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Packaging

Tackling Waste / Packaging Solution

3 March 2025

Alexander Weissensteiner, Alexander Wagner and Thomas Harter (from left) with a paper sample consisting of 30 per cent recycled cotton fibres.

Researchers at TU Graz Turn Textile Waste into Paper for Packaging

Austria’s annual production of 220,000 tonnes of textile waste, of which almost 80 per cent is incinerated, could soon be put to good use as researchers look to process it to produce paper for packaging materials.

Staff Writer

Packaging Alternative / TIPA Solutions

29 October 2024

7 minutes

TIPA’s patent-protected formulae are made from a blend of fully compostable polymers, and are what give TIPA films and laminates similar properties to conventional plastic. Because of this, the product demonstrates excellent optical, mechanical, and barrier properties such as high transparency, printability, high sealing strength, high impact, and high barrier.

Withering Heights: Fashion’s 1.8m Polybag Problem and TIPA’s Compostable Solution

The number of polybags produced annually to store, transport and protect apparel and footwear stands at a staggering 180 billion. Fashion has a packaging problem too, and providing a sustainable solution is TIPA Corp with its compostable alternative. Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Daphna Nissenbaum talks about fashion’s problems and TIPA's innovative solutions.

Subir Ghosh

Interview

Collection: Sea Change

Packing Off / Plastic-Free

12 October 2022

2 minutes

Cellulose-based packaging has the potential to replace 40 percent of all rigid plastic packaging, which corresponds to 1.8 million tons of material. This area is therefore of the highest relevance for the Swedish forest industry and the transition to a bio-based economy.

Consortium Formed to Shift from Fossil-Based Plastic Packaging

To aid and speed up the shift from fossil-based plastic packaging, Sweden's Yangi has initiated a strategic research collaboration project with partners Holmen Iggesund, Solenis, Fiber-X, FutureLab & Partners AB, Duni Group, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Lund University, and a premium brand owner within the consumer goods segment.