04 Sep 2024 --- Leading companies in the household goods industry are making progress toward more sustainable packaging, meeting consumer demand for eco-friendly solutions and preparing for a future where environmental... Read More

29 Aug 2024 --- A new study has unveiled the top supermarket packaging irritations for British consumers, with excessive plastic use and non-recyclable materials a significant stressor. The research, commissioned by sustainable... Read More

28 Aug 2024 --- Spanish plastics technology center Aimplas has reported a social impact of €686 million (US$765.3 million) for 2023, according to its latest annual sustainability report. The impact is a result of the... Read More

27 Aug 2024 --- A new study commissioned by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has underscored the role of plastic packaging in fresh produce supply chains while identifying... Read More

20 Aug 2024 --- A research team from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is raising alarms about the safety of food packaging after discovering “thousands of chemicals” in plastic products. Among... Read More

14 Mar 2024 --- We talk to Martin Kersh, executive director of the UK’s Foodservice Packaging Association, about legislation surrounding quick-service restaurant solutions and the need for increased government investment in collection and recycling infrastructure. We also discuss new reusable and recyclable packaging innovations.

27 Feb 2024 --- At this year’s Packaging Innovations in Birmingham, UK, we talked to Sealed Air’s UKI APS director Duncan Hall, who tells us about the company’s latest automatic paper and plastic packaging machinery. We discuss the flexibility required in meeting different customer’s varying demands through new systems.

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. 

18 May 2023 --- Aimplas is investing in R&D of natural polymers for single-use packaging to fit the European legislative changes. Lorena Rodriguez Garrido, packaging group leader at Aimplas, flags standardization of protocols for reusable packaging legislation and material waste stream pose challenges for food packaging. Additionally, the proposed Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) revisions will help resolve the industry’s greenwashing problem, she says.

02 May 2023 --- PackEx’s business development manager, Boris Schließmann, notes that the company’s customers increasingly want to replace plastic packaging elements with cardboard to ensure the finished product consists of one material, making it easier to recycle. The company focuses on smaller orders to ensure no packaging materials go to waste, using its laser-cutting technology to combine orders for different customers which increases processing speed.

03 Jul 2023 --- As international leaders, civil society groups and environmental campaigners continue to negotiate legislative solutions to the global plastics pollution crisis, we look at Innova Market Insights’ Top Trends 2023, with “Plastics Circularization” ranking top. In this exclusive webinar, we debate the viability of turning our linear economy into a loop, whether this is even possible, and how start-up and mainstream packaging innovators are rising to the challenge. We discuss how circularity efforts are impacting greenwashing litigation, boosting renewable material sourcing, and how connected technologies and reusable designs are aiding the industry’s transition toward a more sustainable future.