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New PE-based, high-barrier, flexible stand-up pouches deliver toughness, stiffness and shelf-appeal and can be produced at speed, on existing VFFS production lines.

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Mondi continues to support customers in the growing eCommerce market by extending its innovative MailerBAG range of sustainable paper solutions

Paper-based MailerBAG is fully recyclable in existing paper waste streams and replaces the need for plastic packaging
Mondi's recent investment in its European plants means it will be able to deliver approximately 350 million paper bags per year for the online retail industry

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Clariant pigments certified OK compost INDUSTRIAL can be used to color plastic products, including packaging, intended to be compostable

Certification awarded by the TÜV AUSTRIA
Label opens new color opportunities to masterbatch and packaging producers and helps the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry fulfill its sustainability commitments

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Mondi and Unilever have jointly developed a recyclable, paper-based packaging solution for Unilever's Colman's brand to reduce the amount of plastic and aluminium used

Colman's Meal Makers will now be protected with aluminium-free paper-based packets that ensure high barrier protection
Mondi's EcoSolutions approach supports Unilever in its sustainability goal to halve the amount of plastic used in its packaging

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New collaboration will yield fully recyclable ABS grades with equivalent properties with INEOS Styrolution’s virgin general purpose ABS GP-22

Grades with 50% or 70% recycled content are now available as a drop-in solution for customers in the Chinese market
Advances China’s targets towards closed loop recycling and reduced plastic waste

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Cabot Corporation’s black masterbatch TECHBLAK™ based on recycled polymers now used in all ECONAMID® formulations

DOMO is a leader in sustainable polyamide solutions
New products help the push towards a plastic’s circular economy

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Production volume for emission control catalysts at plant in Heufeld, Germany increased by 100% to meet rising global need

The site produces EnviCat® emission control catalysts, which remove up to 99% of harmful substances from industrial off-gases
Clariant continues strong growth in China, with 56 new contracts for emission control catalysts in 2020 and 2021

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SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has announced that its Functional Forms plant in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands, has been accredited under the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS scheme for providing a new range of LEXAN™ film and sheet products based on certified renewable feedstock. The new film and sheet product offering connects with the company’s existing TRUCIRCLE™ initiative and responds to a globally growing demand for further sustainable material solutions in an increasingly more circular plastics economy.

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INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, and Sirap Group, a leader in sustainable food packaging solutions, announced today to incorporate the new mechanically recycled Styrolution® PS ECO, a 100% recycled polystyrene, for new food packaging solutions.

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The leading global snack manufacturer is taking full advantage of Sonoco’s EnviroCan™ range for its Mini Cheddars, Cheeselets, Cracker Crisps and Twiglets products.

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From vehicle interiors to the smartphones we hold in our hands every day, and even washing machine control panels: As consumers, we place high demands on the technology that surrounds us. Manufacturers therefore face the particular challenge of combining smart features with excellent design - while at the same time keeping production cost-effective and sustainable.

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As world mono-material plastic packaging film consumption is forecast to grow during 2020–25 at an annual average rate of 3.9% to 26.03 million tonnes ($70.9 billion)¹, AR Packaging is meeting the challenge by launching Ecoflex® - its 100% recyclable mono polyethylene film for thermoforming that provides a sustainable alternative to PA-based materials, whilst fully meeting OPRL guidelines.

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ONE of the UK’s leading print on demand companies believes the service should be embraced by publishers wanting to drive down costs and lower their environmental footprint.

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Konica Minolta's AccurioJet KM-1e press has been accredited by INGEDE, the international association of the deinking industry, for deinking uncoated papers printed with the system. Deinking technology allows papers to be fed into the recycling process.

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Etiket Schiller launches label novelty made from the silphia plant

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With its decision to join the VDMA’s Blue Competence initiative, Koenig & Bauer has reaffirmed its commitments to sustainability and social responsibility which are anchored in its corporate philosophy and have characterised the company ever since it was founded more than 200 years ago.

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Antalis UK and Ireland is pleased to announce that they are the exclusive stockists of Eska Black – a black solid board with natural texture and minimal environmental impact. Specially designed for luxury graphical and packaging applications, this 100% sustainable board boasts minimal environmental impact, with maximum added value.

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Contact Originators introduces European-first super still for platemaking

Flexographic platemaker, Contact Originators, has unveiled its giant 24,000 litre distillation unit housed at the company’s new site in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester.

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Food is for consumption - that is its main purpose. But inventive companies are also finding other ways to use certain foods so that they become a sustainable solution for everyday life. These include containers made of beeswax, for example. Lithuanian company Bee Loop has developed a honeypot made from 100% pure beeswax that is organic, renewable, edible, biodegradable, antifungal, antiviral, antiseptic, antibacterial and, above all, recyclable. People and nature benefit from this solution. The invention was awarded the Adobe Sustainable Design of the Year Award, among others.

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MCC’s work with Orkla and Digimarc’s digital watermarking is part of HolyGrail 2.0

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