13-08-2021 Column Research The ‘Popcorn Professor’ sees a new future for packaging A group of scientists at Göttingen University in Germany has come up with a way to create sustainable packaging from…
26-07-2021 Business Plastics First US State adopts EPR for packaging recycling Maine has become the first US State where packaging producers rather than consumers are required to pay the cost of…
23-03-2021 Plastics Beauty product major ‘polishes’ its packaging Cosmetics supplier Cosnova is to start using recycled plastic from waste packaging in new packaging for its beauty products. Alba…
09-03-2021 Business Plastics New competence centre by AST and Lindner will boost recyclate content in packaging German packaging producer AST is investing in a new competence centre that will house an innovative plastics recycling line to…
26-02-2021 Business Plastics Packaging major pumps EUR 250 million into recycling Plastics producer Alpla Group is to invest up to an average EUR 50 million a year until 2025 to expand…
12-02-2021 Business Plastics P&G unveils recycling-friendly packaging with a twist In an effort to help reduce plastic waste, Procter & Gamble has created a line of refillable packaging for its…
14-01-2021 CORONA VIRUS Non-Ferrous Metals UK aluminium packaging recycling rates rocket during pandemic Aluminium packaging collected for recycling in the UK reached its highest ever level in 2020, according to the Environment Agency….
08-12-2020 Business Plastics Pilot claims food-grade packaging from recycled PS Chemical recycling has a role to play in a circular economy but should be a last resort for plastics and…
04-12-2020 Non-Ferrous Metals Aluminium cans ‘most valuable’ packaging material for US recyclers The Aluminum Association published the new manifesto “Every Can Counts” to underscore the critical importance of can recycling for the…
12-11-2020 Plastics Big step for taxing plastic packaging in the UK A tax on plastic packaging that does have a required proportion of recycled content is due to be levied in…
10-07-2020 Business Value chain targets circular flexible packaging Guidelines to support a circular approach to flexible packaging have been launched by a partnership of more than 160 European…
