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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 responsibility and...
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02 Sep 2024
--- August began with The Circulate Initiative revealing that only 6% of global plastic waste management investments go to developing markets annually, and urged greater industry focus on adjusting this imbalance. Meanwhile, we...
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16 Aug 2024
--- Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) has published details of initial (indicative) extended producer responsibility (EPR) packaging base fees for the UK beginning in 2025. The document published...
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13 Aug 2024
--- Educational courses for industry professionals are becoming more common in the packaging sector as new materials, designs, technologies and legislative developments rapidly change the market. But with different adaptations...
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09 Aug 2024
--- This week in industry news, Coveris invested over £3 million (US$3.8 million) in a new Flexo press and conversion infrastructure. Meanwhile, ProAmpac commercialized its fiber-based product line and Huhtamaki announced...
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06 Aug 2024
--- Tomra Recycling and Henkel are teaming up to advance the sortability of packaging. Henkel has installed one of Tomra’s detection systems in its test laboratory to test packaging before market launch to evaluate their...
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01 Aug 2024
--- Emerging markets received only 6% of plastic waste management investments over recent years, despite the greater impact of plastic pollution in these economies, according to the The Circulate Initiative — a non-profit...
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18 Jul 2024
--- Green Dot is supplying pyrolysis oil to Shell Chemicals Europe for circular plastic polymers. Shell Chemicals Europe will upgrade the pyrolysis oil to remove impurities and use the new cleaner feedstock to produce circular...
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12 Jul 2024
--- The Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) calls on the newly elected UK government to install standardized packaging circularity across the UK. Given that the Labour Party now holds the majority of seats in Wales and...
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09 Jul 2024
--- The UK packaging industry is calling for investments and legislative support for material circularity from the country’s newly elected Labour government, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer. For years, the UK has been...
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28 Jun 2024
--- The European Parliament has voted in favor of a new packaging regulation to reduce packaging waste, harmonize internal market rules and boost the EU’s circular economy. The rules, provisionally agreed on with the...
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21 Jun 2024
--- This week in industry news, Coveris marketed a paper-based packaging portfolio for primary and secondary packaging solutions. Meanwhile, Dow announced the acquisition of Circulus, and Valmet teamed up with Flootech to supply...
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20 Jun 2024
--- Metsä Tissue has appointed Netherlands-based industrial equipment supplier Valmet to provide two complete tissue converting lines, including packaging solutions, to its mill in Mariestad, Sweden. The deal covers digital...
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14 Jun 2024
--- This week in industry news, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Netherlands began manufacturing its red crates with recycled plastic. Meanwhile, Georgia-Pacific introduced its 100% recycled fiber bath tissue and Berlin Packaging...
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12 Jun 2024
--- Austria is the world’s best country for recycling, according to a new study by Reloop and Eunomia Research and Consulting. Wales, Taiwan, Germany and Belgium are next in the top five of the 48 countries ranked by the...
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05 Jun 2024
--- Consumers increasingly expect clear product labels to improve disposal behavior. A new study titled “Enabling desired disposal of compostable plastic packaging: an evaluation of disposal instruction labels,”...
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31 May 2024
--- A survey commissioned by Huhtamaki reveals that most Finns are satisfied with their recycling habits. More than 80% of those questioned say they recycle paper-based packaging, and nine out of ten recycle cardboard boxes....
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10 May 2024
--- This week in industry news, Suzano announced its Cerrado Project, the “largest single-line pulp mill in the world,” will be operational in coming weeks. Meanwhile, Amcor worked with personal care company Avon to...
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03 May 2024
--- This week in industry news, Sappi future-proofed its mill in Austria to adapt to digitalization and industry 4.0 needs. Meanwhile, SIG launched a spouted pouch system featuring in-line pouch sterilization and Carbios...
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26 Apr 2024
--- The Alliance to End Plastic Waste has published its first two “Solution Model” playbooks to improve the understanding of stakeholders across the plastic value chain about what is needed to drive systems change to...
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