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The project BIOVEGE, in which AIMPLAS participates, has resulted in new biodegradable films and nets for horticultural products and food colourants and additives from waste coming from products harvested in the field of Almería.

Dutch retailers Albert Heijn, ALDI, JUMBO, Lidl, and PLUS have pledged to implement reusable bags, which consumers can clean at home, for their fruit and vegetable products – a move expected to save an annual 126 million plastic bags and 10 million paper bags.

McDonald’s France has collaborated with Checkpoint Systems to implement food-safe RFID technology into its new reusable containers – a move hoped to keep track of the packaging, optimise the restaurant’s reusable system, and reduce waste.

Consumers realize this every day when shopping in supermarkets: the rise in consumer prices remains persistent in France. Inflation reached 4.5% over one year, after 5.1% in May and 5.9% in April, dropping for the first time in more than a year below the 5% mark, according to the latest figures from INSEE, published on 30 June. On the food side, prices continued to rise: +13.6% in June. Result, the purchasing power of households is nibbled, weakening the most modest.

The vegan military diet is a restrictive diet based on the original military diet, also known as the 3-day diet. It involves a 3-day low calorie meal plan with 1,100–1,400 calories per day followed by 4 days off. Since it alternates between periods of restricted and unrestricted eating, it can be considered a form of intermittent fasting. The diet encourages following this eating pattern for up to 4 weeks, or until you achieve your desired weight loss.

Fini la neutralité carbone ! Plusieurs entreprises à l'instar d'Easyjet, Gucci ou encore Nestlé renoncent à cette allégation. Alors que les recours se multiplient à leur encontre pour greenwashing et pratique commerciale trompeuse, les entreprises se détournent peu à peu de la très critique compensation carbone, seul moyen d'atteindre aujourd'hui la neutralité.

Packaged food cannot meet the health needs of astronauts during long-term space missions due to the loss of nutrients during food processing, preparation, and storage, as well as the health risks associated with using packaging materials and food additives. At the same time, ready-to-eat space food cannot meet the astronauts’ psychological needs for a sense of familiarity from undertaking their normal eating habits and maintaining their food culture, and a sense of community from engaging in food production, preparation, and consumption as social activities.

Une envolée ! Les prix des fruits et des légumes ont grimpé respectivement de 18 et 10% en 2015, atteignant ainsi un nouveau record en France, selon le baromètre annuel de Familles rurales publié mardi dans le quotidien La Croix. En cause, notamment : des conditions météorologiques peu clémentes.

Pour éviter d’importantes quantités de déchets, Lidl Suisse s’est associé à un laboratoire spécialisé dans les produits en cellulose pour développer un tout nouvel emballage comestible.

Flöter Verpackungs-Service GmbH’s PaperWave Bio paper air cushions – which are FSC-certified biodegradable and reportedly made of 100% recycled paper – have been awarded the WorldStar Packaging Award under the e-commerce category.

no-boxx is on a mission to eliminate single-use packaging online! We believe in making sustainable shopping easy and convenient for everyone, without sacrificing our planet. Our innovative reusable packaging solutions are designed to help you reduce single-use packaging waste and minimize your carbon footprint, one purchase at a time.

SAVRpak, a California-based food technology innovation company, recently announced the launch of SAVRpak Drop-In, the first-ever moisture control technology that extends the shelf-life and freshness of produce up to three times, it claims.

After a promising start to the year for many, weak demand, persistently high energy costs, and a shortage of skilled workers are currently negatively affecting manufacturers of plastic packaging in Germany, according to the German plastic packaging industry association.

STI Group has worked with PreZero, the environmental division of Schwarz Group, to develop a sustainable packaging solution made with locally grown silphie plant fibre, which it will supply to the supermarket chains Lidl and Kaufland.

In the latest edition of the Spotlight, Markem-Imaje runs us through the merits of its 9750+ continuous inkjet printer. Apparently compatible with all continuous inkjet inks, it is said to enable the standardisation of printer models across customers’ operations and offer both flexibility and sustainability benefits.

VIDÉO - "L'alimentation c'est un tiers des émissions de carbone dans le monde". Cécile Béliot, directrice générale du groupe BeI

The military diet requires people to follow a low-calorie diet for 3 days and then return to regular eating for 4 days. Across the first 3 days, the diet restricts daily calorie intake to 1,400, 1,200, and 1,100 calories.

Good health and peak physical fitness are key to our military community’s force readiness. One of the best ways to build strength and stamina is to eat nutritious foods that will provide your body with the energy and nutrients it needs in order for you to perform at your best. Here are some tips on how to build a better diet and improve your overall well-being.

To feast in space, you have to think about a lot of things before you can actually eat. It’s a marvelous feat of engineering up there, one that involves creativity and a lot of ingenuity to be able to enjoy a sandwich made with flour tortillas or a tasty dessert. And although the first space crops already exist, it wasn’t always that way. Technology has come a long way since 1961, when the first person had the opportunity to eat in space.

Fresh foods - produce with a two-day shelf life such as fruit and vegetables are refrigerated onboard the spacecraft and consumed quickly to avoid spoilage. As vitamins and nutrients can generally be satisfied by other means, this produce is sent to keep morale high.

Près des trois quarts des fruits et 41% des légumes non bio sont porteurs de traces de pesticides: c'est la conclusion d'un rapport publié mardi par Générations futures, taxé de sensationnalisme par des associations agricoles.

A UK-based company, Toraphene, has developed a new material, also called Toraphene, that uses biopolymers that reportedly compost naturally and biodegrade without human intervention, even in the ocean. The biopolymers are combined with graphene – a Nobel prize-winning substance derived from carbon that is stronger than diamond at an atomic level.

Fibu’s renewable, biodegradable wood fibre foam, which seeks to reduce plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in the packaging, construction, and furniture industries, is set to see a global roll-out with investment from Elof Hansson Holding.

In the first of our interviews with the Sustainability Awards 2021 finalists, we talk with IUV, a plastics-free packaging solutions provider and creator of the Columbus’ Egg technology – a range of biodegradable, compostable biopolymers that aim to reduce food waste while replacing petroleum-based plastics. This solution was nominated in our 'Pre-Commercialized Innovation' category.

The European Commission’s proposal for an EU Packaging Regulation, published on 30 November 2022, offers an opportunity for the sustainable transformation of the packaging industry. Plastic packaging manufacturers in Germany have invested in the recyclability of their products and are ready with innovative solutions that combine high material efficiency with high-grade recyclabi lity and the use of recycled materials. In order not to jeopardise sustainable transformation, the regulation should be adopted before the European Parliament elections in 2024.