Tag: Berry Global

Berry Solution Saves Plastic Usage and Extends Shelf Life

Stuart Mitchell

Customised CombiLight™ pot helps Valio achieve its sustainability goals A bespoke packaging solution from Berry Global is helping Finnish dairy pioneer Valio to meet its commitment to reduce plastic usage by 15% in its single-use, single-serve packaging by 2026. As part of this, Valio’s popular range of PROfeel® protein puddings are being switched to a custom-designed version of Berry’s CombiLight™ pot. The CombiLight is a hybrid packaging solution made from a plastic skeleton and carton sleeve, which are melted together to create a strong structure. Valio had already switched its…

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Berry Global and T2 Join Forces to Deliver PE Bags With 50% Recycled Plastic Content

Stuart Mitchell

A collaboration between Berry Global and T2 Maschinenbau is highlighting the possibilities of recycled plastic content in Single Wound Sheet (SWS) films, used to make PE bags for a wide range of end applications including agriculture, horticulture, chemicals, construction, and consumer and industrial products. The two companies displayed their efforts at Fachpack 2024, where T2 exhibited a continuously operating Vertical Form Fill Seal (VFFS) packaging machine, with an integrated double belt scale, using SWS film from Berry that incorporates 50 per cent recycled plastic content from Berry’s range of Sustane™ Recycled Content.…

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Berry Partners with Lassonde to Use Recycled Content in Private Label Lemon and Lime Bottles

Stuart Mitchell

Global packaging leader Berry Global Group, Inc. collaborated with food and beverage leader Lassonde Industries Inc. to incorporate 25% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content into its private label lemon and lime juice bottle. The new, 15-ounce bottle is also widely recyclable and optimized to be lightweight. The new flip-top closure is recyclable when consumers recycle the bottle with the cap on, as encouraged by the Association of Plastic Recyclers. “We are committed to helping each customer make transformative leaps toward their sustainability goals and solve whatever challenges come next in their…

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Berry Investment Will Help Make Front of Store Soft Plastic Recycling a Reality

Stuart Mitchell

Berry Global’s recycling business in the UK has recently invested in upgrading its advanced used plastic packaging recycling complex in Heanor, Derbyshire. The facility is able to recycle a wide variety of flexible – or ‘soft’ – plastic waste, including retail packaging such as carrier bags, bread bags, film wrapping, and plastic pouches. This type of plastic is currently being collected via front of store bins at leading supermarkets, but capacity is expected to rise substantially in March 2027, when kerbside collection of flexible plastic packaging for recycling will become…

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Berry’s Reusable Cups Support Unprecedented Reuse Project Led by the NextGen Consortium

Stuart Mitchell

To support and learn more about reusable cup programs, Berry is participating in the Petaluma Reusable Cup Project, an unprecedented collaboration to drive reuse led by the NextGen Consortium, an industry collaboration managed by Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy. Starbucks, The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Peet’s Coffee, Yum! Brands and other global and local brands and restaurants are partnering in the project. Officially kicked off on August 5, 30 participating large national chains and local independent restaurants in Petaluma, California are making reusable cups the free, default option…

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