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…
Neste and Mitsubishi Corporation have entered a strategic partnership seeking to develop value chains for renewable chemicals and plastics for Japanese brands – an effort hoped to defossilize supply chains in the food and beverage, apparel, and consumer electronics sectors.
Neste claims to have doubled the amount of plastic waste processed at its Porvoo refinery in the latter half of 2023, reaching over 6,000 tons, and plans to develop the location into a renewable and circular solutions site.
Neste and Eppendorf have entered a strategic partnership to replace fossil feedstock with a renewable alternative in the production of plastic tubes, filter pipette tips, and other consumables for the life science industry.
Neste, Mitsui Chemicals, and its subsidiary Prime Polymer are packaging dried seaweed slices with bio-based raw materials for the Japanese Consumers Co-operative Union brand CO-OP.
A collaboration between Neste, Suntory, ENEOS, and Mitsubishi Corporation expects to facilitate the production of PET resin from ‘renewable’ Neste RE feedstock, set to be used by Suntory to manufacture bottles in 2024.
To coincide with the release of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Global Commitment 2022 report, Nestlé has shared some key metrics regarding its environmental performance.
Neste, Idemitsu Kosan, CHIMEI and Mitsubishi Corporation are working together to create a supply chain of renewable plastics, using Neste’s bio-based hydrocarbons to produce styrene monomer and its renewable, mass-balanced derivatives such as bio-ABS.
Neste is launching a strategic study into the possibility of transforming its refinery in Porvoo, Finland, into a renewable, circular solutions site dealing in non-crude oils.
Circularise has announced a joint project with ISCC, bringing together material suppliers, OEMs, brands, and trading companies to test a public, blockchain-based digital system, with the aim of supporting transparency and data integrity for mass balance certification.
Borealis recently announced the launch of the Bornewables, a new portfolio of circular polyolefin products produced with renewable feedstock derived entirely from waste and residue streams.
Düsseldorf’s giant K show is the world’s biggest plastics event, and its three-yearly cycle serves as a snapshot of how the industry is shifting. Tim Sykes visited K 2019 to pick out some key packaging trends and takeaways.
