Environment and legislation

From LT Renewables Group, proposals and solutions for the installation of photovoltaic systems in the industrial sector: costs and benefits of a “low environmental impact” path.

The big players of the largescale retail trade as a driver of innovation also with regard to sustainability, which is certainly a goal, but above all a value that permeates every action, from the presentation of a product on the shelf to the management of suppliers. Interview with Chiara Faenza, Sustainability and Innovation Values manager for Coop.

Called upon to join the jury that will have to analyze the 319 products entered in the 2021 edition of the CONAI Call for Proposals and declare the winners, Barbara del Curto* talks about the new awareness of the industry in designing sustainable packaging. In addition to establishing the rules of less environmental impact, among their priorities are the analysis of the end of life of a packaging…

Among likes and followers, the Ricrea initiative, which sees steel packaging at the center of a project that combines practicality, attention to the environment and haute cuisine, is a hit on social media.

The 2020 data of the Ricrea Consortium show that Italians are becoming increasingly virtuous in terms of separate waste collection: 370,963 tons of steel packaging sent for recycling with over 4 kg collected per capita (+6%). And the credit goes to the education and training activities carried out by the consortium even in the midst of the pandemic. Statements by the president, Domenico Rinaldini.

Fabiana Marchini, Head of Sustainability of Sanpellegrino, tells us the strategic vision and investments at the basis of a systemic approach to environmental, social and ethical sustainability. 

Made with 34% of biaxially oriented polypropylene film produced and regranulated in-house, ECO+tape by Irplast is an adhesive tape that combines functional advantages (strong tack and long-lasting adhesiveness) with a green component: -18% of CO2 in the atmosphere compared to a standard BOPP tape.

Informative note published by Conai on January 5, 2021: what the Decree of September 3, 2020 provides for and the changes introduced by the Decree "Milleproroghe 2021" regarding the environmental labeling obligation.

In line with the Green Gluing philosophy, the new AMS adhesive monitoring system - developed by Robatech and launched at the end of 2019 - not only ensures cost transparency and reduced glue consumption, but also reliably signals errors in the application process.

Two technological excellences at the service of packaging experts: RKW and SAES Coated Films offer innovative solutions of high barrier films for recyclable flexible packaging 100% polyethylene.

According to data provided by RICREA, with a 2019 collection at +4.7% and 399,006 t sent for recycling, Italy exceeds the European target for 2030. Thanks to the new Technical Annex of the ANCI-CONAI Framework Agreement more attention to waste quality and traceability.

Recently published, Sun Chemical's "Guide to compostability" presents itself as a simple and comprehensive working tool for packaging converters, useful to clarify the meaning of a term often misrepresented or misused.

Lockdown and steel collection. Italy among the best in the EU with a recycling rate of 80%. RICREA data: in the first quarter of 2020 more than 40 thousand t of steel was collected (+ 16%). The strongest growth in Italy’s South (+ 35%).
 

Support a virtuous recycling chain, cheaper for businesses, capable of containing the costs of collection and treatment of plastic waste and, at the same time, of preserving the environment. It is with these objectives that Aliplast, a leading company in the plastic recycling sector, created the PARI system.

After talking about sustainability "in my own way" in the last two editorials of 2019, I received a letter from a young graduate scholar of the subject, bitter-sweet in her sincerity, which I propose to the attention of our readers.
Given the complexity of the topic, I find it important to open an unprejudiced discussion in the magazine, with the aim of adding elements of clarity and reflection…

The Imagine Nielsen GS1 Italy Observatory reveals the emergence of this phenomenon through the analysis of the labels of 72,100 consumer food products sold in Italy, estimating that the only 613 products that bear on the packaging a reference to the supply chain generated, in 2018 , over 259 million euros in sales (+ 14.1% compared to the previous year).

A leading company in the collection and recycling of plastic waste and in the production of high quality regenerated plastics, Aliplast presence is a must at Ecomondo, the main European trade fair for industrial and technological innovation at the service of the circular economy, of which the company represents an example of excellence.

RPC bpi nordipac has produced a special promotional bag to demonstrate the suitability of its NOREC® recycled material (obtained by the eponymous Recycling Process for post-industrial and post-consumer packaging waste)  for the creation of high-quality and functional packaging.

From Aliplast reliable and integrated solutions, able to complete and close the circle of sustainability: from the collection and treatment of  post-consumption plastic waste and production scraps, up to the regeneration of new products.

The RICREA Consortium announces record data relating to the national recycling of steel packaging in 2018: the rate is the highest ever, equal to 78.6% of that released for consumption (+ 5% compared to 2017) for a total weight of 386,895 t, equal to that of 13 medium-sized aircraft carriers.