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…
The embryonic PCEP project is starting to take shape. On taking on the role of chairman in December 2018, David Baker spoke to Tim Sykes about the organisation’s aims and the conclusions of its recent workshop
Following the announcement that 250 major stakeholders have signed up to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s groundbreaking pledge, Tim Sykes spoke to Sander Defruyt (lead, New Plastics Economy initiative) about the vision and its practical implications
The most prestigious sustainability competition for packaging innovation reached its culmination in Gothenburg last week. Here are the photographic highlights of Sustainability Awards 2018
Borealis has announced its collaboration with Qpinch, a start-up that has developed a revolutionary technology to recover industrial waste heat, using an innovative chemical process.
Borealis has announced a strategic alliance with Bockatech, a UK early stage Greentech and provider of EcoCore™ technology for sustainable packaging. This partnership will develop low-cost, high performance foam injection moulding solutions
Announcing the finalists in the last of our six categories: ‘Driving the Circular Economy’, which celebrates innovations in recycling or reusable packaging systems; initiatives promoting increase in recycling rates or nurtures demand for recyclate
An innovative aid for pharma products from Multivac, the latest unique sealant technology from Velcro, and Borealis shares a solution addressing its vision for a circular plastics economy.
In the second of our series of interviews with sponsors of the Sustainability Awards 2018, Günter Stephan, head of circular economy at Borealis, shares with Tim Sykes his vision for helping realise circularity in plastics.
