All Sustainability articles – Page 2
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ArticleThe inside scoop on the Sustainable Packaging Summit 2024
So many valuable and in-depth conversations were held at the Sustainable Packaging Summit this year. To give you a taste, this edition of the Brief provides a snapshot of the onstage discussions, from regulatory limitations to data collection to start-up pitches.
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ArticleINC-5 Chair fast-tracks revised text amid frustrations over slow progress
Responding to mounting frustration over slow progress at INC-5 in Busan, Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso is set to release a revised Global Plastics Treaty text ‘as early as noon on Friday’. Now attendees are urging negotiators to act quickly and prioritize completion over consensus.
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ArticleRoyal Mail takes on Movopack’s returnable e-commerce packaging
The Royal Mail postal system is adopting Movopack’s returnable packaging solution – believed to cut CO2 emissions by 84% compared to single-use packaging – following a £2 million (€2,402,070) funding round.
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PodcastPRE’s Mathilde Taveau: the European plastic recycling recession
In October 2024 Plastics Recyclers Europe issued a statement warning that “The increasing lack of demand for recyclates produced in Europe, the reduced investments in domestic recycling, and the increase in imports of recyclates from outside the EU have been suffocating the European plastics recycling industry in the last few years. These issues are feeding the existing recession on the market - driving many recycling companies out of business in 2023, with further closures happening or planned in the course of 2024.” In this context Mathilde Taveau (Regulatory Affairs Manager at PRE) talks to Tim Sykes about the latest statistics from a European plastic recycling sector in a state of recession, and how regulators and value chain can act to reverse this worrying trend.
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ArticleCapacities rise at DS Smith’s Hungarian sites with €34 million investment
Aiming to boost its manufacturing capacities by 40%, DS Smith has invested €34.4 million into its Hungarian operations, including new converting equipment, an updated corrugator, and three ‘eco-classrooms’ for children.
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ArticleReinventing paper-based packaging applications - LIVE
Paper can play an important role when it comes to making packaging more sustainable. What is the materials’ potential to replace plastic applications while also lowering the carbon footprint? In our latest Linkedin Live webinar, Mondi Group’s Marco Macoratti, tackles this question and discusses sustainable design principles, innovations that replace varied applications such as plastic pallet wrap, plastic tray wraps or shrink wraps for PET bottle bundles and takes a look at the future of paper packaging.
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ArticleWhere does the European Commission stand on a Global Plastics Treaty?
Among other measures, the European Commission aims to ban and phase out ‘problematic’ substances and implement a Polluter Pays Principle in Global Plastics Treaty negotiations at INC-5 – yet it emphasizes differences in national circumstances as it pursues a just transition.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Boosting packaging functionality with coatings
Demand for sustainable packaging, whether it’s plastic or paper, is growing. How can coatings help with fulfilling this demand? Siegwerk’s Gilles Le Moigne shares with Elisabeth Skoda how the company innovates and tackles challenges particularly around paper and plastic packaging in the area of food packaging. He also discusses collaborations and takes a look at future trends.
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ArticleBusinesses seek global rules, steps by sector, and EPR in plastics treaty
As negotiations continue at INC-5 in Busan, the Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty calls for a legally binding instrument to set international obligations, take sector-specific action, and enforce Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes in a bid to eliminate plastic pollution.
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ArticleCircularity - LinkedIn LIVE Panel
In the latest LinkedIn Live panel of the year, as part of the Sustainable Packaging Summit 2024 series, we take a deep dive into the topic of Circularity.
We will be asking vital questions such as: What is the pivotal role of safe and sustainable chemical innovation? How do we meet PPWR targets? And what is the forecast for recycled content; how do we meet requirements; what technologies do we need to focus on and fund? -
ArticleWhat can we expect from the final round of plastic treaty negotiations?
Earlier today, at the start of the INC-5 plastic pollution treaty negotiations in Busan, Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, outlined her expectations and hopes for this week’s events. We’ve published the speech in its entirety below.
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ArticleINC-5: A ‘historic chance to address plastic pollution’
A crucial moment for the global packaging industry begins today. From the 25th of November to the 1st of December, the final round of negotiations towards the UN’s legally-binding plastic treaty will take place in Busan, South Korea. Marta Longhurst, Global Plastics Treaty Manager at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, argues that governments should unite and seize a historic opportunity to tackle plastic pollution.
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ArticleNational strategy unveiled to tackle plastic pollution in America
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revealed a national strategy to prevent plastic pollution in America, which includes an uptake in reuse, a country-wide Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, and interventions to lessen the strain on the most impacted groups.
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ArticleChilled ready meal tray containing 40% kerbside rPET revealed by Faerch
Faerch is releasing CPET ready meal trays containing at least 40% rPET from post-consumer trays recycled at kerbside – reportedly lowering the carbon footprint of virgin PET by 57%.
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ArticleHealth industries remind INC-5 negotiators of plastic’s safety benefits
Negotiators at INC-5 are urged by the Global Self-Care Federation, the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), and the International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (IGBA) to prioritize patient safety and accept plastic medical packaging where safe alternatives don’t yet exist.
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ArticleCircularity roadmap for U.S PET packaging outlined in new study
A new study has been published by Systemiq outlining a roadmap to transition the U.S. PET packaging and polyester textile industries from the current linear single-use model towards circular, low-waste and low-emission systems by 2040.
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ArticleAlliance to End Plastic Waste participants accused of producing more plastic waste than they collect
An investigation from Greenpeace accuses members of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste of producing over 1,000 times more plastic than they have cleaned up in its first five years, yet the Alliance argues that there is ‘no factual basis’ for the greenwashing allegations it faces.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Flexible packaging and beyond
At this year’s Fachpack, Elisabeth Skoda caught up with Wipak’s Food Division Commercial Director Michael Martin. They discussed the transformation towards more sustainability in flexible packaging, innovations, Wipak’s plans beyond flexible packaging, wider industry trends and much more.
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ArticleOver €5 million raised to upscale compostable seaweed packaging from B’Zeos
To help scale up its compostable, seaweed-based packaging, B’Zeos has secured over €5 million in total raised equity and grant funding through a seed round led by Faber and supported by International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG)’s venture capital unit.
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ArticleParkside unveils compostable packaging solution for individual tea bags
Parkside has developed compostable packaging with “enhanced” barrier properties for Bird & Blend’s loose tea bag portfolio.