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…
Aluminium recycler Speira’s Grevenbroich and Töging plants are being upgraded with four tiltable rotary furnaces to handle heavily contaminated scrap and dross, or ‘low grades’, produced during the melting process.
Holzmanufaktur Liebich’s handmade wooden box for Jägermeister liqueur, sykell’s cloud-based SaaS software for returnable packaging, dotch’s reusable glass bottle for edible oils, and many more have been named as winners of the German Packaging Institute’s German Packaging Awards 2024.
As the United States’ presidential election looms, the Biden-Harris Administration has announced its intent to phase out all single-use plastics across US federal government agencies by 2035 and all single-use plastic products in foodservice, packaging, and events by 2027.
Maastricht University has been granted funding from the Dutch government in three projects pursuing circularity for plastics, including a collaboration with Danone, The Kraft Heinz Company, and others to improve recycling technologies for polyolefin-based food packaging.
Packaging Europe’s coveted Readers’ Award is returning this year as part of our 2024 Sustainability Awards - giving you the power to nominate a sustainable packaging solution that has particularly impressed you in the past 12 months.
Carbios and the Toulouse Biotechnology Institute are publishing an article presenting an enzyme-embedded PLA designed to quickly biodegrade in home-compost conditions – a development expected to result in plastic packaging that is compostable at ambient temperatures.
A survey conducted by UPM and the Pentawards suggests that cost is considered a roadblock when designing packaging for sustainability; and that packaging designers would benefit from material guides to select the most environmentally beneficial materials.
DS Smith has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 19% compared to 2019/20, replaced more than one billion pieces of plastic ahead of schedule, and achieved an ‘A’ rating on climate change from the global environmental non-profit, CDP – according to its latest sustainability report.
Diageo and ecoSPIRITS are in a global agreement to distribute Gordon’s gin, Captain Morgan rum, and Smirnoff vodka in reusable packaging at bars, hotels, and restaurants via the ‘lower carbon, lower waste’ ecoTOTE technology.
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.
Plastipak and Kraft Heinz have announced their intent to transition Kraft Real Mayo and Miracle Whip containers into a 100% rPET design in a bid to eliminate around 14 million pounds of virgin plastic and reduce carbon emissions.
