29 Nov 2019 --- This week in packaging, Starbucks announced that it will eliminate single-use plastic straws from nearly 1,500 stores across Japan and begin providing paper straws to customers starting in January 2020. Avantium secured €25 million in EU funding to support the establishment of an innovative value chain for the use of plant-based FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) and PEF (polyethylene furanoate). Also, Canpack officially opened its US$150 million aluminum beverage can facility in Tocancipa, Colombia, with an annual capacity of 1.3 billion cans, expandable to 1.9 billion.
