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Swedish company UniCup Scandinavia AB wins in the category ‘Packaging Materials and Components’ with the LipLid, becoming world leader with its innovative and eco-friendly beverage lid. Winners of the World’s Best Packaging awards are named by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) following in-depth examination and analysis. The judging panel was composed of 36 distinguished judges representing 36 countries.

Japan-based Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd. has announced the development of novel materials and technology aimed at creating a low carbon, sustainable society.

Today, DSM Engineering Materials announces that Ford Motor Company, HellermannTyton, and DSM earned an Innovation Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) for the use of Akulon® RePurposed recycled ocean plastic in the Ford Bronco Sport. This application was also recognized by Ford as the first of many potential uses for recycled ocean plastics in a major vehicle platform.

This year marked the fifteenth anniversary of the Global Bioplastics Award, the prestigious annual honour recognising the achievements in the bioplastics over the past year.

Stora Enso is extending its packaging offering with a new portfolio of bio-based foams from wood. The products are fully recyclable and can be used for protective and thermal packaging.

Berry Global Group, Inc. has announced its most ambitious sustainable packaging goal to date: 30% circular plastics use across its fast-moving consumer goods packaging by 2030. Circular plastics include recycled and renewable resins like bioplastics.

B4Plastics and GreenWave are the recipients of the 2021 Curt Bergfors Food Planet Prize for their development of materials for biodegradable fishing gear and sustainable ocean-based food production, respectively.

ABB Robotics has signed a framework agreement to collaborate with California-based Zume, a global provider of innovative, compostable packaging. ABB will supply robotic cells that will enable Zume’s production of sustainable packaging on a global scale, helping to reduce reliance on single-use plastics.

Eco-Products has announced that it has earned the coveted GreenScreen Certifiedin Silver designation for its novel line of compostable plates and containers made from sugarcane.

The Coca‑Cola Company has unveiled its first-ever beverage bottle made from 100% plant-based plastic, excluding the cap and label, that has been made using technologies that are ready for commercial scale.

Nexe Innovations Inc., a leader in plant-based materials manufacturing, is launching Nexe Coffee’s first products to be sold in its patented Nexe Pods which are compatible with Keurig single-serve brewing systems.

Toppan FutureCard, a Toppan Company, and UAE-based global end-to-end card solutions provider, has received the first-of-its-kind sustainability certification for its PLA and recycled PVC cards by Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry.

Emballator, a leading producer of packaging solutions, and Borealis, a leading provider of innovative polyolefins solutions, are expanding their portfolio in close partnership.

Cargill introduces the first product from its full spectrum plastics/polyols production process.

First outdoor sports shoe made predominantly from bio-based and recycled materials.

As part of its growth strategy for its biopolymers business, BASF is partnering with WPO Polymers to further advance the fast developing Spanish and Portuguese bioplastics markets. To that end, BASF has appointed WPO Polymers as the distributor of its ecovio product range in Spain and Portugal.

Paccor, a leading global player in the packaging industry, is ready to produce 100% biobased polypropylene (Bio-PP) products for its customer Orkla, a leading supplier of branded consumer goods to the grocery, out- of home, specialized retail, pharmacy, and bakery sectors in the Nordics

As part of a new effort to advance the use of recycled ocean plastic, SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, and Microsoft Corporation have collaborated to create Microsoft’s first consumer electronic product – The Microsoft Ocean Plastic Mouse – with an exterior shell containing 20% recycled ocean plastic.

Jabil Packaging Solutions (JPS), a division of manufacturing solutions provider Jabil Inc. today has announced a significant advancement in coffee pod sustainability with the launch of their home-compostable coffee capsule for single serve espresso brewers.

Total Corbion PLA has demonstrated that paper-coated applications with Luminy® PLA can now not only be certified compostable, but also recyclable. The new development adds an additional, previously unattainable end-of-life option for applications based on coated paperboard/paper such as coffee cups and take-out containers, ensuring valuable resources can be reused as new products.

Coffee roastery Gordon St has launched a line of Nespresso-compatible capsules which are made of Solinatra, a sustainable alternative to single use plastics.

The only company producing a full range of trim items produced from 100% Ghost Net Plastic material. A considerable advancement toward reducing the overabundance of plastic waste in our oceans, benefiting valuable partners and consumers alongside improving our indispensable home: Earth.

Known for its high-end, responsibly produced audio equipment, thinksound has launched its first over-ear headphones — the ov21 — using Eastman Trēva engineering bioplastic that contains more than 40% biobased content derived from sustainably harvested trees.

The packaging is the first impression of a product. Its appearance often determines the purchase decision. In addition to purely visual aspects, packaging also fulfils important functions such as protecting the goods from damage or contamination. However, many packages have only a short life cycle and are no longer needed after purchase. As a result, the demand for sustainable materials in this sector is constantly increasing.

Herman Miller has announced that its entire portfolio of Aeron Chairs will contain ocean-bound plastic. The company has also added a new color, Onyx Ultra Matte, to the collection which contains up to 1.13 kg of mismanaged plastic waste found near waterways per chair.

Eric Liedtke, a former executive board member and Brand President at Adidas, has announced his latest venture: a new zero-waste, zero-plastic streetwear brand called Unless.

Globally renowned creator and supplier of realistic artificial green walls, Vistafolia, has launched a pioneering collaboration with the University of Surrey to create a new base polymer, the material that their artificial plants are made from, using renewable sources, while maintaining the established safety and design standards of its market-leading product.

Faca, a packaging manufacturer headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, has introduced a new line of products – jars and bottles – made from 100% plant-based raw material.

With its acquisition of a significant minority stake in the Slovak company Panara a.s., the global packaging specialist, the ALPLA Group, is stepping up its activities in the research field of alternative, sustainable raw materials for packaging. Panara's core business is the development of fully bio-based and biodegradable plastics.