07 Dec 2022 --- For the second time, the Earthshot Prize announced five £1 million (US$1.2 million) prize winners at a globally broadcast ceremony in Boston, US. British seaweed packaging startup Notpla is among this... Read More

02 Dec 2022 --- Plastic credit is not a solution to addressing the plastic problem, major FMCGs have warned. At the recently held Sea of Solutions (SoS) 2022 virtual event convened by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Unilever... Read More

01 Dec 2022 --- The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP), which promotes the importance and role of up 56 million people working informally to collect plastic packaging trash across the globe, has been officially... Read More

30 Nov 2022 --- Mars Wrigley Australia has unveiled new paper-based wrappers for its Mars Bars, Snickers and Milky Way products to be launched in April 2023. The wrappers are made easy-to-recycle and compatible with... Read More

30 Nov 2022 --- Home-compostable packaging innovator Notpla has been selected as one of three finalists for the “Building a waste-free world” Earthshot award. This “Nobel-like prize for the environment”... Read More

29 Sep 2022 --- Speaking at London Packaging Week, Joe Horton, product line director at Berry Global, takes us through the company’s Bmore collection of circular plastic solutions for personal care customers. The collection focuses on four key areas: recyclability, recycled content, reusability and refills and reduced weight. Berry Circular Polymers produces PCR for use across the company’s PE solutions, while its new CleanStream facility in the UK will soon supply recycled PP for packaging.

25 Aug 2022 --- Dr. Chris DeArmitt is a chemist and polymer science expert who claims that everything we have been taught about plastics is untrue. His findings are published in his book, The Plastics Paradox, and featured on numerous international television networks, including the BBC, Sky News and PBS. He tells PackagingInsights why he believes the world has been duped over plastic products and what should be done to change things.

15 Jun 2022 --- Speaking at Packaging Innovations 2022 in Birmingham, UK, Camvac’s head of sales Andrew Smith warns that many businesses are choosing to pay the UK Plastic Packaging Tax due to the crippling costs and low availability of recycled food-grade plastic. Camvac launched two solutions at the show: a high-barrier lidding film with over 30% PCR and a high-barrier metalized MDO PE in single web-form and laminate structure.

02 Jun 2022 --- Speaking at Packaging Innovations 2022 in the UK, Eloise Patterson, head of sales convenience EMEA at Graphic Packaging International, explains how new legislation like the UK Plastic Packaging Tax is driving the transition from plastic to fiber-based packaging. GPI launched a fiber-based produce punnet at the show, enabling consumers to switch from plastic with existing machinery.

31 May 2022 --- ProAmpac’s established flexible plastic and paper-based food solutions have prepared it well for the new UK Plastic Packaging Tax, but the availability of food-grade recycled plastic remains an industry issue. We speak to CCO Adam Grose and VP for global application and innovation development Sal Pellingra about the US company’s European expansion, digital print capabilities and more.

09 Sep 2022 --- Watch this highly anticipated webinar hosted by PackagingInsights in which we unraveled Innova Market Insights’ top packaging trends for 2022. Topics ranged from food waste-fighting packaging and plastic pollution solutions to bio-based innovation and connective engagement technologies.