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…
The German packaging machinery industry is in a strong position ahead of interpack 2023, according to the VDMA, which represents more than 3,500 German and European mechanical and plant engineering companies.
Plastics Recyclers Europe has reported a 17% growth in installed recycling capacity in 2021 amongst ongoing challenges with the European energy crisis and the low accessibility of sorted plastic waste.
Given the complexities of sustainable packaging, are key stakeholders doing enough to embrace the realities and trade-offs that may be required to make advancements? Gartner Supply Chain’s senior director analyst, John Blake, tells us more about how companies can avoid “hype cycles” in the future.
Berry Superfos has worked alongside Norwegian dairy company TINE to replace the polystyrene pots of its Rømme products and one of its sour creams with polypropylene alternatives containing 50% recycled material in pursuit of the company’s sustainability strategy.
tesa has released its tesa 51344 paper-based tear tape for shipping envelopes and boxes, which aims to improve the recyclability of board and paper waste by negating the need to separate adhesive tapes.
Siegwerk has announced that its UniNATURE Water-Oil Barrier Coating has been successfully certified for single-use paper plates, and now hopes that the solution will keep fibre-based resources in the loop to facilitate a circular economy.
We do not usually cover straightforward barrier film developments in the AIPIA newsletter as there are many versions, and in our view, there is nothing particularly exceptional about packaging with barrier features. But Melodea, a new member of AIPIA, based in Israel, offers recyclable barrier…
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has invested over €40 million into its refillable bottling infrastructure in Germany – a move hoped to optimise the sustainability of its value chain and increase consumers’ access to drinks sold in returnable glass bottles.
Could the proposed wide-ranging revisions to the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive cause more harm than good in their current iteration? Isabell Schmidt and Martin Engelmann of the IK German Plastic Packaging Association, which represents around 300 mainly SMEs in the areas of plastic…
Avantium and Origin Materials are combining their technology platforms to produce FDCA – a key building block in the production of PEF – from sustainable wood residues on an industrial scale, aiming to increase PEF supplies for the production of bottles, films, and other packaging applications.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV has reported that its tracer-based sorting technology – designed to distinguish flexible food packaging from its non-food counterparts during the packaging and recycling processes as part of the EU-funded CIRCULAR FoodPack project…
