Emily Hawley
Articles
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Materials: Closures
Closures are required on all bottles, jars, sprays, and pumps and can be made of several materials. The most common closure materials are High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) or PP. There is also a ran...
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Link an Existing Bill of Materials to a Product
Only product supplier users can link existing Bills of Materials to a Product. It's common for different products to share a common Bill of Materials, for example, a white wine and a red wine m...
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Create Attached Component Groups in a Bill of Materials
This function is available to Product Suppliers Introduction Product suppliers with a 'Complete Bill of Materials' task must ensure any relevant Attached Components Groups and Sets are added to...
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Confirm a Bill of Materials Link (Task)
Only retailer users can approve or reject a Bill of Materials link. When a product supplier user is completing a 'Complete Bill of Materials' task, they might want to use an existing Bill of Ma...
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Materials: Glass
Clear glass is fully recyclable and is a preferred option for glass selection. Colored glass is less preferred as, although it is recyclable, the market for colored glass is less well established, ...
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Requesting and Managing Connection Requests
Connections allow organisations to work together and share information. Without a connection, work cannot be assigned from one organisation to another. For example, if a retailer would like to assi...
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Download a Component Specification Form
Accessible to all usersIntroductionA PDF copy of a component specification can be downloaded by any user with access to the component (retailer, product supplier and packaging supplier).You can dow...
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Mark Component as 'Internal Packaging Waste'
Retailers will now have the option to ask their product suppliers to specify when components are ‘internal packaging’ in the Bills of Materials for their products.This information can be used to fl...
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Materials: Metal
Metals should only be used for food cans (steel) and drinks cans (aluminum).Small components are difficult to separate and recycle for example springs and triggers in pumps. Reach out to ...
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Materials: Mixed or Other
For e-halo and recyclability assessment, mixed material is defined as a material whereby the main material makes up less than 95% of the component by weight (e.g., a PE pouch with more than 5% of t...