Sustainability

Mondi mill upgrades to lower emissions and bolster operations in 2025

From the first quarter of 2025, Mondi expects to lower nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 10%, greenhouse gas emissions

Re-Gen uses Polytag watermarks to track packaging among mixed waste recycling

Re-Gen is utilizing Polytag’s watermarking technology to accurately count individual items of packaging among the 250,000 tonnes

Driving packaging sustainability forward in 2025

Unfortunately, my wrap-up of 2024 is not an especially cheerful one. Just as we close out the year with

Regulate imports and manage energy costs, plastics industry implores the EU

As Europe’s share of global plastics production is feared to have halved over 20 years, Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE)

Fresh and recycled fibres combined in Stora Enso’s bag and mailer paper

Stora Enso is blending fresh and recycled fibres into its new Optima RF paper, which is intended to help retail

The next steps for the Global Plastic Treaty – with WWF’s Eirik Lindebjerg

Elaborados Naturales packs potato products in ovenable paperboard tray

Elaborados Naturales has adopted Graphic Packaging International’s hermetically sealed paperboard tray – containing less than 10% plastic and facilitating recyclability

LOG applies Dow resins to drug bottles as gas, moisture and oxygen barriers

Utilizing pharma-grade resins powered by Dow, LOG Pharma Primary Packaging’s barrier line claims to lower the weight of

Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation formally adopted by EU Council

The European Council has formally adopted the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, meaning it will now enter into force in

Compostable and recyclable Christmas cups revealed by Celebration Packaging

In honour of the festive season, Celebration Packaging has added red and green double-wall hot drink cups to its

LAM’ON to boost compostable, biobased films with strategic investment

Following a strategic investment from Eleven Ventures and Citibank managing director Grigoriy Ananiev, LAM’ON plans to boost its market

Mono-PET blister tray certified as recyclable by Petcore

Liveo Research’s One-Material Blister (OMB) made of PET has been certified as recyclable by Petcore Europe’s Tray