Top Story

Danish start-up launches plant-based spoon with integrated teabag, as drink-to-go-market rethinks its waste...

24 May 2019 --- Denmark-based Sprout has introduced a new patented and eco-friendly spoon for the “drink-to-go-market” as the pressure to phase out single-use cutlery heats up. Coined the Sprout Spoon, the 100 percent biodegradable, foldable spoon has a teabag integrated into its form, meaning tea can be stirred sans plastic cutlery or stirrers. It can be thrown directly in the...

Special Report

What does it mean? Ambiguity around biodegradable and recyclable terms feeds into throwaway culture

10 May 2019 --- Throwaway culture can be defined as society’s way of living based on the excessive production, consumption and disposal of goods, according to environmental group, Zero Waste Europe. Consumer education around the suitable end of life destinations for packaging is critical and international clarification of definitions such as “biodegradable,”...

Key Interview

Shifting engrained mindsets and inviting innovation will address sustainability in packaging, says WRAP...

20 May 2019 --- The UK Plastics Pact is a trailblazing, collaborative initiative, delivered by Circular Economy & Resource Efficiency Experts WRAP, that hopes to create a circular economy for plastics. Speaking to PackagingInsights, WRAP Director Peter Maddox highlights that once the Pact has established a foundation for the packaging industry – by eliminating non-recyclable materials...

Key Trends

Trailblazing transparency: Dairy packaging

With sustainable dairy production and consumer demand for transparency along the supply chain at an all-time high, dairy companies are switching to packaging solutions that are more sustainable to reflect the harmony between product and packaging. While plastics remain the material of choice for packaging dairy products, manufacturers are trying to reduce the amount of plastic in packaging...

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The 5 elements of packaging development

As a development agency, the company develops functional packaging which taps into user convenience, cost efficiency, product protection and sustainability. A winning development was the ACU-Drop II, which was awarded the top prize in the Dutch De Gouden Noot (The Golden Nut) award. Suitable for medical applications, the mono-material, two-part packaging keeps liquids separate until they are...

Event Review

Empack 2019: Bio-based and mono-material flexible packaging solutions trend

Empack 2019, 3-4 April, held in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, attracted over 1,000 new exhibitors, alongside 200 established names in the European packaging industry. Flexible packaging was the dominant market in the show hall, with bio-based pouch options and mono-material, recyclable solutions trending.

03 Apr 2019 - 04 Apr 2019 Brabanthallen

BUSINESS HIGHLIGHT

Arla overhauls EU packaging to make over one billion pieces renewable and recyclable

13 May 2019 --- By the end of the year, across six countries, Arla Foods will make 600 million fresh milk cartons renewable and 560 million yogurt pots recyclable, cutting 7,330 tons of carbon in the process. The new packaging options will be available for consumers in Arla’s six main European markets – Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK.

WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Weekly Roundup: Mondelēz avoids 59,600 tons of packaging

17 May 2019 --- This week in packaging, Mondelēz International reduced its packaging by 59,600 tons meaning it is on track to eliminate 65,000 tons by 2020, according to a 2018 Impact Progress Report. In biodegradable packaging news, online food delivery service Delivery Hero has invested in the Series A funding round for BIO-LUTIONS, a producer of disposable tableware made from agricultural...