ECO Plastics, Europe’s leading plastic bottle recycler, has raised £24m to drive expansion plans at its Hemswell recycling facility. The funds provide a solid financial platform for the company’s exciting expansion plans, including their joint venture with Coca-Cola Enterprises - unveiled in March - which will more than double British production of food-grade recycled material (rPET) for soft drinks packaging.
Gillette, Coca Cola, Intel, GlaxoSmithKlein and Heinz are among the top brands to secure DuPont Packaging Awards announced today. The 23rd annual awards program honors packaging innovation and shows how collaboration throughout the global value chain can bring cost-effective innovation to the market to help improve sustainability, the consumer experience and reduce waste.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI), the world’s largest glass container manufacturer, announced the launch of Glass Is Life™. This groundbreaking marketing campaign is designed to showcase the unique and unmatched qualities of glass packaging to build successful food and beverage brands.
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers today announced that it will host a global online Packaging Exchange focused on addressing sustainable packaging issues and package design considerations to improve sustainability and reduce waste.
An advanced polymer modifier that could speed the growth of polylactic acid (PLA) polymers in packaging forms the basis of a presentation at the Sustainability in Packaging Conference in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 24 by Carol Casarino, global technology manager for Packaging and Consumer – DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers.
Researchers from the Jaume I University in Castellón (Spain) have evaluated the efficiency of the four urban waste collection models used in Spanish cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants. The results show that, in the best of cases, 45% of paper and 20% of metal and plastic containers are recycled - percentages that are far off the minimum targets established by law.
Polythene UK, the largest broker of polythene film and bags in the UK, is offering free compostable checkout bags to visitors to the easyFairs ECOPACK show next February to help promote the product launch and ultimately persuade consumers, supermarket buyers, and government members to switch to a ‘greener’ option.
David Kappos, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) said that the deadline for filing petitions under the Green Technology Pilot Program has been extended from December 8, 2010 to December 31, 2011.
Deutsche Bank takes clean tech seriously. A fact that was driven home by the appointment of Adam Bergman as a director in the firm’s global clean technology corporate coverage group.
OnGreen, a web-based ‘green and clean’ market place, has announced a $1.4 million investment in raised from a fund that is jointly owned by Blue Marble Ventures in Los Angeles and China Southern Hong Kong Investment Ltd in Shanghai.
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