Sustainability

Industry urges EU Commission not to reopen Single-Use Plastics Directive

A joint statement signed by EUROPEN, Plastics Europe, European Plastics Converters (EuPC), European Plastic Films (EuPF) and AIM, the European

Reverse vending machines for plastic water bottles piloted at Wimbledon

Danone, Exchange for Change, and the All England Lawn Tennis Club piloted reverse vending machines for evian water bottles at

Polytag and MCC combine UV tag technology with in-mould labelled packaging

Data capture platform Polytag has announced a partnership with Multi-Color Corporation (MCC) to incorporate its UV tag technology directly

Coffee roaster pilots reusable plastic buckets from Jokey and circolution

Jokey and circolution are working alongside Kaffee Braun to pilot reusable polypropylene buckets for industrial applications – designed to be stacked,

Mars designs 67% of packaging for recycling, reuse or compost in latest report

In its latest sustainability report, Mars claims that over 67% of its consumer-facing packaging is designed to be reusable,

Funding for Wayout’s drinking water infrastructure set to tackle plastic waste

Wayout has successfully closed an oversubscribed Series A extension, set to support the deployment of its distributed drinking water infrastructure

EU Commission publishes recycled content calculation for single-use PET bottles

The European Commission has published a methodology to calculate, verify, and report chemically recycled content in single-use PET beverage

Kelpi to integrate seaweed-based barrier coatings into Amcor’s fibre-based portfolio

UK based materials company Kelpi has announced a partnership with Amcor, aiming to integrate its seaweed-derived barrier coatings into

Tablet dispenser releases exact dose with one tilt for simple, accessible use

The ONE tablet dispenser, developed by Sergei Ivanov, is designed to release exact doses with a single tilt – removing barriers

How climate change is affecting plastic packaging

HolyGrail project to sort and recycle crisp packets into new food packaging

PepsiCo, Ferrero, Mondelēz International and pladis are among the contributors to HolyGrail 2030’s latest project, which will test the

Sawdust-based foam with beeswax coating developed to replace polystyrene

Researchers have converted waste sawdust into packaging foams with beeswax coatings, expected to match the strength and impact resistance of