Each month, our research team juries in new materials into our material database. Here are five of our favorite and selections from this month: 1. Enzymatic Depolymerisation MC# – …
Cracking The Plastic Problem: Achieving True Circularity In Beauty Packaging
We are being faced with a monumental plastic problem. How are we going to approach true circularity in packaging – and specifically beauty packaging? There has been a recent and essential approach …
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Top 5 Materials – August 2023
Each month, our research team juries in new materials into our material database. Here are five of our favorite and selections from this month: 1. z.trusion® MC# – 1299401 Manufacturer: …
Ask an Expert – Why do we need both virgin and recycled fiber
In the ongoing fight to improve product sustainability, recycling, recyclability, and recycled content have maintained significant support from product manufacturers. Within the paper arena, …
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Retail Material Seasonal Stories
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Material Pulse – New Aesthetics
Exciting the Senses Via Innovative Aesthetics Regular readers of this column know that it has focused for most of its lifetime on sustainability issues, considering the impact of the material on our …
Hot Topic – Mass Balance
The mass balance approach refers to the practice of mixing virgin, petroleum-based ingredients with recycled or bio-bass ingredients, and then measuring and tracking the ratio of bio- or recycled …
Material Pulse – Material Simplification
Reducing the Range of Plastic Types We know that plastics are a problem, but perhaps it is better to understand which are a problem and what we might be able to do about mitigation. Given that we are …
Top 5 Materials – June 2023
Each month, our research team juries in new materials into our material database. Here are five of our favorite and selections from this month: 1. NexCell SCF Foaming Technology MC# - …
Material Pulse – Carbon Neutrality
Working towards the reduction of embodied carbon in materials Carbon Neutrality remains a major goal for almost all brands that work in the consumer space as we try to keep to the 1.5ºC of the Paris …
Top 5 Materials – March 2023
Each month, our research team juries in new materials into our material database. Here are five of our favorite and selections from this month: SUKANO ® PHA Color Masterbatches Manufacturer: …
Material Pulse – What’s New in Bio-Based Packaging
What’s New in renewably sourced packaging innovations? Though we have covered a range of bio-based packaging types in this column, this last year has seen some advances in this area sufficient to …
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