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…
AIPIA member Wiliot, the ambient Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider, has announced a breakthrough with its new ability to sense and analyze humidity levels of individual products, in real-time, throughout the supply chain.
Boomerang Water and Ball Corporation’s entry in this year’s Sustainability Awards is Boomerang’s ‘semi-automated’ bottling system which Ball has supplied with its aluminium bottles. We spoke to Ball’s president of aerosol packaging Jay Billings and co-founder of Boomerang Water Jason Dibble about…
Aldi is trialling a blister pack recycling scheme for its own-label medicines, encouraging consumers to return the plastic and aluminium to be recycled by TerraCycle.
Mondi has partnered with NKE, a prominent manufacturer of bearing solutions for wind, railway and industrial applications, to create a new packaging solution for its wind power components.
Print, coding and marking specialist Domino Printing Sciences, an AIPIA member, says it is making a big push into digital transformation – both internally and externally. This includes the Oracle Cloud project and scannable 2D/QR codes which are crucial for e-commerce platforms and supply chain…
How does Danone – the owner of leading brands like Evian, Volvic, Actimel, and Activa – approach packaging sustainability? We caught up with Irène de la Torre, the company’s Global Packaging Circular Economy Director, to learn more.
Qwarzo is a barrier coating made from silicon dioxide that can be used to replace plastic and PFAS on paper, textiles, and metal – and it has already been validated by brands like Unilever and Innocent.
Netstal is displaying a lightweight, thin-wall, injection compression moulded cup for dairy products, reportedly made of 100% polypropylene, at Fakuma.
BASF has revealed what are claimed to be the industry’s first biomass balance offerings for plastic additives, supporting the replacement of fossil feedstock with renewable alternatives and guiding customers towards their sustainability goals.
FEDEMCO, the Spanish federation for wood packaging and its components, has revealed a European identification seal of 100% recyclability for wood packaging – hoping to encourage manufacturers to reduce waste and design for recycling.
Researchers at Rice University have apparently harvested hydrogen and created a graphene by-product by flash heating plastic waste – a process that apparently offsets production costs and could ‘more than pay for itself’.
