Sustainability
News and analysis on sustainable packaging innovations and technologies that are improving recyclability, reducing waste, lowering carbon emissions and more.
Assessing the paper-based alternative
As fibre-based materials innovate to increasingly compete in packaging niches recently dominates by plastics, brand owners face new challenges
Mondi partners with meat producer Hütthaler to create new recyclable film
Global packaging and paper group Mondi has joined forces with Austrian meat producer Hütthaler to produce a recyclable thermoforming film
Loop platform launches in the UK with founding retail partner Tesco
Loop, TerraCycle’s zero waste shopping platform, has officially launched its UK pilot e-commerce programme with Tesco as its
A new compostable label material for thermal applications from Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison has successfully achieved OK Compost industrial certification for a BPA-free and FSC-certified thermal label material that
Kurz develops circular process for recycling residual PET materials
Leonhard Kurz has developed a circular process for the collection, shipment, and in-house recycling of the carrier foils from
Syntegon looks to the future
In an exclusive interview with Fin Slater, Dr Michael Grosse, Syntegon’s newly minted CEO, talks strategic priorities, sustainability perspectives,
An inside look at Notpla's edible seaweed-based packaging
As the industry rushes to align itself with the recent EU directive on single-use packaging, biodegradable products have been
Diageo announces creation of “world's first” 100% plastic-free paper-based spirits bottle
Diageo, the maker of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, and Guinness, has today announced that it has created what it describes as
Last call for entry to Dow’s 2020 Packaging Innovation Awards
Entry for the industry’s longest-running independently judged awards program, which is sponsored by Dow, closes on July 17th.
CEFLEX launches new design guidelines to improve recyclability of flexibles
CEFLEX, Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging initiative, has launched a comprehensive set of guidelines to help the flexible packaging value
Frugalpac launches wine bottle made from 94% recycled paperboard
Frugalpac has revealed a wine bottle made from 94% recycled paperboard that is apparently comparable in cost to a labelled
Packaging and COVID-19: How has it impacted the industry?
The COVID-19 crisis has thrown the world into disarray and the entire packaging supply chain has been forced to