Category: Bottles & Caps
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Composting PLA Bottles
PLA bottles were brought to a French industrial composting facility. Here are the results and conclusions.
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Germany Extends Deposit System on Drink Containers
The Bundesrat (upper house of German parliament) recently voted in favor of extending the mandatory deposit on containers to cover all non-returnable plastic bottles and beverage cans.
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l’Oreal Elvive Goes Recycled Content
While the Elvive bottles have always been recyclable, they will now be made from 100 percent recyclable plastic, meaning they will never be made from virgin plastic again.
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Nestle Campaign to Stop Littering and Improve Recycling
At Nestlé Waters, we are inspiring new behaviours to close the loop on PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic bottles, by encouraging employees, stakeholders and consumers to be actively involved with recycling.
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Coke Goes Recycled Content in NL
Coca-cola in the netherlands is completely switching to bottles made from 100% recycled plastic.
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New Innovative Refill Detergent Packaging
ALPLA launches Innovative refill detergent packaging that is extra light, reusable and recyclable. And it’s a new concept.
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PET Bottle Wins German Sustainable Packaging Award
German Packaging Award 2020: Krones wins in the “Sustainability” category.
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First Biodegradable PET Bottle
Company claims their PET bottle is biodegradable and recyclable. It should be the first one I think.
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PepsiCo Acts on Plastic Packaging
1 brand goes 100 % recycled content and one brand removes plastic packaging.
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Packaging Solution for Ocean Waste
Invention may solve marine pollution by drink containers. Here’s the video with the experiment!
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US Hospitals Banning SUP Bottles
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Exiting the Bottled Water Industry
Australian organisation exits the bottled water industry …”to reduce the impact that single-use bottled water has on the planet, well, we have no other option but to leave it behind.”
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Revolution in Deposit Schemes
New technology will revolutionise deposit schemes for plastic bottles and aluminium / steel cans.
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New Plastic Bottle Initiative in US
New initiative by US big companies to solve the problems of bottle recycling.
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Nestle Waters Pushes Biorecycling
Infinite recycling of plastic bottles! “Plastic-munching” enzymes: science or fiction? Can all PET really be recycled again and again?
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Are Cans More Sustainable than Plastic Bottles?
A short overview of Aluminium and Steel cans.
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Bottle Up Made with Im Green
Joining the fight against the plastic tide, Dutch-based brand Bottle Up has launched in the UK with their pre-filled, reusable, BPA free, plant-based water bottles.
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Heinz Goes Loop
We are very excited and proud to be a part of this revolutionary new scheme with Loop, and this new partnership goes one step further in our commitment to making meaningful progress towards helping the environment.
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Nestle Waters Bottle Strategy
At Nestlé Waters, we are pioneering new sciences for packaging that is innovative, 100% sustainable and made from recycled or renewable sources.
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Johnnie Walker Goes Paper Bottle
Johnnie Walker, the whisky which traces its roots back 200 years, will soon be available in paper bottles.
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Evian Launches Label Free Bottle
The label-free bottle, our latest innovation in packaging and sustainability as our first circular designed bottle.
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First Wine Bottle in Paper
Meet the Frugal Bottle – the biggest innovation for wine and spirits since the launch of the glass bottle.
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First US Water Bottles from Ocean Plastic
First U.S. bottled water packaged in 100% recycled, certified ocean plastic in stores now.
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French Government Says Plastic Bottles are SU and Must Go
Another tweet from French Environment Secretary of State, Brune Poirson, on plastic bottles this time.
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Coke Goes All Plant Bottles that Degrades in 1 Year
Beer and soft drinks could soon be sipped from “all-plant” bottles under new plans to turn sustainably grown crops into plastic in partnership with major beverage makers.
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NL Starts Small Plastic Bottle Deposit
As of next summer, there will be a 15 cent deposit on all plastic bottles under 1 liter, State Secretary Van Veldhoven writes to the House of Representatives.
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Coca-Cola and Pepsico Not Respecting Plastic Pledge
Tearfund NGO says drinks makers not doing enough to tackle their plastic pollution.
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Bioplastic Bottle on Dragons Den
More nervous entrepreneurs face the fiercest line-up in business. An eco-warrior wants to put a cap on plastic pollution with his water bottles made from starch.
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Term Single Use Plastic Harming Recycling
Recent research conducted on behalf of the Natural Source Waters Association clearly shows the need to be careful of the terms and language used when talking about plastics and recycling.
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Al Ain Launches Compostable Plant Bottle in Dubai
A local water company will start selling a bottle made from plant-based materials to reduce the amount of plastic it produces. New bottle to be available in hotels and airports by May.
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Students Against Plastic Bottles in Connecticut
What do environmental activists look like? Some might be surprised to learn that they look like three Whitby School 7th graders who are the founding members of Greenwich Bottles No More (GBNM).
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Avantium CEO On Bioplastics in the Drinks Industry
Tom van Aken, CEO of Avantium, discusses the challenges and benefits of introducing plant-based plastics to the drinks industry.
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FDA Approves Full Recycled HDPE and PET Food Packaging
Erema Group got the go-ahead to use its technology to recycle HDPE into food and drink packaging and foodservice wares. Meanwhile, other companies got federal green lights for PET recycling.
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Henkel Goes Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic
Together with packaging manufacturer ALPLA, Henkel has achieved a further step in its activities in the field of sustainable packaging: From now on Perwoll bottles in Western Europe will not only be fully recyclable, but also contain 25 percent recycled PE (polyethylene) from post-consumer sources as standard.
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Bioplastic Bike Bottle by Vaude
International compounding group HEXPOL TPE developed a customised biobased Thermoplastic Elastomer from the Dryflex Green series for VAUDE. The material is used on the bicycle bottle mouthpiece by the outdoor equipment manufacturer based in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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New Coke Labels To Promote Recycling
With Coca-Cola set to roll out its new range of plastic bottles made entirely from rPET in Sweden, the beverage giant is unveiling new labels that sacrifice its iconic red and white-cursive branding for a powerful recycling message.
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Perrier Invests in Bioplastics
The world is at war with plastic, for killing our marine life, polluting our rivers, littering our towns and countryside. According to McKinsey, if plastic follows its current trajectory, global plastic waste volumes will grown from 260 million tons a year in 2016 to 460 million tons by 2030.
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Sainsbury’s Carbon Neutral Plan Includes Plastic Bottle Deposit
Retailer’s plans include cutting down on waste and a plastic bottle deposit scheme.
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Coca-Cola Will Not Stop Using SUP Bottles
Coca-Cola claimed consumers still want bottles. It said scrapping them outright now would alienate customers and hit sales.
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What Happens to Plastic Bottles in Your Recycling Bin?
They’re usually turned into carpets and pillows, but 100% recycled bottles do exist
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French Parliament Killed Plastic Bottle Industry
Reduction Target for plastic bottles set at 50 %.
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Coca-Cola Switches to Recycled PET Bottles in Sweden
Drinks group Coca-Cola (KO.N) said on Tuesday it would start using PET bottles in Sweden made only of recycled plastic in a first step towards expanding its use of recycled plastic in western Europe.
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NDSU Researchers Test New Bioplastics for Bottles and Car Parts
In a noisy industrial lab at North Dakota State University, graduate students make dog bones with an injection molding machine — but there are no dogs in sight.
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Chloroyphyll Water Releases Bioplastics Bottle
Chloroyphyll Water has announced that its 20 fluid ounce bottles are now landfill biodegradable, in a move to eliminate pollution, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and recover clean renewable energy.
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India’s First Private Train Serves Water in Biodegradable Bottles
Passengers onboard the Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express, the country’s first private semi-high speed train, were being given biodegradable packaged drinking water bottles.
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French Government Proposes Deposit System for Recycling Instead of Re-use
In its anti-waste bill, the government is proposing a directive that is not intended to re-use packaging but simply to recycle it. A request from industry that gives a green image to the disposable plastic bottle.
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Coca-Cola Bottle Made from Ocean Plastics
The Coca-Cola Company unveiled its first-ever sample bottles made using recovered and recycled marine plastics, demonstrating that, one day, even ocean debris could be used in recycled packaging for food or drinks.
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Green Science Alliance Improves PLA Bottle With Nano Cellulose
Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd. Made Biodegradable Bottle Instead of PET Bottle With Nano Cellulose + PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) Composite Material (100% Nature Material, no Petroleum).
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Plastic Bottles Sold Per Hour, Day, Month and Last Ten Years
Reuters made illustrations to visualise the world’s addiction to plastic bottles.
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How the Plastic Bottle Went From Convenience to Curse
The evolution of the plastic bottle from amazing to scourge of land and sea has played out inside of a generation.
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Coca-Cola Goes Bioplastics
Coca-Cola will use recycled PET and plant-derived plastic in a Dasani water bottle, creating a package known as the “HybridBottle.” The move is one of several recycling-related changes being rolled out.
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British Actress Campaigns Against Bottled Water
Joanna Lumley is the actress known from Absolutely Fabulous. Lumley is backing a campaign to reduce the consumption of bottled water.
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Jan Ravenstijn Hits the Jackpot in the US
Cove, the California-based packaging innovation company set to launch the first water bottle made of biodegradable material this year, today announced the appointment of its Chief Science Advisor, Jan Ravenstijn.
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Braskem Makes a Breakthrough in German Bottling Industry
Braskem, America’s largest producer of thermoplastic resins in and the leading producer of biopolymers in the world has announced that it will provide Kautex Maschinenbau, headquartered at Bonn in Germany, one of the world’s leading companies in extrusion blow moulding technology with its innovative bioplastic I’m green™ Polyethylene and PCR for the production of three-layer…
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MillerCoors Works to Develop Biodegradable Rings for Cans to Replace Plastic
There have been bans on plastic straws and bags, but what about the plastic rings that hold canned drinks together? Well, that could be next.
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Baby Bottles Made of Plant Material a Reality with New Bioplastics
A research team at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology has developed high-strength and thermal resisting super bioplastics that do not contain any harmful chemicals.
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Wooden Beer Bottles and Paper Straws, Japan Shifts from plastic
Transition creates opportunities for the nation’s declining paper industry.
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London Marathon Replacing Plastic Bottles with Biodegradable Seaweed Pouches
The organizers behind the London Marathon will use edible, biodegradable seaweed pouches containing water in place of thousands plastic bottles during the race on Sunday in a push toward sustainability.
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Braskem Signs Partnership with Join the Pipe for Distribution of Green Plastic Water Bottles
The distribution started in March, and the income generated from marketing the product will be intended for over 300 social projects in developing countries, most of them in Africa and Asia
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Bio-based Monomers Help Upcycle Plastic Bottles
A new recycling process to transform polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which is widely used to make drink bottles and synthetic fibres, can transform the common plastic into a more valuable material with better properties.
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Irish School Distributes Biodegradable Bottles To Pupils
Biodegradable Bottles are replacing single-use plastic bottles at a Dublin girls’ school, Mount Sackville Secondary School.
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PepsiCo Goes for Bioplastic Bottles
PepsiCo joins Danone and Nestle Waters in bioplastics bottles R&D partnership
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Lucozade and Skynews Will Replace Plastic Bottles at Sport Events
Lucozade Sport will trial plastic-free edible seaweed packaging during running events
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The Future Bottle Caps will be made from Bioplastics
The future bottle caps and closures will be made from bioplastics.
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Will Smith Disrupts the Bottled Water Business
Will Smith and son Jaden Smith launched an eco-friendly bottled water company. The product will be sold in 800 UK Boots stores.
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Belgian Minister Proposes Deposit Fee for Plastic Bottles
It’s election time in Belgium and plastic seems to be a hot topic. Next local elections will take place in October 2018 and Flemish (Flanders) minister Joke Schauvliege wants to jump on the plastic wagon by introducing a new deposit system to reduce litter.
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Virent Expanding Plant-Based Bottle Program with Coca-Cola
Virent Inc. (USA) will expand production in Madison of a plant-based chemical that can be used to make renewable plastic bottles, through an additional investment by The Coca-Cola Co.
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Gevo Ships Bio-Paraxylene (PX) to Toray
Gevo is selling para-xylene (PX) derived from its renewable iso-butanol to Toray (Japan) , one of the world’s leading producers of fibers, plastics, films, and chemicals.
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Bottles from Furfural
Bioplastics PEF (polyethylene furanoate) is an alternative to PET and bio-PET for soft drink bottles, offering enhanced functionalities.
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