ENVIRONMENT

How to save the world by using packaging intelligently. We often challenge the clichés and most common biases against and about packaging. This is a most important section for South Asian manufacturers and their packaging solutions.

The Litter Things of Life

June 15, 2011 | By Deepak Manchanda

There was a prominent picture of our Hon’ble Minister of Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh in the newspaper the other day. He was seen removing a... Read More >>

ITC and NTIC enter in a joint venture

June 02, 2011 | By Newsdesk

31 May, 2011 — Northern Technologies International, a manufacturer of sustainable biobased and certified compostable bioplastic materials, announced t... Read More >>

Canvironment Week wins Empac Challenge award at interpack

May 26, 2011 | By Newsdesk

Canvironment Week received a surprise boost at interpack, when it was declared the winner of the Empac challenge by European Metal Packaging (Empac), ... Read More >>

No Saying ‘No to Plastics’

May 07, 2011 | By Deepak Manchanda

On 26 July 2005, as everyone knows, there was a humungous cloudburst over India’s commercial capital, Mumbai. About 990 mm (39 inches) of rainfall was... Read More >>

On recycling – formally and informally

April 28, 2011 | By Naresh Khanna

Recycling, recycling everywhere but not a single authoritative number to publish! In connection with the recent government order on plastic packaging ... Read More >>

Pantene introduces sugarcane-based plastic bottle packaging

April 27, 2011 | By PSA Newsdesk

On 26 April, Pantene announced that it has started producing its new shampoo and conditioner bottles made primarily from plant-based plastic. This inn... Read More >>

Sustainable Foods Summit 2011

April 14, 2011 | By PSA Newsdesk

Climate change and sustainable ingredients are the focal themes of the fourth edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit taking place in Amsterdam on 23-... Read More >>

Environmentally friendly films for packaging

March 24, 2011 | By Naresh Khanna

On the morning of 22 March 2011, Wells Plastics based in the UK together with its distributors organised a discussion of their masterbatch additive pr... Read More >>

Green materials, technology and design

February 04, 2011 | By PSA Newsdesk

Sustainability is steadily gaining in importance. Consumers want ethically and ecologically impeccable products, packaged in a resource-conserving man... Read More >>

Bottling water

February 04, 2011 | By Rashmi Bhate

Water which makes up 80% of our bodies and 75% of our planet is a universal solvent. Needless to say, both the quantity and quality of this resource a... Read More >>

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