Tag "műanyag"
European Court of Auditors: The Union must increase the rate of recycling of plastic packagings
Date: 2020-10-07 11:03:48
The European Union needs to increase the rate of recycling of plastic packagings, as there is a serious risk that it will not meet its targets for 2025 and 2030,...
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Plastic Pandemic: COVID-19 Trashed The Recycling Dream
Date: 2020-10-06 08:50:04
The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rush for plastic. From Wuhan to New York, demand for face shields, gloves, takeaway food containers and bubble wrap for online shopping has surged....
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Magazine: „Plastic led the way to the abrupt development of food safety”
Date: 2020-10-02 07:34:30
The Hungarian Association of Packaging and Material Handling (CSAOSZ) celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The packaging industry contributes 1.6 per cent to the Hungarian GDP, produces a value of...
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Penny To Remove Plastic Lids From 500gm Yoghurt Cups
Date: 2020-09-09 08:50:19
German discount retailer Penny has announced that it is to remove plastic lids from all own-brand 500-gram yoghurt cups. The initiative will help the discounter in removing 50 tonnes of...
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The government supports the production of plastic substitute products
Date: 2020-08-10 11:50:08
This year, the government will support the production of products replacing certain plastic products with 10 billion HUF, and has also decided to establish a domestic plastic science cluster –...
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Continente To Remove Plastic Straws From Own-Brand Milk And Juices
Date: 2020-07-30 08:50:40
Portuguese retailer Continente has announced that it is to eliminate plastic straws from its private-label milk, juices, nectars and iced teas by the end of this year. The move will...
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Reckitt Benckiser Partners With Yoyo In France For Plastic Recycling Pilot
Date: 2020-07-27 08:30:50
British household goods maker Reckitt Benckiser has announced a partnership with French start-up company Yoyo to step up plastic recycling. The initiative will involve a five-month pilot project aimed at...
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Plants also eat plastic
Date: 2020-07-14 11:10:08
According to a recent research, plastic waste not only pollutes the waters of the seas and oceans, but as it turned out, in addition to animals, plants are also able...
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Asda To Remove Plastic Forks From Salads And Protein Bowls
Date: 2020-06-18 08:30:10
UK retailer Asda is to remove plastic forks from its own-brand salads and protein bowls as part of its pledge to ‘Use less and recycle more’. The new packaging for...
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More than ten thousand tonnes of plastics will have to be replaced next year, according to the interests of the packaging industry
Date: 2020-05-20 11:20:17
On an annual basis, more than ten thousand tons of products may be affected by the imminent ban on single-use plastics in Hungary, the National Association for Packaging and Material...
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ITM recommends banning additional disposable plastic products
Date: 2020-05-14 11:17:44
The Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) would ban the marketing of disposable plastic beverage glasses and light and very light, including biodegradable plastic carrier bags in Hungary from January...
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Plastic is not the number one sin
Date: 2020-05-11 10:47:25
Not a day passes by without you reading an article about the harmful environmental effects of plastics. Never, or at least with much less emphasis, is placed on the other...
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Bioplastics – Video of the day
Date: 2020-03-31 10:34:08
This conceptual project by Royal College of Art graduate Johanna Schmeer builds on developments in nanotechnology to create synthetic foods for feeding the world’s burgeoning population. Bioplastic Fantastic – Between Products and Organisms from...
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Iceland Reduces Plastic Use In By 29% In Two Years
Date: 2020-03-11 08:50:27
UK retailer Iceland has announced that it has cut the use of plastics in the packaging of its store-brand products by 29%, two years after vowing to remove plastics completely...
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The impact of microplastics on food safety: the case of fishery and aquaculture products
Date: 2020-02-28 08:59:52
Microplastics present in the oceans and inland waters are unintentionally ingested by a large number of aquatic animals of commercial value. These plastic particles are made of compounds such as...
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Finally, ALDI leaves the plastic lid out off the sour cream glasses
Date: 2020-02-21 11:33:33
By the end of March this year, ALDI will leave the plastic lid out off all Hungarian-branded own-branded dairy products. ALDI will continue its efforts to reduce the amount of...
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(HU) Magyarország jövőre betiltja az egyszer használatos műanyagokat
Date: 2020-02-20 16:52:51
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Customers Embrace Produce Without Plastic
Date: 2020-02-12 08:50:08
Customers in three Countdown stores are experiencing a very different-looking produce section from today, as part of a ten-week plastic reduction test which will see more than a tonne of...
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Asda Unveils ‘Fishing For Plastic’ Initiative To Tackle Pollution
Date: 2020-01-24 08:30:37
British retailer Asda has announced the launch of a new initiative, ‘Fishing For Plastic’, with which the Walmart-owned operator will seek to tackle marine pollution. As part of the initiative,...
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Recycling obstacles: Nestlé Waters reveals nearly half of consumers say it’s easier to bin than recycle plastic
Date: 2019-12-02 08:10:24
Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) has unveiled its third annual comprehensive national study, This is How We Planet: America’s Perspective on Water, Packaging and Health. The bottled water manufacturer reveals...
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Coca-Cola looks at establishing plastic recycling plant in Australia
Date: 2019-11-18 08:30:00
Beverage maker Coca-Cola Amatil is looking to establish a major recycled processing plant in Australia with French company Veolia as the drinks giant seeks alternatives to importing recycled plastic for...
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Tesco vows to remove 1 billion pieces of plastic packaging by end-2020
Date: 2019-11-01 08:10:48
Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco (TSCO.L) has pledged to remove one billion pieces of plastic packaging from products in its UK stores by the end of 2020, seeking to reduce its...
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Dove To Launch Bottles Made Of 100% Recycled Plastic By Year End
Date: 2019-10-22 08:50:49
Unilever has announced plans to introduce bottles made of 100% recycled plastic for Dove beauty products range by the end of 2019. The new bottles will be launched in Europe...
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Alternative drinking straws
Date: 2019-10-20 21:07:29
A Hungarian enterprise is selling drinking straws made from a special kind of reed that grows in Vietnam. They can be used several times for both cold and hot drinks....
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Waitrose Removes Plastic Packaging From Multipack Cans
Date: 2019-10-16 08:50:36
UK retailer Waitrose & Partners has removed plastic packaging from multi-pack cans of its bestselling staples. The idea is being tested on essential Waitrose’s baked beans, chopped tomatoes, plum tomatoes,...
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Schwarz Group buys recycling specialist
Date: 2019-10-08 08:30:21
Germany’s Schwarz Group takes over the Austrian Sky Plastic Group through its subsidiary Greencycle. The company is established in plastics recycling and is intended to provide the parent company of...
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Less plastic at SPAR
Date: 2019-10-07 11:40:48
The retail chain has reduced the weight of bottles of some of its own branded mineral waters and packed more fruits in smaller weighted nylon pouches or paked with degradable...
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Coca-Cola To Introduce Cardboard Packaging For Multipack Cans
Date: 2019-09-25 08:30:41
Coca-Cola has announced that it is to replace plastic shrink-wrap from multipack beverage cans in Great Britain with cardboard packaging in the next 18 months. The new packaging will be...
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Students Invent Bacteria That Eat Plastic From The Oceans And Turn It Into Water
Date: 2019-09-24 08:10:46
The high pollution in the oceans is a big problem on the planet. According to recent research, it is likely that in the year 2050 we will find more plastic...
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Netto Marken-Discount To Switch To Unpackaged Cucumbers
Date: 2019-09-10 08:30:15
German discounter Netto Marken-Discount has announced that it is to only sell unpackaged cucumbers from mid-September onwards. As a result, all conventional and organic cucumbers will be sold packaging-free in 4,260 Netto...
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