Food

Finalist interviews: Fraunhofer's biodegradable functional barrier coatings

As the Sustainability Awards 2020 ceremony draws closer, we speak to another contender - today, it’s the turn of bio-

Finalist interviews: Collaboration for food packaging from chemically recycled PA and PE

With the Sustainability Awards 2020 ceremony just nine days away, we talk with BASF, Borealis, Südpack and Zott - finalists in

EU-funded project reports success with food packaging bioplastics projects

The EU-funded REFUCOAT project has successfully developed a new set of processes for producing bioplastics for food packaging from

Crown Van Gelder introduces paper made from Dutch sugar beets

Crown van Gelder, a Dutch paper manufacturer, will start selling paper made with sugar beet waste in January 2021, making

2020 Pentawards winners announced - celebrating the power of design

Sustainable luxury takes centre stage at his year's Pentawards with Air Co's packaging for "first

Mondi delivers fully corrugated solution for BIOhof’s fresh produce

Mondi’s collaboration with BIOhof Kirchweidach, an organic farm in Bavaria, has resulted in a new paper-based packaging solution

Amcor and Nestlé claim technical breakthrough with 'world’s first' recyclable flexible retort pouch

Amcor has partnered with Nestlé to launch what the companies are describing as the world’s first recyclable flexible retort

REWE trials reusable tray system for salad bars

German supermarket chain REWE will offer customers in selected stores a free returnable system for its in-store salad bar

Startup develops food packaging material from sugarcane waste

W-Cycle, an Israeli food-tech startup, has developed SupraPulp, a plastic-free packaging material made of sugarcane waste that

Podcast: The brand owner’s packaging perspective - PepsiCo

Danimer Scientific and PSI to create bio-based, home compostable film packaging

Danimer Scientific, a developer and manufacturer of biodegradable materials, and Plastic Suppliers, Inc. (PSI), a global manufacturer of biopolymer EarthFirst

Mak-Pak: Take-away packaging made from macro algae

March 2018 saw the start of the two year research project Mak-Pak in cooperation with research institute Alfred-Wegener