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…
A study by CEFLEX and Ghent University finds ‘significant challenges’ in upscaling delamination, deinking, dissolution, and contaminant extraction technologies to meet the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation’s flexible plastic recycling and recycled content deadlines by 2030.
Online advertisements for Lavazza Coffee’s coffee pods and Dualit’s coffee bags have been banned after the Advertising Standards Authority found them to imply that the industrially compostable packaging can be composted at home.
B Lab has revealed seven new standards for B Corp Certification, including clearly defined, science-based sustainability targets, transparently monitored environmental performance, and meaningful action to help both people and the planet.
In a new report, the Renewable Carbon Initiative and nova-Institute have laid out policy proposals to further Europe’s transition into carbon capture and utilization, biomass, recycling, and other renewable carbon sources – envisioning improvements in both sustainability and competitiveness.
Packaging Europe members may already be aware of the previous guide to global plastics regulation we published last year. This year’s report again explores how plastic regulation continues to evolve but opens up the field to include all materials and formats.
The European Parliament and Council have provisionally agreed on a regulation intended to keep plastic pellets out of the environment by improving their handling across the supply chain, enforcing measures such as a risk management plan for their packaging.
The United States has placed 25% tariffs on imports of steel, aluminium, and products containing such metals; the European Commission will respond by re-enforcing suspended counter-tariffs and introducing new countermeasures to the ‘unjustified’ restrictions.
EUROPEN, FoodDrinkEurope, Cepi, and Cosmetics Europe are among the signatories of a joint statement encouraging EU policymakers to clarify the Green Claims Directive’s substantiation and verification requirements, loosen its transition period, and reconsider its rules on hazardous substances.
Research from environmental charity City to Sea suggests that 69% of UK consumers hold the government responsible for setting legally binding reuse and refill targets in order to tackle single-use packaging waste.
The European Commission has revealed its Competitiveness Compass, a strategic framework combining the pursuits of competitiveness and climate neutrality through measures to bolster the innovation, manufacture, and sale of technologies, services, and clean products on an EU Single Market.
