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Is Biodegradable Better? Making Sense Of 'compostable' Plastics

Bacardi rum bottles, Skittles sweet wrappers, designer water bottles — a bevy of companies are developing biodegradable plastic packaging they say is better for the environment than traditional pla...

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Business Owner Speaks Out On Bottle Return Scheme: 'We Are Flailing'

The head of one of the drinks producers signing up at the last minute to Scotland’s deposit return scheme has said he did so “trusting in the powers that be not to progress anything too detrimental...

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The First Biodegradable Water Bottle Is Coming, For Real This Time

The Cove water bottle is a thin, sturdy cylinder, eggshell-white with a matching lid. It feels familiar. “If someone gave that to you,” offered Alex Totterman, Cove’s founder and chief executive, “...

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Dubai Can Initiative Cuts Single-use Plastic Bottle Usage By Over 7 Million

Dubai Can, the citywide sustainability movement launched in February last year, has successfully reduced the use of an equivalent of more than 7 million 500 ml single-use plastic water bottles in i...

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How We Design Our Way Out Of Our Plastic Problem

For the consumer goods sector, this means dramatically stepping up our game when it comes to redesigning plastic packaging upstream while increasing collection, sortation and recycling downstream. ...

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Pet Packaging Market Is Projected To Reach USD 130.4 Billion By 2033, Growing...

NEWARK, Del, Feb. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The PET packaging market size is projected to be valued at US$ 81.2 billion in 2023 and is expected to rise to US$ 130.4 billion by 2033. The sales of...

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Incredible Packaging Designs To Inspire You To Enter The Pentawards 2023 Today

If you work in packaging design and have reached a certain standard, you should be getting recognition for your efforts. So why not enter the 2023 Pentawards? Founded in 2007, this global competiti...

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Ministry Announces New Rule On Recycled Plastic Bottle Trade

The decision allows the use of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) produced at MoIAT-approved recycling facilities that have obtained a certificate of conformity as per the UAE Regulation fo...

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