

SOUTH AFRICA – Austrian packaging solution provider ALPLA has invested US$65.59 million (€60m) in a new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant in Ballito, in the…

IRELAND – Irish packaging supply chain firm Zeus Packaging has acquired print and packaging firm James Hamilton Group for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is…

ITALY – CCL Industries, a world leader in specialty labels has signed a binding agreement today to acquire Pouch Partners s.r.l. Italy (“Pouch Partners”) from…

USA – Swedish Robot Supplier and manufacturer, ABB Robotics has opened a new robotics packaging and logistics headquarters in Georgia, US. This facility will serve…

INDIA – Austrian packaging solution provider ALPLA has aided Coca-Cola India to launch a new bottle made from 100% recycled polyethene terephthalate (rPET) for the…

UK – British multinational retailer, Marks & Spencer (M&S) has become the latest big retail name to remove use-by dates from its fresh milk to…