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Diageo, makers of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Guinness, has today announced that it has created the world’s first ever 100% plastic free paper-based spirits bottle, made entirely from sustainably sourced wood. The bottle will debut with Johnnie Walker, the world’s number one Scotch Whisky, in early 2021.
Flow Cosmetics, a Finnish natural cosmetics company, has selected paperboard from Metsä Board, part of the Metsä Group, as its packaging material of choice, for its innovative range of shampoos, body and face soaps.
On 6thJuly 2020, FEFCO co-hosted a virtual panel with Politico “Unwrapping the future of sustainable packaging?” was the theme of the debate which attractedan out standing number of 2700 unique viewers,demonstrating that the sustainability of packaging is an issue of great interest.
Flow Cosmetics, a Finnish natural cosmetics company, has selected paperboard from Metsä Board, part of the Metsä Group, as its packaging material of choice, for its innovative range of shampoos, body and face soaps.
Bar-shaped cosmetic products are ecological to use as well as to transport and store. MetsäBoard Natural FBB was selected for the packaging board for its visual appearance, lightness, and ecology. In addition, the uncoated surface of the paperboard has a pleasing natural look and feel.
At the latest since Germany’s new Packaging Act went into force last year, many manufacturers have been focusing on package recyclability. But how do you define good recyclability? And how might recyclability conflict with other sustainability goals like a smaller CO2 footprint? We talked to Sonja Bähr, Packaging Analyst at the packaging management company TILISCO, and lecturer at Berlin’s university-level Beuth Hochschule für Technik, about the challenges on the way to real sustainability in packaging design, and the risk of greenwashing.
The hunt for materials that can replace plastic is intense. Innovation work is being done on a global scale to find renewable alternatives to plastic so that humanity can reduce the huge impact on the environment from our use of plastic. Many solutions are being tried but we still have no material with all of plastic’s great advantages without its devastating disadvantages. Instead of waiting for that magic material, which may never come, packaging buyers concerned about the climate should consider the existing alternatives and move to composite materials.
As part of its continued focus on global sustainability leadership, Ahlstrom-Munksjöhas initiated its ‘from Plastic to Purpose’ campaign, highlighting first its new brand of CelluSnack™ snack packaging papers.
According to the LOHAS2020 study, a growing number of consumers are considering the consequences of their consumption behaviour. Up to two out of three Finnish consumers would like to have more information on which packaging would be the best choice for both the environment and the shelf life of the product.
The 27th China International Exhibition on Packaging Machinery & Materials (Sino-Pack2021) cum China (Guangzhou) International Exhibition on Packaging Products (PACKINNO2021) will be held on March 4-6, 2021 in Area A, China Import & Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, PR China.
Due to the COVID-19, suppliers have prompted to transform and re-planned the production line to more efficient, accurate and safer production in order to seize a higher market share. And they will gather at Sino-Pack2021 to share new technology and information with industry buyers.
Metsä Board, a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, and the Finnish start-up company Esbottle have been jointly developing an ecological and appealing paperboard flute cup concept that meets the need to reduce the use of plastic. The newly designed paperboard cup is a stylish solution for celebration drinks, as well as lightweight and easy to transport and recycle. It can be personalised using traditional printing methods and special effects.
