Packaging company Tetra Pak is the first to offer carton packaging that features caps made from recycled polymers. In partnership with Elvir, a subsidiary of milk processor Savencia Fromage & Dairy, the resealable screwcap can be found in Elle & Vire products. The HeliCap™ 23 cap solution is integrated in Tetra Brik® Aseptic 1L Slim carton packages. It features an easy-to-open design and a tamper evidence ring that assures the consumer that the product has not been previously opened. … [Read more...] about Tetra Pak and Elvir incorporate recycled polymers in new carton packaging caps
sustainable packaging
Grupo Modelo invests on eco-friendly can packaging rings from WestRock, Grupo Gondi
Leader in the brewing, distribution and sale of beer in Mexico Grupo Modelo is investing about $4 million in a sustainable packaging solution from WestRock and Grupo Gondi. The fiber-based CanCollar® Eco product helps eliminate plastic rings in Mexico, starting in Quintana Roo, amounting to 12 million plastic rings per year. Grupo Modelo is the first company in the Americas to adopt CanCollar® Eco, which replaces hard-to-recycle plastic and yields 100 tonnes less plastic. This innovation uses … [Read more...] about Grupo Modelo invests on eco-friendly can packaging rings from WestRock, Grupo Gondi
NTU Singapore, Harvard University scientists design sustainable microbe-killing food packaging
In order to provide sustainable food solutions, scientists from the NTU-Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Initiative for Sustainable Nanotechnology (NTU-Harvard SusNano) have developed a biodegradable food packaging material that can eliminate harmful bacteria. Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have collaborated on this new technology, which is also water-proof and able to extend shelf-life of fresh fruit by up to … [Read more...] about NTU Singapore, Harvard University scientists design sustainable microbe-killing food packaging
