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…
Earlier this year, AIPIA (the Active and Intelligent Packaging Industry Association) and Packaging Europe entered a strategic partnership, with the aim to accelerate the uptake of smart packaging innovation. A few months into the collaboration, Elisabeth Skoda catches up with Eef de Ferrante,…
Agr International has introduced two new additions to the Process Pilot portfolio, which are aimed at improving efficiency and quality detection during the blowmolding process for PET bottles containing recycled content.
Cepi has released its annual statistics for 2021, which demonstrate its recovery after the initial outbreak of COVID-19 with a 15.9% increase in turnover and the growth of segments both positively and negatively impacted by the pandemic in 2020. Can the pulp and paper industry’s resilience…
Paboco’s Paper Bottle, featuring a paper outer shell with a thin plastic barrier inside, has been trialled by companies including Carlsberg, Coca-Cola, and Absolut. We spoke to Paboco about being finalists in the ‘Renewable Materials’ category of our 2022 Sustainability Awards.
The many external pressures on packaging technology providers – environmental, consumer demands, fluctuating price points – bring many challenges but also opportunities to adapt. Victoria Hattersley speaks to representatives from Mettler-Toledo and Fortress Technologies to find out how this…
The Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP) has updated its voluntary plastics pledge and will now aim to use 4M tonnes of recycled post-consumer PO annually by 2025, after meeting its 3M target ahead of schedule in 2021.
New research from DS Smith suggests that 43% of consumers are frustrated by excessive packaging, which reportedly results in 86,000 tonnes of potentially avoidable CO2 emissions each year – but four-fifths of businesses admit to using packaging that does not fit with the size of the product.
Innovative Beauty Group (IBG) company, Fasten, has introduced the Recharge Luxury Refill solution made entirely from PP and PET with an all-PP cosmetic pump and a colourless, lightweight outer bottle.
Nivea’s ecorefill is a soap with a difference – the consumer creates it themselves by mixing dissolvable tablets with water, in a bottle made from 100% recycled material. To learn more about this innovation, which is a finalist in the ‘Driving the Circular Economy’ category of our 2022…
The Danish Technological Institute and CelluComp have developed Curran, a fibre-based material for packaging that is made of micro-fibrillated cellulose from sugar beet pulp and an ultra-thin biodegradable coating that reportedly blocks oxygen, water, and fat.
The Design4Circularity initiative, which includes Clariant, Siegwerk, Borealis, and Beiersdorf, has developed a concept for a colourless personal care bottle with 100% post-consumer recyclate (PCR) content, which features a printed deinkable full-body shrink sleeve for design differentiation.
