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…
Colpac has introduced Stagione Light, a new line of paperboard food packaging in its Stagione range, designed for serving hot or chilled dishes in foodservice environments.
As it brings its Mini McFlurry format to the United States, McDonald’s is serving both the small and standard sizes of its soft serve dessert in four-flap cups – contributing to its goal of achieving 100% renewable, recycled, or certified materials for its primary guest packaging by the end of 2025.
Tesco, Waitrose, Pilgrim Foodservice, WRAP, Cirrec, and other UK Plastics Pact members have formed a sprint group of industry experts and trialled trial tray-to-tray recycling for kerbside waste in a bid to prove its viability.
Linx Printing Technologies has developed two new inks to print legible, durable codes onto the ‘latest generation’ of recycled and recyclable plastic films and increase traceability across customers’ supply chains.
Ahead of this year’s Sustainability Awards, we spoke to finalist Shellworks about its entry, the Vivomer home compostable tub made from microorganisms, nominated in the Commercialized Renewable Materials category.
Ahead of this year’s Sustainability Awards, we spoke to finalist COPAR about its wheat straw packaging, nominated in the Pre-Commercialized Renewables category and aiming to offer a compostable and recyclable alternative to traditional plastics.
RECOUP has revealed the shortlisted entries for the 2024 RECOUP Awards, which focuses on plastics resource efficiency and recycling and organisations aiming for a more circular plastics value chain.
SEE has launched a new range of high-barrier, printable laminates across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, designed to help food processors use less plastic in packaging, improve recyclability and reduce total packaging costs.
Nestlé has revealed paper-based packaging redesigns across its Smarties, KitKat, and Nescafé brands, among others – aiming to cut one-third of virgin plastics from its product lines and design 95% of its plastic packaging for recycling by 2025.
Belgian chocolate brand Guylian has removed the plastic film from the outside of its chocolate boxes, replacing it with a central closure that opens in two parts for easy access to the marbled chocolates.
AkzoNobel has launched a new internal coating for beverage cans that is free from BPA and other “materials of concern”, in a bid to deliver superior levels of corrosion protection while providing manufacturers with a solution to address current and future regulation.
Südpack has unveiled a new range of PET floatable lidding films. When used on mono-APET trays, the low-density, sealable top webs can be separated during recycling from the APET bottom webs, with the aim of producing cleanly recycled materials.
