Sustainability Awards winners announced! - Amazon switches to 100% recyclable delivery packs - Nestlé talks INC-3

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Winners of the Sustainability Awards 2023 announced!

The winners of the Sustainability Awards 2023?–?the most prestigious global competition for sustainable packaging innovation?– were announced on Wednesday evening at?the Sustainable Packaging Summit in Amsterdam, during an awards dinner filled to the brim with 400 industry leaders.

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An interview with the overall winner of the Sustainability Awards 2023

On the night, out of all the other winners of their individual categories, AMP Robotics was announced as the overall winner for AMP Vortex - its AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered automation system for film removal and recovery in recycling facilities. Earlier in the year, after the finalists were announced but before the winners were announced, we interviewed all of the finalists. Here's our conversation with AMP.

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Amazon announces 100% recyclable delivery packaging across entire European network

Amazon has announced today that 100% of its delivery packaging in Europe—the boxes, bags and envelopes needed to get products to customers—is now recyclable. This includes items sold by Amazon, as well as third-party selling partners that use Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA).

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Why does INC-3 matter?

Rob Opsomer, Executive Lead of Plastics and Finance at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, urges governments and policymakers not to miss a once-in-a-generation opportunity to establish a bold global treaty to end plastic pollution.

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UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution: Aspirations must become actions

The UN treaty on plastic pollution must now move ‘from aspiration into action’. Leanne Gale,?Executive Vice President, Group General Counsel,?Nestlé., explores what this might look like.

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ACTEseal? PVC-free heat seal coatings from ACTEGA: The ideal solution for improving the recyclability of aluminium coffee capsules

ACTEGA , a global company that specializes in developing and producing specialty coatings, inks, adhesives, sealants and compounds for the printing and packaging industry, has recently achieved an important breakthrough in the coffee capsule market. The new ACTEseal? heat seal coatings for the internal coating of aluminium coffee capsules are PVC-free, making a significant contribution to improved recyclability.

Aluminium coffee capsules offer convenience in our fast-paced lives while protecting the coffee powder from external influences. However, PVC-containing capsules contribute to environmental damage and require complex and costly recycling processes.

The new ACTEseal? heat seal coatings not only improve the recyclability of aluminum coffee capsules, but also help increase the use of circular materials in packaging as they create a firm seal against recycled aluminium.

However, the advantages of these new PVC-free coatings go beyond sustainability: they impress with their excellent sealing seam strength, high burst pressure in stress tests, and their flexibility and formability.

Only raw materials suitable for direct food contact and proven to comply with standard market food regulations (including FDA and EU regulations) are used in their production. In addition to this range for interior coating, ACTEGA also offers a broad portfolio of primers, base coats, print and overprint varnishes for the exterior of coffee capsules.

Sustainability is at the core of ACTEGA's business. The company advocates for the circular economy and focuses on developing sustainability-driven solutions and products targeting downstream stages of the value chain that can make the world ‘a little bluer’ .

This content was sponsored by ACTEGA.