Print and Packaging

Xaar is highlighting industrial inkjet’s strong sustainability credentials across an increasingly wide set of industries and applications at this month’s FuturePrint Leaders Summit in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Packaging data specialist Ecoveritas is warning UK businesses to be prepared to submit their Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) return before the end of July.

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A complete switch from laser to inkjet printing can reduce energy-related emissions from printing by more than half (52.6 per cent) of current levels by 2025, saving around 1.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, according to a recent study by Dr Tim Forman, Cambridge University, commissioned by Epson. The project shows that the conscious choice of technology has an impact on the environmental balance and makes an important contribution to the net-zero scenario of the International Energy Agency, IEA.

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- Grow&Go is an optimised packaging product line for fruit and vegetables on their way from the farm to the supermarket shelves and back home.
- The product portfolio convinces with a market-leading variety of different sizes - from attractive, consumer-friendly crates and carrier bags to shipping cartons suitable for pallets
- Consciously sustainable for the circular economy, Grow&Go solutions are mono-material solutions made from easily recyclable paper and reduce food waste as fruit and vegetables are well protected in stackable, hygienic packaging

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Constantia Flexibles and Plasthill B.V., a company of the Dutch Oerlemans Packaging Group, are bringing the CompresSeal technology developed by Constantia Flexibles together to the European market. The CompresSeal film has a higher seal strength than standard polyethylene film and weighs up to 30% less. The film will be available to the first customers in selected markets from August 2022.

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Presentation of alternative technologies and ways to save gas

Explanations based on best practice examples
Consistently positive feedback from customers

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Epson recognized for ESG initiatives that contribute to social sustainability

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To gain insight into brand-owner and converter perspectives on over-the-counter pharmaceutical and wellness product packaging, we recently conducted a study with key stakeholders in the field. Through these conversations, we discovered some confusion exists surrounding the sustainability of packaging materials. In this article, we will share some of our findings and help clarify some of the benefits and challenges of over-the-counter packaging sustainability. We will also cover results from an LCA study we recently conducted on fiber-based pharmaceutical packaging.

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Short transport distances, recycled fibres, and biomass energy give Maxau Mill, the second largest producer of SC papers in Europe, a leg up.

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Upper Austrian site to be developed into a hub for sustainable packaging papers and renewable energy from 2024

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