Rigid Packaging

Sustainability Perspectives: Discussing polystyrene with renewable content with Trinseo

Funding secured for project to increase recycled content and quality of PET bottles

Scientists from Heriot-Watt University have been granted funding from Innovate UK for a two-year project aimed at developing

Packaging adhesives and sustainability

Adhesives are more or less invisible, but play an important part in quite literally holding packaging together. Elisabeth Skoda looks

RecyClass publishes recycling evaluation protocol for polystyrene packaging

RecyClass says that the post-consumer recyclability of rigid polystyrene packaging can be tested with its new Recyclability Evaluation Protocol

Association of Plastic Recyclers approval for Neopac’s monomaterial barrier tube

Hoffmann Neopac, a global provider of packaging for pharmaceuticals, beauty, and oral care, has been granted approval for its Polyfoil

The next steps for recycled polystyrene

The value chain initiative, Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), has filed a second application for European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) approval

Zooming in on plastic recycling

Stora Enso boosts formed fiber production capacity

Stora Enso’s formed fiber products are currently being used in food packaging such as bowls, trays and lids. The

What is the true potential of Notpla’s seaweed-based paperboard?

Earlier this month, Notpla contacted us with the news that it had developed a paperboard material made with 30% seaweed.

Outlook for 2022: Trends and disruptive innovations

As we move ever closer to a new year, it’s time to ask what kinds of trends, priorities and

Designing circularity into the styrenics value chain

Having established its full circularity credentials, the styrenics industry is now committed to implementing the principles of sustainable design in

The brand owner’s packaging perspective: Nestlé Waters