Sustainability

Vellamo partners with UPM Raflatac on wood-based clear plastic label material

Finnish mineral water producer Vellamo’s bottles will feature UPM Raflatac’s Forest Film product – reportedly the world’s first

Podcast: Social Plastic initiative reveals value of packaging waste

First Mile and Fashion for Good team up on closed-loop fashion waste scheme

Recycling company First Mile has joined forces with a global sustainable fashion innovation platform, Fashion for Good, in a new

Packaging in the Anthropocene

In a world heading towards climate crisis, Packaging Europe’s Tim Sykes calls for a radical reframing of the sustainability

Lidl reveals food packaging made from 30% ocean-bound plastic

In March, Lidl will become the first UK supermarket to launch new packaging using “ocean-bound plastic”, plastic that would

Primitives uses nature as the inspiration for its sensing, compostable thin film material

A San-Francisco start-up, Primitives Biodesign, claims to have developed the first compostable bioplastic product with inbuilt sensing functionality.

Adding value to polymers

How do we determine the value of polymers in a vast global marketplace, and with a balancing act between developing

Quinn launches food-grade PET packaging made from 100% recycled material

Quinn Packaging is continuing its drive to improve the sustainability of plastic food packaging with the development of its newest

Looking back at Pharmapack Europe 2020

This year’s Pharmapack Europe event explored the key trends that are projected to have an impact on the pharma

"We need to think laterally and in unusual ways" – a conversation with Garçon Wines

For centuries, wine has been intrinsically linked with a single packaging material: glass. One company, Garçon Wines, wants to change

The start-up interview: Is blockchain a key to the circular economy?

We know that start-ups – in whatever sector they exist – are vital to the growth of an industry. They can

Ruinart reveals fibre-based, carbon-reducing case for champagne bottles

The world’s oldest existing champagne house, Maison Ruinart, has announced a new lighter, fibre-based, recyclable case that it