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…
In this edition of our interviews with the Sustainability Awards 2021 finalists, Mi Terro tells us about its ambitions to replace single-use plastics with home compostable materials made from agricultural waste.
Graphic Packaging International has announced a third addition to its award-winning PaperSeal tray range to include a new dual-ovenable version for oven-ready, microwave-ready, chilled, and frozen food applications.
An autonomous mobile delivery robot has recently been seen moving around the corridors of the REDI shopping centre in Kalasatama, a neighborhood in Helsinki, Finland.
The Australian Institute of Packaging recently conducted two reports on the effect of packaging design on food waste. In this article, the organisation’s executive director, Nerida Kelton unpacks the reports’ key findings.
PulPac, the inventor of a process that allows the moulding of cellulose into hard, durable packs, has revealed its first-ever standardized production line – the PulPac Production Unit 300 ton (PU300).
AR Packaging has developed a fibre-based ice cream box with an integrated lid to help Picard, a French producer of frozen food, replace its plastic tubs – a move expected to save 16.5 tonnes of plastic per year.
Unilever has joined Nextek’s global NEXTLOOPP project, which aims to create food-grade recycled polypropylene (rPP) from post-consumer packaging waste.
Flexopack has developed a new mono-material thermoforming film solution that it says can be used for the “most demanding consumer packaging applications.”
Mondi, along with cheese packaging company Hazeleger Kaas and brand owner Westland Kaas, has worked to package Maaslander cheese in EnvelopeForm, a new recyclable polypropylene (PP) mono-material packaging solution.
