Sustainability

Polypropylene packaging waste recycled into filaments for 3D printing

Polypropylene packaging waste has been recycled into filaments for 3D printing as the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced

Scientists use air moisture to turn mixed plastic waste into building blocks

Chemists at Northwestern University are using moisture from the air to depolymerize plastic waste for further plastic production; this is

OceanSaver’s laundry pod advertising banned over ‘misleading’ PVOH claims

OceanSaver has pulled advertising for its laundry capsules after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found claims regarding the environmental benefits

Recyclable, fibre-based thermal insulation liner to cut EPS from supply chains

Visy’s fibre-based thermal insulation liner is intended to replace expanded polystyrene (EPS) with a kerbside recyclable alternative while

Researchers convert captured biogenic CO2 into raw materials for plastics

Following a three-year carbon capture and utilization project, VTT and LUT University claim to have converted biogenic carbon dioxide

MEPs insist PPWR’s industrial packaging reuse quotas need more work

Various MEPs have urged the European Commission to revisit the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)’s reuse quotas for

Refillable toothpaste dispenser and ‘biodegradable’ refills hit the market

Mighty Mouthcare’s ‘for life’ refillable toothpaste dispenser and ‘biodegradable’ refills seek to keep single-use pollution and microplastics out

Packaging and the consumer – an exploration with Pro Carton

Why are some brands focusing on cost over circularity?

By early 2025, the price gap between recycled PET and virgin PET had grown to nearly €600 per tonne. As

Plastic waste tracked and traced with Polytag detection units at Welsh MRFs

Polytag claims to have unlocked real-time traceability for 146,000 tonnes of plastic packaging waste by integrating Plastic Detection

Albion aspires for circular cosmetics packaging in recycling partnership

Refinverse, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, and Japan Polypropylene are working with Albion to recycle its polypropylene cosmetics containers into new packaging

Leonhard Kurz seeks to decarbonize thin-film tech with power-to-heat system

Leonhard Kurz is implementing ENERGYNEST’s power-to-heat system with thermal storage into its thin-film technology, aiming to