The winners of the 2023 European Packaging Sustainability Awards have been announced at the Sustainable Packaging Summit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands!
It is understood that the European Packaging Sustainability Awards attracted entries from start-ups, global brands, academia and original equipment manufacturers from around the world. This year’s competition received a total of 325 valid entries, making it more diverse than ever.
Let’s take a look at what are the highlights of this year’s award-winning plastic packaging products?
-1- AMP Robotics
AI-driven automation system helps film recycling
AMP Robotics, a US supplier of artificial intelligence-driven fully automated waste sorting equipment, has won two awards with its AMP Vortex.
AMP Vortex is an artificial intelligence-driven automated system for film removal and recycling in recycling facilities. Vortex combines artificial intelligence with recycling-specific automation to identify film as well as other flexible packaging, aiming to increase the recycling rate of film and flexible packaging.
-2- Pepsi-Cola
"Label-free" bottle
China Pepsi-Cola launches first "label-free" Pepsi in China. This innovative packaging removes the plastic label on the bottle, replaces the bottle trademark with an embossed process, and abandons the printing ink on the bottle cap. These measures make the bottle more suitable for recycling, simplify the recycling process, and reduce the waste of PET bottles. Carbon Footprint. Pepsi-Cola China won the "Best Practice Award".
It is said that this is the first time Pepsi-Cola has launched label-free products in the Chinese market, and it will also become one of the first companies to launch label-free beverage products in the Chinese market.
-3- Berry Global
Closed-loop recyclable paint buckets
Berry Global has developed a recyclable paint bucket, a solution that helps combine paint and packaging recycling. The container removes the paint, resulting in a clean, recyclable drum with new paint.
The process design also helps reduce pollution and carbon emissions from paint and packaging waste. For this reason, Berry International received the award in the category "Driving the Circular Economy".
-4- NASDAQ: KHC
Single material distribution bottle cap
NASDAQ: KHC won the Recyclable Packaging Award for its Balaton single-material dispensing cap. The cap ensures the recyclability of the entire bottle including the cap and saves approximately 300 million non-recyclable silicone caps every year.
On the design side, NASDAQ: KHC has reduced the number of components of the Balaton bottle cap to two parts. This innovative move will benefit production and logistics. The bottle cap is also easy to open, allowing users to squeeze out ketchup smoothly when using the bottle, which is very popular among elderly consumers.
-5- Procter & Gamble
Laundry beads packaging containing 70% recycled materials
Procter & Gamble wins the Renewable Materials Award for Ariel Liquid Laundry Beads ECOLIC Box. The box contains 70% recycled materials, and the overall packaging design integrates recyclability, safety and consumer experience, while replacing standard plastic containers.
-6- Fyllar
Intelligent cup renewal system
Fyllar, a provider of clean and smart refill solutions, has launched a smart refill system that not only enhances consumers’ clean, efficient and low-cost refill experience, but also redefines the use and perception of packaging.
Fyllar smart fill RFID tags are able to identify different products and replenish the contents of the package accordingly. It has also set up a reward system based on big data, thereby simplifying the entire refill process and optimizing inventory management.
-7- Lidl、Algramo、Fyllar
Automatic laundry detergent replenishment system
The automatic laundry detergent refill system jointly created by German retailers Lidl, Algramo and Fyllar uses refillable, 100% recyclable HDPE bottles and an easy-to-operate touch screen. Users can save 59 grams of plastic (equivalent to the weight of a disposable bottle) every time they use the system.
The machine can identify the chip in the bottle to distinguish between first-time use bottles and reused bottles, and charge consumers accordingly. The machine also ensures a filling volume of 980 ml per bottle.
-8- National University of Malaysia
Starch polyaniline biopolymer film
National University of Malaysia has created starch-polyaniline biopolymer films by extracting cellulose nanocrystals from agricultural waste.
The biopolymer film is biodegradable and can change color from green to blue to indicate whether the food inside has spoiled. The packaging aims to reduce plastic and fossil fuel consumption, prevent waste from entering the ocean, reduce food waste rates and give agricultural waste a second life.
-9- APLA
100% renewable energy production and transportation
APLA Group’s lightweight Canupak beauty packaging is produced and shipped using 100% renewable energy, using a cradle-to-gate approach designed to optimize the carbon footprint of the entire process.
The company said the solution hopes to inspire companies to use more plastic packaging solutions that reduce their carbon footprint to achieve corporate carbon emissions goals.
-10- Nextek
COtooCLEAN technology purifies post-consumer polyolefins
Nextek launches COtooCLEAN technology, which uses low-pressure supercritical carbon dioxide and green co-solvents to purify post-consumer polyolefins during the recycling process, removing oils, fats and printing inks, and restoring the film’s food-grade quality to comply with European food safety Bureau food grade standards.
COtooCLEAN technology helps flexible packaging achieve same-level recycling, improves the recycling rate of flexible packaging films, and reduces the demand for virgin resin in packaging.
-11- Amcor and partners
Recyclable polystyrene yogurt packaging
The fully recyclable polystyrene yogurt packaging developed by Citeo, Olga, Plastiques Venthenat, Amcor, Cedap and Arcil-Synerlink uses FFS (form-fill-seal) integrated packaging technology.
The yogurt cup is made of 98.5% raw material polystyrene, which facilitates recycling in the polystyrene recycling process and optimizes the efficiency of the entire recycling chain.
Post time: Feb-22-2024
