Tag: recycled

Nestlé Confectionery announces major packaging innovations for Quality Street and KitKat

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé Confectionery has announced industry-leading packaging innovations for two of its best-loved brands – Quality Street and KitKat. In a category first, Quality Street will move to recyclable paper packaging for its twist-wrapped sweets. By replacing the double layer of foil and cellulose with a paper wrap, Quality Street will remove more than two billion pieces of packaging material from the brand’s supply chain. At the same time, KitKat will introduce wrappers made with 80% recycled plastic*. These wrappers can be recycled at more than 5,000 supermarkets across the UK…

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All Pandora jewellery to be made from recycled silver and gold

Stuart Mitchell

Pandora, the world’s largest jewellery brand, has announced it will entirely stop using newly mined silver and gold in its jewellery by 2025 and only buy from recycled sources. This will cut carbon emissions by two thirds for silver and by more than 99% for gold. “Silver and gold are beautiful jewellery materials that can be recycled forever without losing their quality. Metals mined centuries ago are just as good as new. They will never tarnish or decay. We wish to help develop a more responsible way of crafting affordable…

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HP Receives First Recycled Content Validation for Ocean-Bound Plastics from UL

Stuart Mitchell

UL announces HP, a leading provider of personal systems, printers and 3D printing solutions, has achieved recycled content validations from UL for five of their resins, which contain between 5 to 99% recycled content from ocean-bound plastic. HP is the first company to achieve validation from UL to the UL 2809 Environmental Claim Validation Procedure (ECVP) for Recycled Content Standard which now includes auditing of social responsibility procedures.  As a volume leader in using ocean-bound plastic materials in HP products, HP is focused on innovating and using sustainable materials while…

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DASANI® Takes Steps to Reduce Plastic Waste Through Increased Use of Recycled Materials, Expanded Package Innovation

Stuart Mitchell

DASANI®, has announced a robust pipeline of sustainable packaging innovations in support of The Coca-Cola Company’s global “World Without Waste” goal to make its bottles and cans with an average of 50 percent recycled material by 2030. Updates to DASANI’s packaging line-up are designed to reduce plastic waste and increase the use of recycled and renewable materials in the United States, while ensuring that all DASANI bottles continue to be fully recyclable. New innovations include: The debut of HybridBottle™, The Coca-Cola Company’s first package in the United States to be…

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Hallmark Develops Artistic Card Range From Take-Away Coffee Cups

Stuart Mitchell

Each year in the UK 2.5 billion take-away cups are estimated to be thrown away. That’s why Hallmark is working in collaboration with prestige paper innovator James Cropper, inventors of the world’s first recycling process dedicated to upcycling take-away cups and turning them into beautiful papers. As two family businesses with caring and innovation at the heart of all they do, the companies are working towards a world that’s less wasteful, more beautiful and creating a moment to show you care with a card. Alison Murnane, at Hallmark Cards, commented,…

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