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 World Packaging Organisation (WPO) has launched Waste Stream Mapping Guides for 21 countries as part of its Global Packaging Design for Recycling Guide programme.
H2 Green Steel has announced that it has already signed supply agreements for over 1.5 million tonnes of its green steel, which will be produced from 2025 onwards at its fully integrated, digitalised, and automated plant in Sweden that will reportedly run on renewable energy. What does this mean…
Mondi has switched to certified base paper for its entire portfolio of glassine-based release liners with the goal of ensuring traceability and responsible forest management.
In this exclusive interview with Oliver Giani and Vitali Morgovski, Vice Presidents and Senior Analysts at Moody’s, we explore what both a continuation of the current energy situation and a complete halt to energy supply as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could mean for the paper…
JOHNSON’S Baby has announced the launch of new paper-based refill cartons for existing plastic bottles of its Baby Shampoo, Bedtime Bath, and Top-to-Toe Wash toiletry products.
FMCG brands are increasingly ditching plastic multipack wrapping in favour of paper-based alternatives. But, according to Lindum Packaging, this is resulting in high levels of product damage and food waste. Rick Sellers tells us more.
Huhtamaki claimed an ‘industry first’ last month with the launch of its aluminium-free, mono-material PET blister lid for the global healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. Tobias Fackler, senior manager at the company’s healthcare business unit, told us more about the innovation and the story…
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…
By some estimates, one-third of all food produced for human consumption in the world is lost or wasted every year. How can our industry help to solve this issue? One of the answers, according to Joshua Young, Circular Economy Manager at PragmatIC Semiconductor, is smart packaging.
Alec Mills, co-founder of DAME, sets out the company’s mission to bring sustainable period care solutions into the mainstream with self-sanitising reusable applicators, reusable pads, and a convenient subscription service for tampons.
