Packaging Europe staff writers

Plant waste converted into packaging components in new AIMPLAS project

In a new project, AIMPLAS plans to use solvent-free mechanochemical techniques to turn plant waste into packaging and adhesives,

‘Breakthrough’ in polypropylene recycling could boost plastic packaging circularity

A significant hurdle standing in the way of increasing the use of recycled plastics in food packaging is the risk

Collaborative initiative seeks to deink and recycle printed PP and PS cups

Siegwerk, Greiner Packaging, and Krones have teamed up in an initiative set on deinking and recycling polypropylene and polystyrene cups

Ranpak’s void fill paper converter adopted by Antalis for e-commerce packaging

Antalis has added Ranpak’s FillPak Trident Mini void fill paper converter to its range of e-commerce equipment, with

HP creates bulk solution for efficient thermal inkjet printing

HP Inc. has revealed its HP Thermal Inkjet (TIJ) 108mm Bulk Printing Solution, which is intended to ‘disrupt’ industry packaging

Study gives design-for-recycling advice for fibre-based packs with barrier coatings

A PROPAKMA study commissioned by Veolia and Forum Rezyklat intends to help manufacturers ensure that the application of barrier coatings

Researchers reveal enzyme to break down and recycle single-use bioplastics

Scientists at King’s College London have utilized an enzyme often found in biological laundry detergents to degrade and recycle

Latvia’s deposit return system achieves 80% return rate two years in

Depozīta Iepakojuma Operators (DIO) reports that its Latvian deposit return system has achieved an 80% return rate upon its two-

Smurfit Kappa invests in bag-in-box plant to improve capacity and energy efficiency

Smurfit Kappa is investing €54 million to double the capacity of its Ibi Bag-in-Box plant in Alicante and

David Luttenberger & Tim Sykes discuss the packaging innovation landscape in 2024

Tamper-evident food containers from Celebration Packaging utilize 30% rPET

Celebration Packaging has implemented 30% recycled PET into its new range of tamper-evident containers for sandwiches, salad, and deli