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…
Packaging Europe members may already be aware of the previous guide to global plastics regulation we published last year. This year’s report again explores how plastic regulation continues to evolve but opens up the field to include all materials and formats.
Waitrose has become the newest member of Polytag’s Ecotrace Programme, which identifies and captures data on single-use plastic packaging throughout the recycling stream using invisible UV Tag technology.
DataLase and TamperTech have joined forces to incorporate DataLase’s photonic printing technology into tamper tape, aiming to provide security, authentication and tracking in a single solution.
The EU-funded REDYSIGN consortium - seeking to develop processes for producing and circularizing bio-based, recyclable, smart fibre-based packaging – has reported ‘important advances’ in developing recyclable-by-design trays, absorbent pads and anti-spoilage sensors from its last meeting.
TotalEnergies Corbion and Useon have partnered to advance the development and global commercialization of EPLA moulded products - high-performance foam materials made from TotalEnergies Corbion’s Luminy PLA bioplastics.
HolyGrail 2.0’s latest industrial-scale sorting trials – driven by AIM, the European Brands Association, and powered by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste – claim to have exceeded a detection efficiency of over 90% and a daily detection rate of almost 56,000 items of post-household rigid packaging.
Packaging film supplier SÜDPACK, food service company Werz and BASF Gastronomie have teamed up to utilize BASF’s polyamide Ultramid Ccycled material for meat and sausage packaging in the hotel, restaurant and catering sector.
Refillable aluminium bottles of Clean Cult’s cleaning and laundry products are now available from Costco – a move set to offer an affordable and effective replacement to plastic packaging in home care.
Yangi has introduced its Yangi Cellera industrial machine platform for fibre-based dry forming technology, said to reduce water and energy consumption and reduce CO2 emissions by up to 70%.
Egg tray producer Nippon Molding plans to expand its Dry Molded Fiber portfolio and encourage fibre-based packaging innovation on the Japanese market after completing Site Acceptance Testing for its PulPac Modula machine from TechTribe.
Lieferando is providing partnering restaurants with corrugated paper delivery boxes from Huhtamaki, coated with Xampla’s plant-based polymer, in hopes of providing ‘plastic-free’ and ‘biodegradable’ packaging solutions for a broader range of dishes.
