Huhtamaki and Stora Enso Launch The Cup Collective
The European program, aims to recycle and capture the value of used paper cups on an industrial scale.
Initially, the program will be implemented across the Benelux. With the aim of setting new standards for paper cup collection and recycling in Europe, The Cup Collective has issued an open invitation for partners from across the supply chain to get involved in working towards a systemic European solution.
The EU has set a recycling target for paper and board packaging of 85% by 2030. Paper cups are recyclable but need to be collected before they can be turned into new paper products. The Cup Collective initiative will create the necessary collection infrastructure to significantly increase the recycling rate of wood-fiber in paper cups. Above all, the program will make it easier for consumers and businesses to collect used paper cups to be regenerated into valuable recycled raw material.
The first paper cup collection bins will be available in restaurants, cafés, office buildings and transport hubs in the Brussels and Amsterdam metropolitan areas. The Cup Collective aims to recycle half a billion paper cups in the first two years and, as it is designed to be scalable, has the capacity to significantly increase recycling volumes in Europe. The program is managed by Co-cre8 - co-cre8.earth, a UK-based firm with over a decade’s experience in designing and implementing recycling programs across Europe.
courtesy of Stora Enso
SkinMedica Launches New Firm & Tone Body Lotion
Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, announced the launch of SkinMedica Firm & Tone Lotion for Body, the first product from the professional-grade skincare line formulated to prevent and address visible signs of body skin aging for a toned look. It was created to diminish the look of crepey skin, address uneven skin texture, improve the appearance of body skin firmness and tone, and improve the look of sagging skin.
SkinMedica Firm & Tone Lotion for Body ($165 USD MSRP) is available for purchase at SkinMedica.com, and through a network of licensed physicians and medically supervised spas.
courtesy of AbbVie
WestRock's Expands CanCollar Product Line with Introduction of CanCollar X
As the newest addition to the family of solutions automated by the patented CanCollar Fortuna platform, CanCollar X uses a similar fiber-based, glue-free minimalist design preferred by consumers to maximize can visibility, is comfortable for consumers to handle and optimizes the use of material to bundle multipacks for larger formats.
CanCollar X is automated by the CanCollar Fortuna platform — a newly patented beverage packaging machine that uses a series of star wheels and metering screws along with a highly innovative linear drive system to seamlessly move containers through a travel path in the machine, resulting in unprecedented accuracy of can orientation at high speeds.
courtesy of WestRock
Ariana Grande Enters the Body Care Category with New Clean Body Line
As Grande continues to expand her presence in beauty and fragrance it was a natural step to expand the globally successful God is a Woman clean fragrance line into a self-care line of body products.
As an extension of the brand's commitment to continuing to develop clean beauty products, the God is a Woman Body Line upholds the standards of Ulta Beauty's Conscious Beauty Program, meaning the products are made with Clean Ingredients, are Cruelty Free and Vegan.
The new God is a Woman Body Line includes a skin-softening Body Scrub Soufflé, a rich and soothing Luxurious Body Oil, a multi-purpose Hand and Body Cream and a Deluxe Travel Spray.
courtesy of LUXE Brands
Hardee's Partners with Southern Grist Brewing To Create Strawberry Biscuit Ale
Hardee's partnered with the Nashville-based brewery, Southern Grist Brewing Co. to launch Strawberry Biscuit Ale, available from Southern Grist for a limited time.
Creating a biscuit beer was no simple task and required months of planning and trial runs by Southern Grist to find the perfect mix of biscuits, strawberry puree, grain, hops, yeast, and water. "Southern Grist has created more than 900 different flavor profiles since our inception in 2016, but never a beer infused with biscuits, so we were definitely intrigued when Hardee's approached us,'' said Southern Grist Brewing Co. co-founder and production manager Jared Welch.
Strawberry Biscuit Ale will only be available at the Southern Grist Brewing Co. Taproom in Nashville, Tenn. and via shipping by Southern Grist in select markets nationwide to residents.