https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3nw5vnzgpo
'In front of me is a line-up of aluminium cans, but not a drink in sight.
Instead, these cans have been designed to hold toiletries like shampoo, shower
gel and hand wash, condiments like ketchup and household cleaning products.
I'm at the London research and development centre for Meadow, a start-up that
has developed a new packaging system.
Their idea is to move products currently packaged in plastic to aluminium cans.
The founders believe it could be the next big step in reducing the amount of
plastic packaging in the world, thanks to the high recycling rate of aluminium
cans compared to plastic - 81% vs 52%, according to figures from the National
Packaging Waste Database.
Meadow has taken the typical aluminium drink can and tweaked it, so that it
will slot into a cannister, which can be equipped with all sorts of dispensing
options.
So depending on the contents, you could have a pump, a squeeze top, spray
nozzle, screw top lid or other options.
The can itself has a sealed top and crinkles at the edges to make it clear the
contents aren't to be drunk.
When the can is empty, it can be taken out for recycling, and replaced with a
new one.
Aluminium can manufacturer Ball, which already offers recyclable aluminium
packaging for shampoos and lotions, has invested in Meadow and will offer the
system to the big personal care brands it works with.
"We realised the greenest container already exists - the aluminium can. So we
thought, what do we need to do, to take it to new industries?" says Victor
Ljungberg, Meadow's co-founder and chief executive, who is based in Stockholm,
Sweden.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
