Topic of the month

Active packaging: adding depth and breadth to sustainable approaches

Active packaging has the potential to significantly improve shelf life and reduce food waste, elevating existing packaging to provide a new level of a sustainable approach. Libby Munford spoke with a key expert on this topic – Fresh Inset’s Kris Czaplicki, Chief Strategy Officer about the…

Circular Plastics

New ALPLA plant brings design, development, and production to Thai customers

At its new plant in Thailand, ALPLA will collaborate with customers to design and develop packaging products, utilizing one-step injection stretch-blow and injection moulding to produce plastic bottles, preforms, matching closures, and more.

Topic of the month: Circular Plastics with H.B. Fuller's Elizabeth Staab

H.B. Fuller’s Global Packaging Sustainability Manager, Elizabeth Staab, sits with Libby Munford, Editor, Packaging Europe in the pioneering podcast of our ‘Topic of the month’ series.

Circular Plastics : Making positive inroads

We’re all familiar with the shocking statistics by now: in 1950, the world produced just two million tonnes of plastics. It now produces over 450 million tonnes. However, according to a Plastics Europe report: circular plastics now account for 13.5% in new plastic products manufactured in Europe.…

Playbook lays out guidelines for mechanical recycling of mixed plastic waste

In its new Solution Model playbook, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste outlines its approach to converting mixed plastic waste into products of value – keeping investment and technology requirements minimal to ensure its accessibility for countries with less developed recycling systems.

Polystyrene mechanically recycled into yoghurt cups in supermarket ‘first’

INEOS Styrolution has completed a collaborative project to mechanically recycle polystyrene into yoghurt cups, set to hit Lidl supermarket shelves early this year.