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…
NEXTLOOPP, the overall winner of Packaging Europe’s 2021 Sustainability Awards, set out to close the loop on polypropylene by creating food-grade recycled PP from post-consumer packaging. Professor Edward Kosior, the founder and creator of NEXTLOOPP speaks to Elisabeth Skoda about the project’s…
The Recharge from Netherlands-based Fasten BV is a cosmetic refill packaging concept, nominated in the precommercialized ‘Driving The Circular Economy’ category for the Sustainability Awards 2022.
Deliveroo has launched a £2.5 million fund intended to provide its partners with a 50% subsidy on the cost of sustainable packaging and assist them in reaching their sustainability goals; it is hoped that the scheme will save over 400 tonnes of single-use plastic from landfill.
Sealed Air Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Liquibox and utilise its packaging solutions, such as bag-in-box, to expand into new industrial sectors.
To coincide with the release of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Global Commitment 2022 report, Nestlé has shared some key metrics regarding its environmental performance.
In its Global Commitment progress report for 2022, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation asserts that its target to completely implement reusable, recyclable, or compostable packaging by 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be missed by most business signatories.
Princes Food Group has worked together with The Brand Nursery to redesign the packaging of its Branston Beans brand to appeal to intergenerational consumers and stand out on supermarket shelves.
Kellogg’s has partnered with Deldea Design, HP Indigo, and Precision Proco Group to design and digitally print limited-edition Corn Flakes cereal packaging in celebration of its 100th anniversary.
We speak to FlexSea to learn more about their novel biomaterials that set out to replace single-use plastics. The company is a finalist in the pre-commercialized climate category of our Sustainability Awards 2022.
The Polymers for Europe Alliance has highlighted ‘energy surcharges’ as a prevalent issue faced by manufacturers and converters in the plastics industry and is calling for their removal from suppliers’ industrial negotiations.
Flexible packaging protects products that are vital to society, which in turn presents challenges that we need to overcome. In this context, Marco Hilty, who joined Huhtamaki as President of Flexible Packaging in September 2021, reflects on the industry’s need to set more ambitious goals in…
In this edition of our ‘In Conversation With…’ feature, Alena Maran, Avery Dennison’s Director of Marketing Strategy and Sustainability, LPM EMENA, gives us her views on how labels can play a significant role in unlocking packaging sustainability problems.
