Circular Economy

Unilever Pledges To Halve Use Of Virgin Plastics By 2025

Unilever has announced that it is to reduce the use of virgin plastic in packaging by 50% by 2025. The consumer goods giant expects to deliver a virgin...

Smurfit Kappa Opens New Recycling Plant In Italy

Packaging giant Smurfit Kappa has announced that it has opened a new recycling plant in the Tuscany region of Italy. The new facility, Smurfit Kappa Mar...

Valvert Launches Water Bottle Made Of 100% Recycled Plastic

In a first for Nestlé in Europe, its Belgian mineral water brand Valvert has introduced water bottles made of 100% recycled PET (rPET). The new b...

Nestlé Signs Agreement To Launch Packaging Recycling Organisation In Vietnam

Nestlé Vietnam and La Vie – Nestlé Waters have entered into a partnership with seven other companies to set up PRO Vietnam (Packaging R...

Mondi Introduces Fully-Recyclable Packaging Film

Packaging company Mondi has announced that it has developed a fully-recyclable film that can be used for creating packaging materials for fresh and process...

Pingo Doce Uses Plastic From Oceans For Packaging

On World Ocean Day, Portuguese retailer Pingo Doce introduced a dishwashing detergent packed in a material that uses plastics from the ocean. The packag...

FEFCO’s Influencer Days 2019: #CircularByNature

The European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers (FEFCO), representing the industry's interests across the continent, recently launched an innovat...

Albert Heijn Opens First ‘Circular Economy’ Supermarket

Dutch retailer Albert Heijn has opened what it says is its most sustainable supermarket to date in the Westergouwe district in Gouda, which implements...