In October 2018, Ellen Mc Arthur Foundation in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, presented the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment that now unites more than 500 organisations, including 250+ businesses that represent...
Examining the carbon fingerprint based on material life cycle assesment
According to a recent report from the Imperial College of London, plastics do have a large carbon impact accounting for 3.8% of global greenhouse gases emissions, but it is wrong to assume that alternative packaging materials would perform better, and it is important...
Novapet supporting oil sector: we want EVOO packed in PET
Cooperatives and packers have shown in recent days, through different channels (public and administrative), their opposition to the draft bill that aims to prohibit, from January 2023, the extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) packaging in plastic.The 160 million liters of...
White, opaque, recyclable
Bottle to bottle recycling of light barrier white opaque PET.Bottles in opaque PET are increasingly replacing other material grades, especially in markets such as dairy and other sectors where demand is increasing. Thus far, a main concern was that the white...
World Recycling Day
Although we must recycle our packaging every day of the year, it is May 17 when World Recycling Day is celebrated, and for this reason we want to do an exercise of reflection on the need to take extreme care in this civic task that is always necessary, but especially...