INDUSTRY CALENDAR . SEPTEMBER 19-21 AICC/TAPPI 2022 Corrugated Week: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas. OCTOBER 11-13 FTA Fall Conference: Covington, Kentucky. OCTOBER 23-26 PACK EXPO Int’l: McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois. OCTOBER 26-28 PPC Fall Meeting & Leadership Conference: Hyatt Re- gency Austin, Austin, Texas. OCTOBER 27 AICC Canada/CCCA Tabletop Conference: The Design Exchange, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOVEMBER 1 Chicago TAPPI What’s New: Oak Brook Marriott, Illinois. NOVEMBER 1 AICC Mexico Annual Meeting & Trade Fair: Riu Plaza Guadalajara Hotel, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Board Converting News® is published weekly by NV Business Publications, in association with Flexo Market News®, Interna- tional Paper Board Industry®, and Folding Carton Industry®. Editorial and Marketing office: PO Box 802, Manasquan, NJ 08736-0802. Subscription Rates in U.S. and Canada $223 per year or $355 for two years. Overseas rate per year $355 USD. Current issue single copies (pre-paid only) $8.50 in U.S. (else- where $9.50); add $5.00 per order for shipping & handling. No part of this publication may be transmitted or reproduced with- out written permission from the publisher. DS Smith has already tested using seaweed fibers as a raw material in a range of packaging solutions, from car- tons to paper wraps to cardboard trays. The seaweed fi- bers demonstrated unique properties capable of harness- ing plastic’s benefits as a barrier coating for food products. “Delivering real change is always top of mind,” said Al- ison Berg, Sustainability Manager at DS Smith. “We know that producing recyclable paper-based options alone is not enough. By pursuing more renewable resources for packaging, we are seeking to actively reduce our use of finite natural resources and will continue to change pack- aging as we know it.” will look at the fibre potential and plastic replacement ca- pabilities of a number of materials in order to diversify the range of sources it uses for packaging. DS Smith is also exploring the use of annual plants such as daisies and agricultural wastes for their fibre properties and potential paper performance. The company has also undertaken trials exploring how seaweed may be used as a raw material to design out problem plastics from carton, paper wrap and cardboard tray packaging. Now, the DS Smith Innovation Team is experimenting with cocoa shells for carton board in chocolate packaging and is looking at other materials with a good environmen- tal profile. For example, agricultural waste in the form of straw, and annual plants like hemp or miscanthus, which in some cases might require significantly less energy and water to produce than some traditional materials.
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