Sustainability
News and analysis on sustainable packaging innovations and technologies that are improving recyclability, reducing waste, lowering carbon emissions and more.
Coca-Cola transitions to 100% rPET bottles in the Netherlands and Norway
Coca-Cola has taken another step on its journey to eliminating new virgin oil-based plastic by announcing that its
Circularise raises €1.5 million to trace plastic supply chains
Circularise, a blockchain solution for tracing materials and sharing data, has raised €1.5 million from the EU Commission’s
Nestlé reveals recyclable paper wrappers for Maggi bouillon cubes
Maggi has broken new ground by becoming the first major brand to use recyclable paper packaging to wrap individual bouillon
Pujolasos launches wooden cap with recyclable plastic inner
With the aim of meeting demand from the perfumery and cosmetics industries for more environmentally friendly caps, Pujolasos has designed
Finalist interviews: Frugalpac's coffee cup made from 96% recycled paperboard
In the first of our interviews with the Sustainability Awards 2020 finalists, we talk with Frugalpac, the creator of a
Syntegon wins German Packaging Award for innovative form, fill and seal system
The German Packaging Institute has honoured Syntegon Technology, formerly Bosch Packaging Technology, with a German Packaging Award for its compact
The Sustainable Packaging Summit 2020 goes digital
Packaging Europe's Sustainable Packaging Summit 2020 will now be taking place as a season of world-class digital
Webinar: How to achieve recyclability in transparent food contact plastic packaging
Event Overview All actors in the value chain of the plastic packaging sector are working hard to meet the sustainability
The Wider View: Sustainable power of flexibles
In this latest edition of the Wider View, we spoke to vertical form fill and seal machinery expert ROVEMA GmbH,
Is refillable and reusable growth set to continue its skyward trend?
In this article, Paul Jenkins, managing director of ThePackhub, takes a look at some of the most exciting products to
On Second Thoughts... We cannot recycle our way out of plastic pollution
Yoni Shiran, Programme Director at SYSTEMIQ, tells us why recycling is not the single answer to the plastic pollution dilemma.
Baker Perkins reveals extrusion-based biodegradable chip packaging
Baker Perkins has adapted twin-screw extrusion technology used extensively for starch-based foods to produce biodegradable loose fill chips,