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…
Unilever’s REN Clean Skincare brand and its packaging partner Tubex have created an innovative recyclable sample pack made entirely from 100% recycled aluminium – including the nozzle.
The three companies have joined forces to develop the RewindTM Mix process, which purifies the plastics pyrolysis oils allowing the direct and undiluted processing in existing petrochemical plants for the production of circular plastics.
Borealis has signed an agreement with Renasci Oostende Recycling NV to acquire the entire chemically recycled feedstock output from its high-tech recycling centre in Oostende, Belgium.
Today, for the first time, more than 100 businesses in the packaging value chain, together with more than 50 other organisations, have publicly announced their support for the adoption of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).
Unilever has joined Nextek’s global NEXTLOOPP project, which aims to create food-grade recycled polypropylene (rPP) from post-consumer packaging waste.
Mondi, along with cheese packaging company Hazeleger Kaas and brand owner Westland Kaas, has worked to package Maaslander cheese in EnvelopeForm, a new recyclable polypropylene (PP) mono-material packaging solution.
LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics, a division of luxury conglomerate LVMH, will collaborate with specialty material provider Eastman to develop packaging that utilises Eastman’s molecular recycling technologies.
Mars UK, Mondelēz International, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever have collaborated to form a €1.2 million fund that aims to help make flexible plastic recycling economically viable for recyclers and easier for consumers.
