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Mondi Obtains €750m Revolving Credit Facility

Packaging group Mondi has signed a €750 million revolving credit facility linked to its 2030 sustainable development goals. The five-year revolving...

FrieslandCampina To Introduce 100% Recycled PET Bottles

FrieslandCampina plans to produce bottles from 100% recycled PET (rPET), commencing February 2021, for its brands sold in the Netherlands, Belgiu...

Reckitt Benckiser Partners With Yoyo In France For Plastic Recycling Pilot

British household goods maker Reckitt Benckiser has announced a partnership with French start-up company Yoyo to step up plastic recycling. The initiati...

European Flexible Packaging Industry Adopts Sustainability Vision

The members of Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) have unanimously adopted a vision on sustainability at its first virtual conference in June. The vi...

Beiersdorf’s Eucerin Pledges To Eliminate Packaging Leaflets

Beiersdorf has announced that its skincare brand Eucerin has pledged to eliminate packaging leaflets from all products by 2021. The initiative is expect...

Continente Introduces Packaging With Recycling Instructions

Portuguese retailer Continente has added a set of recycling instructions to the packaging of selected private-label products, in association with Sociedade...

Nestlé To Invest CHF 2bn In Sustainable Packaging Solutions

Nestlé has announced that it is to invest up to CHF 2 billion (€1.86 billion) in developing sustainable packaging solutions that will help the...

Sprite Switches To Clear PET Bottles In Southeast Asia

The Coca-Cola Company has announced that Sprite will switch to clear PET bottles in Southeast Asia. The shift from the iconic green bottle will boost co...