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PACKAGING NEWS

Amcor joins Danish food Konica Minolta’s
STEM event
packaging recycling project Solutions (UK) hosted its
Konica Minolta Business

third Ada Lovelace event,
welcoming over 30 girls
Amcor has announced recycling rate of 55 percent aged 12 and 13 from three
support for a three-year by 2030. The Packaging and schools to its Client
plastic recycling project led Packaging Waste Engagement Centre in
by the Danish Regulation stipulates that Houghton Regis. The event
Technological Institute, by the same year, the major- was organized in partner-
aimed at establishing full- ity of plastic packaging ship with TechGirls, an out-
scale circular recycling of must be designed for recy- reach provider focused on
food packaging in polyeth- clability, allowing materials encouraging girls to pursue
ylene and polypropylene to be reused or recycled technology careers. 17 per-
rigid plastics from house- effectively. The CRISP part- cent of technology sector
nership will help develop
hold collections. The co- and mature a systemic workers are female, accord-
funded innovation 3-year initiative targets circular economy for PE and PP plastics approach to deliver food- ing to TechGirls, which
partnership Circular ity in Leamington Spa, UK, noted Christian Bruno, grade packaging from post- works to bridge the digital
Recycling Innovation for and its packaging produc- R&D director at Amcor. consumer sources. Focus skills gap.
Sustainable Packaging will tion facility in Randers, ‘We are proud to be part of a will be on documented Participants were intro-
involve major food manu- Denmark. project that could poten- traceability of food contact duced to printing technol-
facturers and waste man- ‘Sustainable challenges tially have a significant materials in the recycling ogy and created posters to
agement specialists require industry collabora- environmental impact in loop, with the goal of creat- inspire other girls to con-
alongside Amcor. The com- tion, and this partnership Denmark and set new ing a new, fully circular sider STEM subjects. The
pany will bring recycling will demonstrate what can standards worldwide.’ market for the circular recy- students saw their work
and technical expertise be done when the supply The initiative comes as cling of food packaging in professionally printed dur-
from its CleanStream facil- chain comes together,’ the EU targets a plastic rHDPE and rPP. ing the visit.
FoodChain ID and Unpac partner Sun Chemical

for EPR compliance platform sustainability report

FoodChain ID and Unpac,
the AI-powered SaaS plat- Sun Chemical has released
form have entered into an its fifteenth annual
exclusive strategic alliance to Sustainability Report, detail-
deliver the Extended ing progress toward advanc-
Producer Responsibility ing circular product
(EPR) compliance platform innovation and industry col-
to the global food and bever- laboration.
age industry. The report outlines Sun
With EPR laws now active Chemical’s ongoing efforts to
in seven US states and legisla- reduce greenhouse gas emis- It reports 86 percent progress
tive drafts in 10 more, pack- sions and achieve net carbon ships that support our
aging compliance is no Key benefits include one-click, multi-jurisdiction EPR reporting neutrality by 2050. The com- customers’ environmental
longer optional – it’s a finan- ‘Together, we’re eliminat- defensible data and intelli- pany has reached 86 percent
cial imperative with implica- ing the friction from EPR gent tools.’ of the way toward its 2030 goals,’ commented Michael
tions for business margins, compliance and giving ‘We built Unpac to make target. Sun Chemical’s ‘five Simoni, director of global
operations and CFO-level brands a smarter way to Rs’ framework of Reuse, sustainability at Sun
priorities. This partnership reduce risk, meet regulatory packaging data actionable, to Reduce, Renew, Recycle and Chemical. ‘Our commitment
combines FoodChain ID’s deadlines and find savings in turn compliance into meas- Redesign guides sustainable to transparent sustainability
food industry and regulatory their packaging data,’ said urable business value,’ said innovation across its global progress ensures we con-
compliance expertise with Marc Losito, vice president Lee Lubner, CEO of Unpac. operations, products and tinue to deliver meaningful
Unpac’s intelligent EPR soft- of regulatory solutions at partnerships. results.’
ware to create a new capabil- FoodChain ID. ‘This partner- ‘Our mission is to help ‘This year’s report show-
ity in packaging compliance ship isn’t just about EPR brands unlock the power of cases the tangible outcomes The 2025 report highlights
one that turns regulatory bur- reporting, it’s about helping their packaging data with of our sustainability strategy, several achievements,
den into a business advan- our customers future-proof automation, accuracy and from breakthrough low-car- including breakthrough
tage. their packaging strategy with intelligence.’ bon products to new partner- product innovations.
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