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…
UPM Specialty Papers and Eastman have created a pack for food applications requiring grease and oxygen barriers that has a compostable, biopolymer coating.
Dow has announced the winners of this year’s Packaging Innovation Awards (PIA) which include heat-shrink labels created from recycled PET bottles, flat core repair tape said to improve transport efficiency by 112% and a “first of its kind” handwash pouch for the Indian FMCG industry.
UPM Specialty Papers and Michelman have co-created three solutions designed to allow brand owners to replace multi-material, non-recyclable packaging with paper-based alternatives that meet their requirements for food contact and recyclability.
Ahead of the Sustainability Awards next month, we spoke to Huhtamaki as part of our Finalist Interview series about its OmniLock Ultra Paper, nominated in the Commercialized Recyclable Packaging category.
Syntegon’s advanced PMX packaging platform for coffee packaging now runs Constantia Flexibles’ EcoLamHighPlus mono-polyethylene material in pursuit of an ‘efficient, future-ready solution’ at no extra cost to brand owners.
Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) has expressed concern at the “alarming” downward trend in the European plastics recycling market, stating that recycling companies will continue to go out of business into 2024 “unless the situation is addressed urgently”.
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to Lasso Loop Recycling about its Lasso ‘smart-bin’ for recycling household plastics, glass, and metals, nominated in the Pre-Commercialized Driving the Circular Economy category.
Aldi has announced plans to remove the plastic windows and trays from several of its savoury goods lines, a move expected to eliminate 127 tonnes of plastic packaging per year once the changes are rolled out.
As part of our Sustainability Awards Finalist Interview series, we asked John West about its ECOTWIST aluminium foil stickers, used for the company’s multipack tuna cans. Said to reduce plastic waste and CO2 emissions, the entry is nominated in the Pre-Commercialized Recyclable Packaging category.
SABIC, Lamb Weston, and OPACKGROUP have collectively packaged frozen potato products in a thin, low-weight coextrusion film, with at least 60% made using bio-feedstock from used cooking oil; the pack claims to reduce the previous design’s carbon footprint by 30%.
Avantium’s plant-based, recyclable polyethylene furanoate (PEF) polymer – recommended as an alternative material in packaging, bottle, and textile production – has been released under the brand name Releaf.
Selenis and Magnomer have announced a strategic partnership to deliver recyclable PETG shrink sleeves through coatings technology, said to offer easy separation and capture of sleeves in existing recycling systems.
