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“It’s been too profitable for the UK waste industry to offload waste to China,” says Hubbub Founder

15 Feb 2019 --- Ahead of Packaging Innovations 2019 in Birmingham this month, PackagingInsights speaks to Trewin Restorick, Founder & CEO of environmental sustainability charity Hubbub, about UK sustainability levels and the issue of plastic packaging pollution. Hubbub collaborates with leading companies like Waitrose, Starbucks and ...

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Key Trends

Bottoms up: NPD in alcoholic beverage packaging

Indulgence is still key in NPD for alcoholic beverages, as companies continue to offer high-end artisanal and handcrafted liqueurs using seasonal flavors and novel ingredients. Premium offerings are often packaged in glass, which remains the material of choice for alcoholic beverages. There is a rise in alternative packaging formats for traditio..

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Reloop: Five key system conditions shaping the EU plastic packaging value chain

PackagingInsights speaks to Clarissa Morawski, Managing Director of the Reloop Platform about the five essential system conditions shaping the EU plastic packaging value chain. Morawski also considers how the ...

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Event Review

2018 in review: The top stories of the year

2018 saw a flurry of activity in plastics, largely fueled by concerns around the rapidly rising levels of plastic waste seeping into the environment. Huge strides were made in respect to sustainability, including high profile, strategic ...
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Key Interview

“Visual language is the future of packaging design,” says Dutch expert, Marc Pruijssers

22 Jan 2019 --- “It’s not what you read,” says packaging design expert, Marc Pruijssers, during his recent TEDx Venlo talk on visual language, “it’s what you see, is what you get.” Pruijssers demonstrates that the most aesthetically-pleasing design choice is not always the most commercially effective and tha..

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Special Report

2,000 cookies a minute: Robotics drive automation to unseen levels of efficiency

11 Feb 2019 --- Advances in robotics are facilitating ever-increasing speed and efficiency in packaging automation. Robots are able to perform menial, repetitive functions with far higher productivity than humans, allowing personnel to focus on higher value tasks. As the global population and levels of consumption continue to rise, robotics..

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Weekly Roundup: Clariant launches line of oxygen-absorber packets for healthcare, ALPLA acquires ...

15 Feb 2019 --- In this week’s packaging news, specialty chemicals company Clariant launched a new line of oxygen-absorber packets for the liquid infusion market, while Ishida will be exhibiting three of its weighing and quality control solutions at Empack in Den ...

Packaging Focus : Snacks

Plastic remains the material of choice for packaging snacks, while heat sealed packets are witnessing significant growth in snack applications. Innova Market Insights data has shown a threefold increase in launch activity .. More

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“It’s been too profitable for the UK waste industry to offload waste to China,” says Hubbub Founder

Key Trends

Bottoms up: NPD in alcoholic beverage packaging

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Reloop: Five key system conditions shaping the EU plastic packaging value chain

Event Review

2018 in review: The top stories of the year

Key Interview

“Visual language is the future of packaging design,” says Dutch expert, Marc Pruijssers

Special Report

2,000 cookies a minute: Robotics drive automation to unseen levels of efficiency

Weekly Roundup: Clariant launches line of oxygen-absorber packets for healthcare, ALPLA acquires ...

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