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Aluminium Europe and Metal Packaging Europe report 76% recycling rate for aluminium cans

European Aluminium (EA) and Metal Packaging Europe (MPE) have released a report which shows that the overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland reached 76.3% in 2023, representing a Greenhouse Gas emissions saving…

Mondi protects Pacapime Hungary’s fresh produce with containerboard packaging

Mondi has teamed up with Pacapime Hungary to provide high-quality corrugated packaging for delivering fresh produce to its customers in Central and Western Europe.

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Collaborative EPR: A conversation with CITEO and EXPRA

CITEO France has recently joined the Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance EXPRA. Elisabeth Skoda discusses the motivations behind this decision, the implications for producers and the wider challenges and opportunities for EPR systems with CITEO’s Jean Hornain and EXPRA’s Hester Klein…

Mini Coca-Cola cans target on-the-go drinking and short-term flavour runs

Coca-Cola now sells single-serve drink portions in 7.5-oz mini cans, with the format intended to suit on-the-go consumption and benefit new flavour trials.

What is holding reusable packaging back?

A new report involving 115 reuse companies across Europe offers the most comprehensive snapshot yet of how reusable packaging systems are performing, what is holding them back, and what they need to scale. One of the key contributors, New ERA tells us more about what the future holds for this…

How do we fix a ‘breaking’ and ‘import-dependent’ European industry?

What is the current outlook for Europe’s manufacturing sectors – and what must be done to support them? In the aftermath of the European Industry Summit in Antwerp, we consult multiple industry players for their perspectives on promoting EU-made resources, lowering carbon and energy costs,…

Packaging Labelling: the Test Case for a Truly Harmonized Single Market

When the EU Commission adopted the Single Market Strategy last year, it identified fragmented rules around waste and labelling as barriers to progress and prioritised creating a harmonized packaging labelling system for consumer sorting. Marzia Scopelliti-Kübler, senior public affairs manager at…

Cortec transitions VpCI-126 bags to minimum 20% recycled content

Cortec has announced that all of its VpCI-126 bags are now made with 20% minimum recycled content, a move hoped to help suppliers and end-users keep up with increasing global recycled content mandates.

RDM’s new recycled cartonboard delivers up to 20% packaging weight reduction

RDM Group has launched Vincicoat PLUS (V+), a new generation of recycled cartonboard engineered to reduce the gap to virgin-level performance while enabling packaging weight reductions. Krzysztof Krajewski, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer at RDM Group, tells us more in this edition of…

Debunking common recycling myths

As Germany transposes the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation into national law, the German Environment Agency (UBA) and the Central Agency Packaging Register (ZSVR) have cleared up common misconceptions about plastic recycling rates, glass waste collection, and more.

Saica Group recycles its own paper into repulpable adhesive tape

Saica Group has unveiled an adhesive tape made entirely from its own recycled paper, aspiring for a fully repulpable product and a circular system.