Top Story

Greenpeace report: UK supermarkets are significant contributors to plastic pollution crisis and “too slow” to find solutions

19 Nov 2018 --- Supermarkets have a stronger focus on recycling plastic over the reduction in the use the material and it could be this mindset that has led the ten leading UK supermarkets to contribute over 810,000 tons of single-use plastic to the market every year, a major Greenpeace UK report has found. In collaboration with the UK ...

More
Key Trends

Seasonal designs: Spooky Halloween

Seasonal designs are often released on products across a range of categories. For Halloween products are given a spooky revamp, aiming to turn everyday treats into items worthy of giving consumers the goosebumps. Designs tend to feature orange and black tones, ghostly or zombie-like figures and even glow-in-the-dark effects.

More
Video

DS Smith launches zero waste returnable pack at BrauBeviale

DS Smith is delivering a revolution in the sustainable development of beverage packaging with Fillbee – a returnable pack made from post-consumer waste that fits inside reusable crates, yet can also be ...

View Video
Event Review

BrauBeviale 2018 review: Craft and sustainability trends in brewing

BrauBeviale welcomed over 40,000 trade visitors (2016: 37,923) – over 18,000 of them international – to Nuremberg to attend this year’s most important capital goods exhibition for the beverage industry from November 13-15 2018. ...
13 Nov 2018 - 15 Nov 2018 Nuremberg, Germany
More
Key Interview

Consumer interest in liquid nutraceutical delivery forms grow as “pill fatigue” perseveres, says Bormioli Pharma

13 Nov 2018 --- Consumers are more mindful of their health and nutraceutical products have become aspects of an everyday diet. This, coupled with a faster pace of consumer living has spurred a number of packaging innovations for nutraceuticals. This is according to Elena Piazza, Business Development & Marketing Manager at Bormioli Pharma,..

More
Special Report

Paper-based packaging: Environmental benefits and “natural” aesthetics drive growth

26 Oct 2018 --- Paper and paperboard have witnessed somewhat of a resurgence, fueled by anti-plastic sentiment and a growing global demand for designed-in recyclability. Not only is paper a naturally renewable, recyclable and compostable material, it can also add value to packaging with the appearance of “naturalness” in an..

More

19 Nov 2018 --- Nestlé Waters North America has signed an agreement with rPET supplier CarbonLITE with the latter due to expand its US production by building a third recycling facility in Nestlé Waters’ local bottling region (Lehigh Valley, ...

Packaging Focus : Confectionery and gums

Plastic remains the material of choice for confectionery, followed by carton. There has been a fourfold increase in launch activity for recloseable confectionary, perhaps indicating how the market is responding to consumer .. More

Top Story

Greenpeace report: UK supermarkets are significant contributors to plastic pollution crisis and “too slow” to find solutions

Key Trends

Seasonal designs: Spooky Halloween

Video

DS Smith launches zero waste returnable pack at BrauBeviale

Event Review

BrauBeviale 2018 review: Craft and sustainability trends in brewing

Key Interview

Consumer interest in liquid nutraceutical delivery forms grow as “pill fatigue” perseveres, says Bormioli Pharma

Special Report

Paper-based packaging: Environmental benefits and “natural” aesthetics drive growth

Nestlé Waters US to boost rPET bottle production with new CarbonLITE agreement

Study finds microplastics in 50 percent of UK ...

SECOS to close Stellar Films Australia and ...

BrauBevaile 2018: Crown and Ball exhibit design and ...

Brexit uncertainty sparks a flurry of reactions from the ...