Pratteln, Switzerland, 4 October 2022 - Archroma, a global leader in speciality chemicals towards sustainable solutions, today announced that its ground-breaking Appretan® NTR range based on 30 percent renewable raw material can now be applied to impart barrier properties to selected types of food packaging. Consumers are increasingly frowning upon being served their favourite street foods or fast foods in polystyrene or plastic-based boxes and wrappings. Paper-based packaging can offer a … [Read more...] about Archroma launches Appretan® NTR barrier solutions for food packaging based on a renewable natural ingredient component
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Sidel commits to the circular economy by joining R-Cycle
Sidel is helping to make the circular economy a reality by joining R-Cycle, the open tracing standard for sustainable plastic packaging. The global packaging solutions company is now a member of R-Cycle, a community designing digital ‘product passports’ to accelerate the recycling of plastic packaging around the world. Using an open tracing standard, R-Cycle allows the gathering of information about the recycling-related properties of plastic packaging. These details, stored on a common … [Read more...] about Sidel commits to the circular economy by joining R-Cycle
SIG launches ‘Recycle for Good’ in Egypt – an initiative for collection of used aseptic cartons with Tagaddod
In Egypt, SIG is launching ‘Recycle for Good,’ an innovative new recycling initiative to enable direct household and food service industry collection of used aseptic carton packs through tech-based solutions. This initiative involving SIG and Tagaddod is the first of its kind in the Egyptian market. Consumers can use a mobile app to arrange for their used cartons to be collected from their homes or workplace in exchange for rewards. The project aims to incentivise the recycling of used … [Read more...] about SIG launches ‘Recycle for Good’ in Egypt – an initiative for collection of used aseptic cartons with Tagaddod
