19 Apr 2019 --- This week in packaging, DS Smith sold two of its European packaging businesses to US-based International Paper for a reported US$71.2 million. DS Smith says the transaction will help secure European Commission (EC) approval of its January acquisition of Europac. In sustainability news, Coca-Cola Australia and Coca-Cola Amatil announced bold new measures to make 70 percent of the beverage maker’s plastic bottles entirely from recycled material by the end of 2019. In the UK, Waitrose joined forces with Scottish biotech company CuanTec to develop a new film for food packaging made of waste langoustine shells.
