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
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
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
06 Feb 2024 --- Scientists at King’s College London, UK, have developed a way to chemically recycle single-use bioplastics commonly used in disposable items such as coffee cups and food containers. The approach is 84 times... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
29 Jan 2024 --- European Bioplastics (EUBP) is calling on the EU to develop a comprehensive “Biopolymers Industrial Action Plan” to accelerate the growth of the European bioplastics industry. By 2025, at least... Read More
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.
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.
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.
24 Jan 2023 --- In this exclusive interview with PackagingInsights, Paul Foulkes-Arellano discusses how a paradigm shift in the packaging sector could be coming in the next decades. Harmful chemicals could be replaced by benign biological solutions across the value chain, he explains, and we look at the hurdles the industry will face to achieve these advances.
06 Jan 2021 --- PackagingInsights sits down with Stephen Croskrey, Danimer Scientific CEO, after the PHA bioplastic leader lists on the New York Stock Exchange. The company’s signature polymer, Nodax PHA, is a 100 percent biodegradable and renewable bioplastic produced using canola oil as a primary feedstock. It is also the first PHA polymer certified as marine degradable. Danimer Scientific is currently producing Nodax at commercial scale from its facility in Winchester, Kentucky, US, and partnering with key manufacturers such as PepsiCo, Nestlé, Bacardi and Columbia Packaging as they introduce biodegradable alternatives to straws, food and beverage containers and flexible packaging. Croskrey outlines how Danimer Scientific is sold out of all production and planning to use its increased capital to significantly increase production to meet its customer’s long-term demand.
