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Dec 14, 2023
CleanPak, a market leader in aerosol recycling, has joined the UK Aerosol Recycling Initiative. Spearheaded by Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, the programme was founded to raise awareness of and increase aerosol recycling in the UK.
Part of Hull-based environmental services specialist Clean Eco Group, CleanPak uses state-of-the-art technology to... [Read More]
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Dec 12, 2023
The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL) has said new independently verified figures show that steel packaging has already met its new EU recycling rate target for 2025, four years ahead of schedule.
This follows the introduction of a harmonised method for calculating packaging recycling rates within the EU, which APEAL welcomed as an important... [Read More]
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Dec 8, 2023
The Italian Aerosol Association, the Association of Metal Packaging Manufacturers (Anfima), and the country's national consortia for the recycling of aluminium and steel packaging (CIAL and RICREA), have launched an initiative aimed at educating generation Z and millennials on the responsible use of spray cans and their correct disposal for recycling.
The social campaign... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2023
The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL) has welcomed the European Parliament (EP) plenary vote in favour of stricter recyclability measures inside the Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
Commending the European Commission’s ambitious proposal for these original measures, APEAL said it acknowledged the efficiency demonstrated... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2023
Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, has launched a new report demonstrating the national impact of its educational initiatives within the UK.
The Alupro Impact Report details activity delivered during 2022, explores the outcomes of its latest campaigns and tracks progress towards its goal of achieving a 100% recycling rate for aluminium packaging.
The... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2023
Trivium Packaging is a member of the UK Aerosol Recycling Initiative, a working group established by Alupro (the aluminium packaging recycling organisation) in September 2022, with the clear ambition of increasing aerosol recycling rates across the UK.
The group has already undertaken extensive research to define a baseline recycling rate for aluminium aerosol... [Read More]
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Oct 23, 2023
Coster Group has released its Sustainability Report 2022, which follows the path of transparency and stakeholder engagement. This is the report's sixth edition, having begun in 2017.
Guided by sustainable principles, the company continued to pursue its goals in 2022 as well to strengthen itself in social, environmental and governance areas.
Coster adopted precise, measurable... [Read More]
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Oct 23, 2023
Tata Steel, one of the world’s largest steel producers and one of the UK’s leading steel re-processors, has become the latest organisation to join the UK Aerosol Recycling Initiative.
Steel aerosols are easily captured for recycling through existing UK recycling schemes – kerbside, magnetic extraction, and even after waste incineration.
They make a valuable contribution... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2023
Beiersdorf has announced that, from 2023/24, all deodorant cans in its European assortment of NIVEA, 8X4, Hidrofugal and Hansaplast will contain at least 50% recycled aluminum and will weigh 11.6% less due to material reduction.
This will reduce CO2e emissions in the aerosol can value chain by around 58%, according to Beiersdorf. This corresponds to a reduction of around... [Read More]
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Aug 29, 2023
Trivium Packaging, a global leader in infinitely recyclable metal packaging, has received the dotCOMM Award in the Website Creativity / Web Design category for its 2023 Buying Green Report.
This year’s report, which revealed what consumers think, value, and perceive when it comes to sustainable packaging, differs from years prior in its distinct visual design and interactive... [Read More]
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Jul 28, 2023
A new partnership between Jamestrong, a regional manufacturer of metal cans for leading Australian and international brands, and the UNSW SMaRT Centre are developing a project the organisations said would revolutionise aluminium manufacturing and recycling in Australia.
The partnership will establish Jamestrong as one of the first aluminium aerosol can producers in the... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2023
Crown has published its 2022 Sustainability Report to share progress against its Twentyby30™ sustainability strategy and related achievements during fiscal year 2022.
Crown's Twentyby30™ programme includes 20 measurable sustainability goals to be completed by or before the end of 2030, set against a 2019 baseline.
This year's report, titled "Progress in Motion,"... [Read More]
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Jun 26, 2023
According to recent data published on the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) by the Environment Agency (EA), aluminium packaging recycling volumes continue to increase – showing a sizeable uplift compared to 2022 figures.
In Q1 alone, 40,478 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling – a 14% increase year-on-year (35,382).
Of this volume, 28,850... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2023
twistMist™ – the first ever twist-activated, propellant-free aerosol technology, was named a winner of the prestigious 2023 U.S. Plastics Pact Sustainable Packaging Innovation Award in the Reuse/Refill category earlier this month.
The award was announced during the Circularity 23 event in Seattle, Washington.
twistMist™ is a new, continuous dispensing technology... [Read More]
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Jun 20, 2023
In recognition of ongoing efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Crown Holdings has secured a place on USA Today's inaugural America's Climate Leaders list, developed by market research firm Statista.
Applying a data-driven approach to evaluate corporate carbon footprints, the ranking identified Crown as one of the top-performing companies for emissions... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2023
Eviosys, a leader in the global packaging industry, has broken its own records and surpassed its yearly objectives in both CO2 and volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions, as detailed in its latest ESG report.
Building on the firm’s inaugural report published in 2022, Eviosys said it has continued to make impressive progress, outperforming its ambitious emissions... [Read More]
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