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…
hubergroup Print Solutions is launching its first coldset and heatset inks for food-compliant paper packaging with the aim of facilitating dynamic brand customisation in recyclable packaging solutions.
Key players from across the packaging value chain have united under the Colombia Plastics Pact, which intends to reduce plastic pollution in the Colombian environment and assist the country in achieving a circular economy for its plastics.
PA Consulting and PulPac have launched the Bottle Collective, which intends to create a fibre-based alternative to plastic bottles for use in the food, drink, consumer health, and FMCG industries.
Could the proposed wide-ranging revisions to the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive cause more harm than good in their current iteration? Isabell Schmidt and Martin Engelmann of the IK German Plastic Packaging Association, which represents around 300 mainly SMEs in the areas of plastic…
Sainsbury’s has substituted the tray packaging of its beef mince range with vacuum packs in a move expected to reduce 55% of plastic per product and an overall 450 tonnes of plastic annually.
In October 2022, Michele Bianchi, CEO of RDM Group, was announced as the new president of Pro Carton. Since then, the packaging industry has seen such developments as the leak and subsequent announcement of proposed revisions to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, as well as a continuing…
The Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV has reported that its tracer-based sorting technology – designed to distinguish flexible food packaging from its non-food counterparts during the packaging and recycling processes as part of the EU-funded CIRCULAR FoodPack project…
Research conducted by Amcor has revealed that European consumers value both transparency and effective sealing in their hard cheese packaging, yet some report that it is inconvenient or impossible to recycle at end of life.
Dr. Thomas Lindhquist is widely credited with creating the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the 1990s. Ecoveritas recently spoke with Lindhquist to get his thoughts on the future of the concept and how it can be implemented at scale in the EU. The following is a summary of…
FEFCO has expressed its concerns that the reuse targets laid out in the proposed revisions to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive could undermine existing sustainability efforts by increasing dependence on fossil-based resources and diverting attention away from renewable materials.
Phononic has released its Actively-Cooled Tote (ACT) 2000 cooling and freezing equipment for cold chain applications, featuring a proprietary thermoelectric-based cooling platform to combat toxic refrigerants and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) that contribute to global warming.
NOVA Chemicals Corporation has founded NOVA Circular Solutions – a new line of business working towards lower-emission, recycled solutions and home to the company’s SYNDIGO-brand recycled polyethylene.
