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…
To better satisfy the increasing demand for more efficient bottling lines, AROL, a leading producer of closure systems, has developed a new solution designed to optimise work times and performance of capping machines: the UNI CHUCK.
Prior to the webinar hosted by Packaging Europe and Bostik, Elisabeth Skoda discusses food packaging trends and sustainability issues with speakers Wladimir Moraes and Jean-François Le Cam.
Is your adhesive circular? Is it vegan? Does it add value? Minuscule in relative volume terms but crucial in ensuring the viability of a package, adhesives are often a central consideration in the key challenges that packaging is asked to solve.
Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) recently ran a successful pilot as part of a Working Group with Petcore Europe to demonstrate that recycling post-consumer pots, tubs and trays made from Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) can be used for food packaging.
Walki offers cardboard-based laminate constructions for washing powders and other hygroscopic products which offer sustainability benefits and at the same time providing optimum product protection and allowing perfect processing.
Ahead of his keynote at the Global Packaged Summit, PepsiCo VP Chris Daly spoke to Tim Sykes about the environmental challenges for packaged goods and the need to follow a multi-dimensional, long-term roadmap to meet them.
Technical knowledge based plastics compounder and recycler Luxus has received accreditation from EuCertPlast www.eucertplast.eu, the European wide scheme that provides a common standard for post-consumer plastics recycling.
The fourth edition of MeetingPack in Valencia, organised by AIMPLAS and AINIA, was a meeting point for more than 350 professionals of the food barrier packaging industry.
What began as a legitimate concern about the amount of plastic we use (and throw away) has quickly evolved into what some would call a ‘knee-jerk’ reaction.
