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…
Dow and Mura Technology have announced plans to build multiple facilities in the US and Europe, which the companies say could add as much as 600 kilotons (KT) of aggregate advanced recycling capacity by 2030 and will apparently enable the HydroPRS technology to be scaled globally.
Dow has announced that its polyethylene (PE) resins, REVOLOOP, have been certified by AENOR as containing at least 30% post-consumer recycled content with the traceability of the production process also confirmed.
Following a successful pilot phase in Nigeria with approximately 520 metric tonnes of flexible packaging waste diverted into mechanical recycling streams and new applications, Dow has announced that its flexible packaging recycling initiative, Project REFLEX, will be expanded to Egypt and Guinea.
At the end of March, Dow announced the winners of the 2021 Packaging Innovation Awards in a virtual unveiling ceremony. This edition’s highest recognition, the Diamond Award, went to O F Packaging and its Brookfarm curbside recyclable, high-barrier stand-up pouch. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Romain…
Recyclability is one of the cornerstones of a circular economy and has shifted into focus not least due to a proliferation of EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) schemes, the EU’s green deal and changing laws that penalise packaging that’s not recyclable or reusable and doesn’t incorporate…
Dow and Plastogaz SA have announced a strategic investment to develop the latter’s catalytic hydrocracking technology for advanced recycling, which the companies claim is less energy-intensive than other forms of advanced recycling.
Certified B Corporation Mr Green Africa sets out to have a sustainable, long-term social, environmental and economic impact through the collection, conversion and selling of post consumer waste. Dow recently invested in the company to enable further diversion of plastic waste and to help close the…
Dow and Lotte Chilsung Co. have collaborated on a new collation shrink film (CSF) for bottled water made from material containing 20% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content.
Dow says its advancements in the USA and Europe will enable it to produce circular polymers from material previously considered unrecyclable, adding that it is currently seeking third-party certification for product assurance for its customers.
Dow, HP, Reifenhäuser, Cadel Deinking, and Karlville have announced a “pioneering” proof of concept for recycling PE-based barrier pouches into new, high-quality PE pouches that the companies say are suitable for repeat recycling.
Dow and Bolloré have joined forces on a pilot project which enables the use of recycled content in new food-contact packaging, which can in turn be recycled after use.
