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…
Apparently, BASF is considering selling its coating business to Carlyle for around €7 billion – a move hoped to recoup funds in the wake of soaring energy prices.
Plastic Energy has commercialised ‘char’, a byproduct of its chemical recycling process, with its production reportedly resulting in 89% less carbon emissions.
As an industry, we pride ourselves on anticipating consumer needs. We have repeatedly and successfully innovated around safety, light-weighting, and recyclability. But there is one important societal shift that remains underexplored: the rise of solo living. Dr. Igor Popovic, Managing Director…
Henkel is working with Dow to produce its hot melt adhesive using low-carbon feedstocks and renewable electricity, aspiring to reduce the carbon footprints of its product lines by 20-40%.
Henkel and LyondellBasell (LYB) have collaborated to develop a renewable-based solution for the plastic cage of Henkel’s WC Frisch/Bref solid toilet rim blocks, using 30% mechanically recycled plastics and 70% bio-circular based raw materials.
INEOS plans to shut two of its production units in Rheinberg due to high energy prices and carbon costs across the chemical sector, as well as a reported ‘lack’ of tariff protection – a landscape described as ‘suicide’ for Europe’s industry.
WRAP has announced the UK Packaging Pact, a ten-year agreement seeking to avoid virgin materials, boost recyclability and recycled content, upscale reuse and refill, improve traceability, and more.
Woolworths has stated it expects to save approximately 50,000 kilograms of virgin plastic each year through its new own brand bread bags, manufactured by Amcor and made from 30% recycled plastic.
SIG and ALCA Corp have announced the launch of the first products filled on SIG’s aseptic spouted pouch system featuring in-line pouch sterilization, removing the need for third-party pre-sterilization.
Aldi and PANDAS Foundation are printing mental health messaging onto the retailer’s baby wipes packaging in hopes of destigmatizing perinatal struggles and directing new parents to relevant support services.
