Sustainability

Berry Global purchase marks first commercial sale of ExxonMobil’s certified circular polymers

ExxonMobil has completed the first commercial sale of its certified circular polymers, made using its Exxtend technology for the advanced

Sustainability Perspectives: Discussing polystyrene with renewable content with Trinseo

Funding secured for project aiming to convert food waste into bioplastics

WASTE2FUNC has been granted a €6.7 million investment from the Bio Based Industries Consortium Joint Undertaking (BBI-JU) to

UK supermarkets join forces for ‘world’s biggest’ multi-retailer refill trial

UK retailers Marks &Spencer, Morrisons, Ocado, Waitrose & Partners and the supply chain solutions company CHEP have formed a

How will the UN’s new treaty on plastic waste affect the packaging industry?

With the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) yesterday backing a legally binding treaty on plastic waste, we examine what this might

‘Today we wrote history’: nations commit to developing legally binding agreement on plastic pollution

In a historic move, Heads of State, Ministers of environment, and representatives from 175 nations have backed a UN resolution

CEFLEX awarded funding to further develop flexible packaging guidelines

CEFLEX has announced a collaboration with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to co-fund research into how flexible packaging can

Tesco to trial Apeel’s edible protective coating for fresh produce

Tesco is set to trial Apeel, a plant-based edible protective coating for fresh produce, in approximately 80 stores to

European plastic mechanical recycling rate at 23%, says AMI

According toAMI, mechanical recycling in Europe exceeded 8 million tonnes in 2021, with an overall recycling rate of 23.1%

Sustainability Perspectives with Stora Enso

Phillip Hanefeld – Senior Vice President of Innovation and Research & Development, of the Packaging Materials division at Stora Enso, discusses

Major brand owners commit to increasing investment in circular economy for flexibles

Mars, Mondelez International, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever have today committed to increasing investments with the reported aim of accelerating the

EPR: Penalty or opportunity?

Representatives from U.N. member states are meeting in Nairobi this week for the United Nations Environment Assembly. According to