Mondelēz International has substituted rigid polyethylene terephthalate (PET) trays with FSC-certified paper trays across its main cookie lines in Europe within the biscuits segment, according to a press release posted on My News Desk.
The switch applies to more than 115 products sold under eight brands. These include Cadbury, Chips Ahoy!, Freia, Lacta and Marabou.
These items are distributed in more than 25 European countries, including France, Germany, Ireland, the Nordic region, Poland, Spain and the UK.
The project covers approximately 28,000 tonnes of cookies made each year.
Mondelēz estimates the move will cut the use of virgin plastic by 2,200tpa, which is around 80% less than the previous tray format.

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Lactalis has entered a "definitive" agreement to acquire the UK business of Canadian peer Saputo in the French dairy giant's fourth deal in two months.
While the privately-owned company did not reveal the purchase price in a statement today (14 August), Saputo tagged the transaction at around £988m ($1.33bn).
The deal is expected to close by the end of the first quarter next year, subject to regulatory approval, Toronto-listed Saputo added.
Lactalis said in its own announcement that Saputo UK, which generated revenue in its latest financial year of £800m, comes with five production facilities, along with a host of cheese brands such as Cathedral City and Davidstow.
The sites are located in Hawes (Yorkshire), Davidstow (Cornwall), Nuneaton (Warwickshire), Kirkby (Merseyside) and the Isle of Bute (Scotland), employing around 1,300 people, Lactalis said.

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Canadian dairy cooperative Agropur has agreed to sell its "fine cheese" business to the local unit of French group Lactalis.
The transaction includes the Quebec-made brands Oka, Monsieur Gustav and L'Extra along with the Oka and Saint‑Hyacinthe production facilities in the province.
Agropur will also divest its fine cheese import activities as part of the deal, Lactalis said in its statement.
In a separate release, Agropur said the move is part of an ongoing plan to "simplify and optimise its operations" and support its "long‑term competitiveness".
The cooperative added that it intends to focus on operations that generate the "greatest value" for its farmer members. This includes production of fluid milk, industrial cheese, ***** er and dairy ingredients.

Even before BVB coach Niko Kovac donned his coaching gear, he held his first meeting with Nico Schlotterbeck on Sunday morning. The injured center back (medial ligament injury in his left ankle) wasn't yet part of the group that completed the first phase of performance diagnostics on Sunday. Nevertheless, the 26-year-old showed up in his workout clothes in the BVB first team's fitness area and went through an individual rehab session while his teammates worked up a sweat on the treadmill.
Captain Emre Can, who is also in rehabilitation training following the cruciate ligament tear he suffered in the spring, suddenly appeared in good spirits among his Black and Yellow teammates in the weight room. He greeted new signings Justin Lerma and Joane Gadou, who were meeting their Dortmund teammates for the first time, and was delighted to be reunited with old acquaintances.
The BVB first team—including Serhou Guirassy, Fabio Silva, Jobe Bellingham, and others—got down to business on the training area in the weight room and on the ergometers. Karim Adeyemi and Kjell Wätjen were absent; both players have been granted leave to hold talks with other clubs. The players who were still competing with their national teams at the World Cup until the very end were also not yet in Dortmund-Brackel due to vacation and will make up the performance diagnostics later. Julian Ryerson and Gregor Kobel were the last two Dortmund players to be eliminated from the World Cup in the quarterfinals with their national teams on Saturday night.
Under the guidance of Mathias Kolodziej, Head of Performance and Sports Science at Borussia Dortmund, the professional squad gradually underwent the various health checks and performance tests. As usual, the testing program was supervised by a team of medical professionals, athletic trainers, and sports scientists.
At the BVB training facility, the focus on the first day of performance diagnostics was initially on sports medicine. The first team underwent physical therapy checks and various internal medical examinations one after another. Finally, they completed the grueling stepwise lactate test along with a stress ECG. On Monday, the focus will shift to athletic training.

A curious and paradoxical intolerance for lactose across the South Asian subcontinent could help explain why the ability for adults to consume fresh milk from other animals developed in other populations.
Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, led a team of scientists in a genome-wide study of people across the Asian subcontinent to better understand how and why the ability to digest the sugar common in dairy products spread.
Despite being the world's biggest producers and consumers of dairy, most adults in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh do not produce enough lactase, an e