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…
Market pulp supplier Rottneros AB is investing in and becoming a co-owner of Blue Ocean Closures, with its sights now set on the further development of fibre-based packaging materials.
EuCertPlast and RecyClass are combining their audit schemes for plastics recyclers to form the RecyClass Recycling Process Certification, a move hoped to build trust in recycling claims going forward.
SÜDPACK’s new Multifol Extreme base film is set to offer thinner and more lightweight thermoforming packaging in vacuum and MAP applications for fish products; it will reportedly facilitate lower costs and emissions across the value chain.
ProCarton’s Winfried Mühling shares a fibre-based approach to what it takes to be a leader in circularity in the context of the EU Green Deal, emphasising the need for cross-industry and cross-substrate collaboration. Winfried also shares results of latest consumer studies.
CEFLEX and Petcore have collaborated in large-scale research analysing the composition of post-consumer waste. Dana Mosora (CEFLEX) and Raphaël Jaumotte (Petcore) unpack the implications for efforts to drive up recycling rates in plastic packaging.
Petcore’s Raphaël Jaumotte shares latest developments in PET packaging. He will share Petcore’s activities and the objectives behind key projects that are structuring the PET industry, including digitalized platform for laboratories with the target to gather data on NIAS, depolymerization…
Regulatory demands and the multiple, ever-evolving design for recycling guidelines make the development of sustainable packaging a complex task. Elizabeth Staab of HB Fuller explores the role of adhesives as an enabler of circular packages, and explains the importance of including adhesive…
In this session, we’ll hear from FEVE and Metal Packaging Europe on the sustainability perspectives and roadmaps of glass and metal packaging, respectively - and then the two associations will join in dialogue on the joint outlook for permanent packaging materials in the face of rising demand for…
TIPA and ATI have unveiled a ‘first-of-its-kind’ fully compostable lid for coffee capsules, set to align with upcoming compostability legislation and improve barrier protection, sealing properties, protection against material migration, and more.
