Sonoco-Alcore to Implement Additional Price Increases for Tubes & Cores in Europe

Eco-Products® announced today that it has been recertified as a B Corporation, once again achieving the coveted distinction for meeting “high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.” This is the third time the company has gone through the rigorous certification and verification process. To achieve this distinction, Eco-Products met score requirements of the B Impact Assessment, which rates business factors such as employee benefits, civic engagement, DE&I initiatives, product environmental benefits and the impacts of business operations.

On April 24th, the European Parliament adopted the provisional agreement on the new packaging and packaging waste regulation #PPWR. The regulation is important for the transition to a circular plastics economy. Trioworld already today offers packaging alternatives that meets the legislations, such as film that is thinner and thus contains less material, products that are designed for recycling and contains recycled or bio-based content. All without compromising on performance and quality. An important change, compared to the legislation we have today on packaging and packaging waste, is that the legislation goes from a directive to a regulation. Thereby the new legislation will ensure that all 27 Member States within EU fulfil their obligations at the same time and in the same way. With the same requirements for all market players a necessary harmonization will take place. That will lead to more investments in innovative and more sustainable packaging solutions.

The two companies are strengthening their partnership by developing a 100% recyclable corrugated board solution. Reducing plastic packaging is a major issue in the CSR approach of La Coopérative Agricole de Noirmoutier, a group of producers of high quality potatoes located on the island of Noirmoutier (Atlantic coast). It is with the ambition to replace the plastic bags wrapping its potatoes that the Cooperative contacted DS Smith. With its experience and collaborative spirit, it is with enthusiasm that DS Smith organized several workshops bringing together members of the two companies. The main difficulty was to keep the potatoes in good condition despite the elimination of plastic. Thanks to the expertise of its designers, DS Smith has succeeded in developing a 100% recyclable corrugated board solution that guarantees the conservation and visibility of the potatoes.