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…
Ton Knipscheer of the European Co-Packers Association talks to Tim Sykes about the reasons why contract manufacturing is more and more central to the strategies of not just retailer’s private label products, but also to delivering the innovation to brands. We also discuss the need for dialogue…
As part of our Sustainability Awards Finalist Interview series, we asked Taghleef Industries about its collaboration with Corapack to develop biobased films for flexible packaging, said to be home compostable and nominated in the Pre-Commercialized Renewables category.
As part of our Sustainability Awards Finalist Interview series we spoke to co-founder and CEO of Reelables, Brian Krejcarek, about its 5G Smart Label for shipment tracking, nominated in the Commercialized Renewable Materials category.
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, RWTH Aachen University spoke to us about the EnEWA research project - a joint entry with Universität Siegen, LEIPA, PROPAKMA, STADLER and TOMRA Recycling - which developed and evaluated a recycling process for paper,…
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards we asked Mauro Vitali, sales manager at Mondi Paper Bags Italy, about the company’s filmless bag, nominated in the Pre-Commercialized Renewables category.
Capsa is a finalist in this year’s Sustainability Awards with its reusable cardboard box entry, nominated in the Commercialized Driving the Circular Economy category. We spoke with the company to learn more about this innovation.
As part of our Sustainability Awards Finalist Interview series, we spoke to Pulpatronics about its ‘metal-less and chipless’ RFID tag, nominated in the Pre-Commercialized Climate category.
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to Ardagh Glass Packaging about its NextGen Furnace, designed to reduce the carbon footprint of glass packaging and nominated in the Commercialized Climate category.
Ahead of this year’s Sustainability Awards, we spoke to finalist Shellworks about its entry, the Vivomer home compostable tub made from microorganisms, nominated in the Commercialized Renewable Materials category.
Ahead of this year’s Sustainability Awards, we spoke to finalist COPAR about its wheat straw packaging, nominated in the Pre-Commercialized Renewables category and aiming to offer a compostable and recyclable alternative to traditional plastics.
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to Aeroflexx about its AeroFlexx Pak, a flexible package designed to act like a rigid bottle and incorporating up to 50% recycled content, nominated in the Commercialized Recyclable Packaging category.
