Sustainability
News and analysis on sustainable packaging innovations and technologies that are improving recyclability, reducing waste, lowering carbon emissions and more.
Using packaging to make period care more sustainable – and more inclusive
August is a US-based lifestyle brand that offers sustainably packaged pads, liners, and tampons in personalised subscription boxes. With
Plans to expand bio-based packaging foam portfolio announced by Stora Enso
Stora Enso announces a new portfolio of what it claims are fully recyclable, bio-based foams made from wood, which
SABIC polymer ‘first’ to receive circular accreditation from Zero Plastic Oceans
Working in collaboration HHI, a Malaysia-based plastics recycling company, SABIC claims to have used the advanced recycling of recovered
Smurfit-Kappa launches new thermo-laminated film for bag-in-box portfolio
The Smurfit Kappa Bag-in-Box Ibi facility in Spain has started the production of bags with a new thermo-
The Week in Brief: 22nd-26th November
End of life took centre stage this week - with news regarding ‘Europe’s first’ polystyrene advanced recycling plant, and the
Westpak launches heat-sealable card punnets
Westpak Group Ltd has unveiled a range of new punnet and tray designs, which the company says will offer grocery
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation on the key takeaways from COP26
Two weeks have now passed since the end of the historic COP26, which saw the parties sign the Glasgow Climate
Investment secured for ‘Europe’s first’ polystyrene advanced recycling plant
INEOS Styrolution has today confirmed that it will investing in a chemical recycling facility for polystyrene as part of a
New report suggests ‘upward trajectory’ for bioplastics and chemical recycling innovation
Intellectual property firm Appleyard Lees has released this year’s ‘Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report 2021’, which, based on the
Amazon Germany to reduce SUP in outer packaging
Amazon is aiming to stop using single-use plastics (SUP) for its outer packaging by the end of 2021 in
How can recycling frameworks account for flexible packaging?
A group of organisations that represent the European flexible packaging value chain have called for legislators to develop a recyclability
Will consumers put their money where their mouth is when it comes to sustainability?
Are consumers ready to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to sustainability? That’s a question