Sustainability

India to introduce ban on some single-use plastics from July 2022

India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has announced that from the 1st of July 2022, the country

Connect with industry-leading experts at our Sustainable Packaging Summit

With Packaging Europe’s Sustainable Packaging Summit just weeks away, here’s a rundown on the top-level experts who’

Constantia Flexibles launches mono-material laminate for high chemical resistance applications

Constantia Flexibles has launched what it claims is a recycle-ready, mono-material polypropylene (PP) laminate with high chemical resistance

Where are the barriers and opportunities for scaling reuse systems?

The environmental charity Hubbub has released ‘Reuse Systems Unpacked’, a report that draws on interviews with key industry players and

Valser introduces label-free beverage bottles

Valser, a Coca-Cola brand, has launched beverage bottles without labels, which feature the product information and logo embossed into

Ball Corporation unveils lightweight aerosol can aimed at carbon footprint reduction

Ball Corporation has unveiled a new aluminium aerosol can made with its lightweight ReAl alloy while incorporating 50% recycled content

Sustainability Perspectives: Zooming in on flexibles

Integrated cap solution for small dose tubes launched by Emballator

Emballator Tectubes has introduced an integrated Twist off Recap solution for its mono-material Small Doses range that reportedly reduces

How can we harness the potential of the informal waste economy?

With around 2 billion people reportedly lacking access to formal waste management globally, plastic pollution is increasingly ending up in

Neste secures European rights to Alterra Energy’s chemical recycling technology

Neste has purchased the European rights to Alterra Energy’s thermochemical liquefaction technology, a chemical recycling solution for hard-to-

How can we make extended producer responsibility a reality?

Ignacio Gavilan, Sustainability Director at The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), and Sander Defruyt, Lead of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s

NEXTLOOPP concludes first packaging production trial of rPP resins

NEXTLOOPP, the global multi-participant project aimed at closing the loop on food-grade polypropylene (PP), says it has “successfully”