On 5 June, the European Commission published a Commission Notice providing further clarity about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in practice. We take a closer look at the document to understand its requirements in detail, including the current status of PFAS restrictions, the…
In this Innovation Spotlight, Dow outlines how its extrusion coating portfolio aims to support recyclability requirements and regulatory readiness, and how its collaboration with RDM Group demonstrates how lightweight polymer coatings can extend the use of fibre-based packaging into applications…
Great Earth’s nutritional supplements have been launched with a fibre-based cap from Blue Ocean Closures, providing an alternative to plastic caps and aiming to address increasing consumer demand for more sustainable packaging.
ULMA Packaging has revealed TSA 400, an automatic traysealer for low-to-medium production environments; it is designed for easy integration and operation, high production performance, and energy efficiency in a range of packaging applications.
eBay is leading a petition to ensure that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules do not restrict small business’ access to the European Single Market. It calls for a single point of registration and declaration; exemption or de minimis for micro-companies; and permission for online…
Metsä Board has launched a new solution hoping to simplify the recycling process for packaging materials in its product deliveries via a QR code, which links to an app providing customers with recycling information.
DS Smith has replaced plastic pallets for canned products with corrugated cardboard in collaboration with Danish seafood producer, Vilsund Blue A/S, aiming to eliminate plastic use and increase the number of cans per pallet.
Filmed at this year’s Sustainable Packaging Summit in Amsterdam, Nandan Vachhani and Myriam Bastar of Swiss Pac explain the company’s reasons for attending the event and outline its range of flexible packaging solutions.
Proper packaging waste management and recycling structures are a key building block for a sustainable packaging industry. Mark Vester, Executive Vice President Germany and Business Development at Der Grüne Punkt discusses the organisation’s work as a provider of take back systems and commodity…
At its facility in Limmared, Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe – an operating business of Ardagh Group – is using a hydrogen electrolyzer to produce green hydrogen for melting glass, apparently saving 70 tonnes of CO2 since October.
The Coca-Cola Company has lowered the ambition of its voluntary environmental goals. Having extended its timeframe to 2035, it now aspires to achieve 40% recyclate in its primary packaging and collect 75% of the bottles and cans it markets, among other targets.
Holography is sometimes incorporated in packaging for its visual elements and as a security measure. Journalist Frances Butler takes a look at the use of holography in applications such as tapes, labelling and stickers, how companies are utilizing it for shelf appeal and anti-counterfeit purposes,…
Aiming to reduce plastic waste and environmental impact, Ahlstrom has introduced MasterTape Cristal, its transparent paper-based tape backing made from renewable materials.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has collaborated with Aalto University and Finnish industrial partners to develop a new technology for cardboard shaping, a continuous process to create reel-to-reel origami-inspired structures for fibre-based packaging materials.
