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…
AR Packaging aims to meet the increasing need for replacement of plastic-based cutlery and has teamed up with the food service distributor Bionatic to launch a fibre-based cutlery range.
Next up in our series of Sustainability Awards gold sponsor video interviews, Koehler Paper Group’s Eckhard Kallies, outlines the company’s reasons of entering the packaging market as well as ambitious plans for biodegradable coatings.
In the penultimate film shot at the Sustainable Packaging Summit 2019 TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky talks about eliminating the idea of waste and the new Loop e-commerce platform, based around on reusable packaging.
Sukano and Omya announce that they have jointly developed a novel voiding agent technology for biaxially-oriented films for Polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) and Polylactic acid (BOPLA) resins.
COEXPAN presents CorePET, the new 100% rPET tray for different applications, decontaminated for food contact use. This new product supports the commitment announced last year by PET Sheet Europe.
Dana Mosora is a passionate circular economy advocate, currently working as a workstream consultant for CEFLEX, and also a social entrepreneur who has co-founded the ASASE.
Braskem has launched its new stretch film solution at K Fair. The launches of Braskem Flexus 3600 and PP RF70 are the result of the company’s efforts to develop new solutions in multi-layer stretch films.
Comexi had launched for the first time ever a central impression offset solution for flexible packaging back in 2012. After seven years of development, the new generation of offset CI8 press has introduced new solutions for colour matching.
At Fachpack 2019, Elisabeth Goerner, managing director at Goerner Group, talks to Packaging Europe about the company's passion for sustainability and presents GBfiber, a fiber-based packaging suitable for direct food contact.
