Ardagh Group has announced that it will acquire African firm Consol Holdings for approximately $1 billion.

Headquartered in Johannesburg, and founded in 1946, Consol is one of the largest producers of glass packaging on the African continent.

Source : https://www.foodbev.com/news/ardagh-to-acquire-glass-packaging-company-consol-for-1bn/

How can industry achieve a circular bioeconomy in food packaging? The solution lies in valorising waste into packaging products that can later be biodegraded back into soil, according to Professor Jose Lagaron from the Spanish Council for Scientific…

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“Del Monte Foods has announced what it said is the industry’s first canned vegetable product to be certified by the Upcycled Food Association under its new upcycled certification program.”

Source : https://www.fooddive.com/news/del-monte-foods-leans-into-upcycled-food-movement-with-canned-vegetable-cer/609532/

The world currently wastes one-third of all food produced.
The food processing and packaging industry can contribute to the transformation of food systems.
Food packaging can adopt many approaches to a more sustainable supply chain.

Source : https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/11/food-systems-packaging/