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Tetra Pak accelerates solutions to reduce food loss in production

Stuart Mitchell

Tetra Pak is expanding its services to boost efficiency for food and beverage producers. The aim is to reduce loss in food production, from raw material to water usage and waste disposal. This comes as the company has been recognised by Kepner Tregoe with an award for Excellence. The recognition is for implementing problem solving methods in food packaging manufacturing. Part of the broader problem facing the food supply chain is loss. Across the globe1, approximately 14 percent of the world’s food, valued at $400 billion is lost on an…

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One of Europe’s main recycling hubs for beverage cartons starts operations, backed by Tetra Pak and Stora Enso

Stuart Mitchell

With a joint investment of around €29 million by Tetra Pak and Stora Enso, a new recycling line for post-consumer beverage cartons is starting operations in Poland. The line has the potential to triple the annual recycling capacity of beverage cartons in the country – from 25,000 to 75,000 tonnes – and provides scope to absorb the entire volume of beverage cartons sold in Poland, as well as additional volumes from neighbouring countries, including the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.   Featuring an annual capacity of 50,000 tonnes,…

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Tetra Pak makes further progress on sustainability transformation

Stuart Mitchell

Tetra Pak has published its Sustainability Report FY22[1], highlighting the company’s progress across various aspects of sustainability. Now in its 24th edition, the report demonstrates how sustainability remains core to Tetra Pak’s strategy and continues to be prioritised in decision making. During the year 2022, Tetra Pak achieved significant milestones, reducing operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 39%[2], with 84% of the energy coming from renewable sources[3]. This puts the company on track to achieve net zero within its own operations by 2030. Additionally, the sale of 8.8 billion plant-based…

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Tetra Pak recognised as a European Climate Leader 2023 by the Financial Times

Stuart Mitchell

Tetra Pak has been named as a European Climate Leader 2023 by the Financial Times, in recognition of the company’s progress in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and its robust commitments to climate action. Of the thousands assessed by the Financial Times and Statista, only the leading 500 companies with the greatest reduction in their GHG emissions intensity made it to the final list. Each company in the list has been assigned an individual score, which is calculated using information on the company’s volume of emissions, level of disclosure on…

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Tetra Pak takes carton packages with recycled content to the next level

Stuart Mitchell

Tetra Pak has made new advancements in the area of recycled content, expanding its offering of packaging solutions using certified recycled polymers to cover new formats, product categories and geographies. The expansion is a key milestone in the company’s journey towards a circular portfolio, turning waste into new resources, and reducing the industry’s dependence on virgin, fossil-based materials. It comes at a pivotal moment, aligning with the recently released European Commission’s proposal for the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.2 As the industry looks for ways to support the EU Green…

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