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…
We are living through an era of dramatic acceleration of the use of packaging – and Michael Nieuwesteeg, MD of the Netherlands Packaging Centre (NVC) is on a mission to end packaging as an environmental issue.
Mondi has joined forces with Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB) to launch a recyclable, mono-material flexible plastic packaging portfolio for its Finish dishwasher tablets.
Syntegon Technology and BillerudKorsnäs have developed a system that allows shapes of any kind to be formed from paper for various food and non-food applications.
NVC’s Michael Nieuwesteeg speaks to Tim Sykes ahead of the launch of the PUMA manifesto, introducing a toolkit that aims to eliminate packaging as a sustainability issue.
Packaging Europe has collated views from across the value chain on the current challenges and wider implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for packaging and FMCG.
Solucan has partnered with microbreweries in an effort to emphasise solidarity and locally sourced products in a time of crisis through the use of augmented reality.
UPM Raflatac has collaborated with SABIC to produce what it says is the first polypropylene (PP) label film manufactured from post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic on the market, on a mass balance basis.
How can lightweight, flexible packaging with low CO2 emissions be made from recyclable materials? This question is one of the hottest topics in the packaging industry today.
Finnish paper company UPM has developed a new biocomposite material made with “up to 100% renewable resources” that utilises waste from pulp production.
The first snapshot of the findings from what has been described as “one of the largest ever commercially funded quantitative studies into business recycling and waste management across Europe” has been published.
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