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…
September was a busy month for the HolyGrail 2.0 project, which aims to simplify the process of sorting packaging waste through the use of digital watermarking technology.
P&G has today announced its Climate Transition Action Plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its supply chain by 2040, while setting out interim goals for 2030, which include packaging innovations for recyclability.
Following last week’s announcement that it has reached its semi-industrial trial stage, the digital watermarking initiative HolyGrail 2.0 has reached another milestone – the successful validation of its first prototype detection sorting unit.
AIM and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste announced today a partnership to start semi-industrial trials in the next phase of the HolyGrail 2.0 project, which is testing digital watermarks for the intelligent sorting of packaging waste.
Today Gian De Belder, packaging technologist, Procter and Gamble, and project leader of the HolyGrail project (finalist in the ‘Driving the circular economy’ category), discusses how collaboration is key to solving sustainability challenges.
