Sustainability

Birch bark converted into moisture, grease and oxygen barrier for paper packs

Innomost has recycled birch bark from the forest industry into a barrier material for fibre-based packaging, functional coatings and

Huel serves high-protein ramen in plastic cup with separable cardboard wrap

Huel is using Greiner Packaging’s K3 cups with a separable cardboard wrap for its High Protein Ramen Noodle Cups,

Sun Chemical unveils direct food contact ink and water-based green pigment

Sun Chemical reveals its new direct food contact sheetfed ink for folding carton alongside a green pigment for its water-

Aliplast recycles over 90% of Cantina Pizzolato’s flexible plastic from wine

Aliplast and Cantina Pizzolato report that they recovered and recycled over 90% of the plastic films used to package and

Sealed aluminium foil excluded from EU’s tethered lid requirements

The European Commission has updated its single-use plastic guidelines to clarify that aluminium foil lids sealed onto a plastic

PET beverage can with EcoFloat sleeve revealed by ALPLA and CCL Label

ALPLA and CCL Label have developed a stackable, recyclable PET beverage can with a full-body shrink sleeve – designed to

Sustainability Perspectives: Unpacking PPRW requirements with Constantia Flexibles

The Brief: how can multipurpose packaging contribute to sustainability?

France drops mandatory bottle deposit system in favour of voluntary schemes

France has decided against a mandatory deposit system for plastic bottles and recommends that towns and cities set up voluntary

Is it time to replace plastic cases for video games?

Recycling experts at BusinessWaste.co.uk are urging video game publishers to reconsider using full-size plastic cases as the

Study finds European consumers actively separate packaging components for recycling

A study conducted by Smurfit Westrock Bag-in-Box across Belgium, France, Germany and Sweden found that consumers across Europe

Self-cooling can chills drinks at the push of a button and remains recyclable

deltaH Innovation’s self-cooling beverage can is designed to chill drinks at the push of a button while remaining