01 May 2024 --- The Federation of Beauty Companies (FEBEA) is proposing three measures relating to manufacturing and packaging standards and streamlining regulations in the cosmetics sector in response to the French... Read More

25 Apr 2024 --- The European Parliament (EP) has adopted the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), greenlighting new rules obliging businesses to mitigate environment and human rights violations. However,... Read More

24 Apr 2024 --- Unilever is “unashamedly” axing a range of its environmental sustainability pledges, in what the corporation says is a needed and realistic update given current geopolitical issues and the financial... Read More

22 Apr 2024 --- The European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI committee) has passed a motion supporting the reconsideration of the mass balance method for recycled content calculation... Read More

22 Apr 2024 --- The EU is calling for global legally binding obligations across the entire lifecycle of plastics, from polymer production to waste management and final disposal, to prevent pollution. Tomorrow, world leaders and... Read More

13 Mar 2024 --- Bioaqualife’s general manager, Carsten Petersen, and chief marketing officer, Christa Martin, speak to us about its portfolio of biomaterials that are a “bacterial feast” for landfill organisms. The US-based company recently launched a biotape touted as the marine industry's “first biodegradable shrink wrap tape.”

29 Feb 2024 --- Coveris’ BU Paper R&D director, Will Mercer, tells us how Coveris is adapting to the changing packaging landscape with recyclable product solutions and investments in recycling infrastructure. We also discuss legislative changes in the UK and EU and how clarification, collaboration and reinvestment are needed for companies to adapt for the future. 

13 Feb 2024 --- According to Gilles Swyngedauw, vice president of corporate social responsibility and product sustainability for Cosmetics & Fragrance Packaging at Albéa Group, biomaterials are not inherently superior to fossil-based materials. Swyngedauw warns that what may work for the automotive or textile industries might not work in the packaging industry due to limited recycling streams. “Product safety is part of what we call responsible packaging, and we cannot compromise on that.”

09 Feb 2024 --- Releaf Paper has launched three new products, including a self-assembled box and wrapping paper. We talk to the company’s co-founder, Valentyn Frechka, about how Releaf is expanding the use of fallen leaves to develop packaging materials. Frechka also shares how things have progressed for the EU grant winner while setting up a pilot facility in France.

30 Nov 2023 --- At BrauBeviale 2023, we speak with Plastipak’s sales and marketing director for Europe, David Albeniz, about the company’s reusable PET-based beverage containers and how these applications respond to the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations (PPWR). We also discuss Plastipak’s low-carbon PET resins.

12 Oct 2023 --- The circular economy action plan is a central aspect of the European Green Deal. The plan aims to ensure that waste is prevented and resources used are kept in the economy for as long as possible, reducing pressure on natural resources and creating sustainable employment and development. The plan is a prerequisite to achieving the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality target and halting biodiversity loss.The US Environmental Protection Agency has created similar plans, along with numerous other countries globally. The UN has established the circularization of global economies as a central pillar to achieving the Paris Agreement targets and ensuring a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.In this webinar, we discuss how the packaging industry is developing solutions to aid the transition toward circularity, whether a fully circular economy is possible, and the main challenges and benefits for business leaders.