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…
At the Sustainable Packaging Summit in Amsterdam, the winners of this year’s Sustainability Awards, the most prestigious global competition for sustainable packaging innovation, were announced. Click here to watch the full ceremony and hear from all the winners!
Having hosted the HolyGrail 2.0 member meeting on the previous day, the Summit gives a public platform to this ground-breaking collaboration to discuss the progress of the project, next steps, and the future of the Initiative in the context of an open, competitive market for facilitating a…
The fourth annual report from WWF’s ReSource: Plastic programme has examined the plastic footprints of Amcor, P&G, McDonald’s Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, and other members – finding a general decrease in their use of ‘problematic plastics’ from 2021 to 2022, although the plastic weight in…
EUROPEN has joined over 100 associations in the European packaging industry in encouraging EU Member States to preserve the Single Market and prevent supply chain disruptions in the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
Saica Group is building a new corrugated board plant in Barcelona with an investment of over €100 million, aspiring to increase its factories’ combined production by up to 45%.
In the latest instalment of our Rapid Interview series, Aluflexpack CEO Johannes Steurer runs us through the positives of utilizing aluminium in premium circular flexible packaging and barrier solutions.
Bostik’s Sylvie Despret assesses the impact of adhesives in enabling sustainability advancements in packaging, the latest technologies on the market, with the example of the Wash-off PSA Labels, and Laminating adhesives for flexible packaging, and, in the context of latest market trends and…
The shift towards sustainable solutions in flexible packaging is no longer a choice but an imperative driven by legislation, costs, and evolving consumer expectations. In this field of tensions, argues Wipak’s Susan Janssen, it is even more important to take everybody on board on that path,…
Metsä Group’s innovation arm, Metsä Spring, is leading a €1 million seed funding round in Swedish start-up FineCell to help develop and plan a demo production facility for its technology, which converts dry pulp fibre into added-value biomaterial.
