In the final installment of Paul Foulkes-Arellano’s Insider View series, the circularity educator at Circuthon Consulting examines the abundance of bio-based feedstocks and their potential for reducing fossil fuel-based materials. He also discusses the need for serious, global legislative changes to help emerging businesses deploy these resources and spark a paradigmatic shift in the packaging industry.
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
2M Group founds packaging business unit to promote biomaterial production
17 Jul 2024 --- International chemical business 2M Group of Companies is launching a new packaging-focused business unit, Sustainable Packaging Technologies (SPT), to promote its growing portfolio of biomaterial... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Study finds bio-based polylactic acid poses no microplastic risks
01 Jul 2024 --- A new meta-study report has found that unlike non-biodegradable polymers, which will persist and permanently accumulate as nano- or microplastics in the environment, polylactic acid (PLA) will hydrolyze into... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
15 Apr 2024 --- After almost five years of planning and research, environmental consultancy expert Paul Foulkes-Arellano and material sciences specialist Dr. Julia Freer Goldstein have published a new book on how industries like... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
13 Mar 2024 --- A survey of board directors and senior executives of fashion brands and retailers in the UK, US and Australia reveals that most (83%) have implemented new forms of environmentally sustainable packaging. The... Read More
BUSINESS NEWS
22 Feb 2024 --- At the ongoing trade show Packaging Innovations in Birmingham, UK, Adair Simpson, commercial director at Cambrian Packaging, talks to Packaging Insights about packaging materials and... Read More
TotalEnergies Corbion CEO: The future of PLA in the bioplastic market
15 Jul 2024 --- We speak to Thomas Philipon, CEO of bioplastics specialist TotalEnergies Corbion, which produces plastics from polylactic acid (PLA). We discuss PLA applications, the issue of microplastics, cost competitiveness with fossil-based polymers and the development of bioplastic supply chains.
“Materials and Sustainability: Building a Circular Future”
19 Jun 2024 --- We speak to Paul Foulkes-Arellano, circularity consultant at Circuthon Consulting, about his recent book, “Materials and Sustainability: Building a Circular Future.” He describes how his research began, the book’s findings and what the packaging industry can learn.
Bottle Up: Bringing reusable bioplastics to the European beverage sector
07 Feb 2024 --- We speak to Bart Willems, the co-founder of Dutch company Bottle Up, which uses sugarcane-based bioplastics to create reusable water bottles. We discuss cost competitiveness with fossil-based materials and how policy changes could aid the transition toward bio-based and reusable packaging.
Good Natured Products’ innovation VP details the future of Canadian bioplastics
13 Nov 2023 --- We talk to Sadaf Shafiei Sabet, vice president of innovation and product development at Good Natured Products, about the future landscape of environmentally sustainable packaging and bioplastics in Canada. In an exclusive interview with Packaging Insights, Sabet explores emerging technologies, consumer demands and the “eco-friendly revolution.” She also shares expert foresight into the world of plant-based resin production and its global impact.
EPPA director general: How ideological thinking on the waste hierarchy threatens EU policies
06 Nov 2023 --- We speak to the European Paper Packaging Alliance’s (EPPA) director general, Matti Rantanen, about misunderstandings on reusable packaging and the importance of the recycling industry to achieve circularity. Our discussion follows Rantanen’s recent Insider View article on Packaging Insights.