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…
Nextek’s NEXTLOOPP project, which creates food-grade packaging from recycled polypropylene, was crowned the overall winner at our 2021 Sustainability Awards. We caught up with Edward Kosior, Nextek’s CEO, to learn more about the project’s potential.
In this article Winfried Muehling, general manager at Pro Carton, reacts to the announcement from COP26 regarding pledges to halt and reverse deforestation.
We found out how the Mission Possible Partnership, which is made up of some of the largest companies in the world, plans to help accelerate decarbonization in the most carbon-intensive industries.
Last week at COP26 more than 100 countries made a pledge to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030. In this article, Asger Olesen, Chief Climate and Ecosystem Services Officer at the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), gives his views on this.
Frank Weermeijer, group CEO at Customs Support, identifies three key things that companies should be aware of when exporting to the United Kingdom post-Brexit.
Is the French Government’s plastic packaging ban a watershed moment in the fight against excessive packaging, or a backward step in terms of food waste and overall carbon emissions?
Here’s everything you need to know about the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) – from insider advice on how the certification process works to what separates it from competing schemes.
In this comment piece, Miriam Jiménez Serrallé, a member of of AIMPLAS’s Food Contact & Packaging Laboratory, explores the challenges of potential allergens in packaging made from plant- and animal based polymers.
September was a busy month for the HolyGrail 2.0 project, which aims to simplify the process of sorting packaging waste through the use of digital watermarking technology.
