Category: Packaging
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Italy Allows Bioplastic Exemption to EU SUP Directive
Italy will allow bioplastic packaging contrary to the EU SUP Directive. Here’s a summary of what will happen in Italy
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Macron Mentions Plastic in New Year Speech
French President Macron talks about plastic packaging is his new year speech.
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Bio-Lutions and Zelfo Partner on Agro Fibre
Bio-based tech companies BIO-LUTIONS International AG and Zelfo Technology GmbH announce a fusion of their interests
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Wrap, Asda and Unilever Partner on Reusable Packaging
World-leading research will pave the way for mainstream re-use and refill shopping in UK supermarkets
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Tupperware, Loop and Tim Hortons Partner on Reusable Packaging
Tupperware Creates One-of-a-Kind Reusable Packaging for Restaurant Brand International’s Tim Hortons as Part of Its Partnership with Loop
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4WK Coffee Pods Goes for Tipa Packaging
4WKS Chooses TIPA Compostable Packaging to Revolutionize How to Enjoy (and Compost) Coffee Pods
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H&M Goes Paptic
Hennes & Mauritz brand COS chooses Paptic® material for t-shirt pouches
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Finnish Susbinco Project for Biobased Packaging
The SUSBINCO project aims to make Finland a global leader in bio-based packaging
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Eastman and Amorepacific Partner on Sustainable Packaging
Amorepacific and Eastman partner to make meaningful advances in sustainable packaging, reducing plastic waste
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Scotch & Soda Goes Tipa Compostable Packaging
Scotch & Soda teams up with Tipa on compostable packaging
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Earthfirst Compostable Sealing Overwrap Films
Earthfirst® Biopolymer Films by PSI Launches Compostable Differential Sealing Temperature Overwrap Films
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Parkside Compostable Solution for Bird & Blend
Parkside creates a beau-tea-ful compostable solution for Bird & Blend
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Kelloggs Goes Paper Cereal Bags
Kellogg’s Reveals Recyclable Paper Liners In Cereal Boxes
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Gordon Food Service Launches Re.Source Packaging
Gordon Food Service® Launches Re.Source™ – Sustainable Packaging That’s Simple For Customers And Easy On The Planet
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Organic Soup Kitchen Goes Compostable Packaging
Organic Soup Kitchen adds compostable packaging
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IKEA to Stop Plastic Packaging
IKEA to phase out plastic from consumer packaging by 2028
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Novolex Eco Products Gets GreenScreen Certified
Eco-Products Earns GreenScreen Certification for Plant-Based Packaging with No PFAS Added
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Stora Enso Biobased Foam for Packaging
Stora Enso is extending its packaging offering with a new portfolio of bio-based foams from wood.
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APCO Report on Achieving Packaging Targets
Apco Launches Major New Report Outlining Actions Required To Achieve The 2025 National Packaging Targets
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French Government Report on Bulk Foods
French Government published results of 3 studies on environmental impacts, health risks and the selling price of bulk food
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New Eco Design Committee in France
New technical committee on the behavior of packaging in sorting centers in France
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Stora Enso Biobased Meal Trays
Better recycling properties for Stora Enso’s low-carbon Trayforma range for ready meals
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Great Wrap Launches Compostable Catering Wrap
Great Wrap has launched its Australian-made compostable catering wrap
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ABB and Zume Partner on Compostable Packaging
Agreement for creation of 100 percent compostable packaging made from plant-based agricultural material
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Tomatoes Waste Bioplastics
A new bioplastics made from the residues of the tomato industry
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New Chinese Policy for Food and Cosmetic Packaging
New Chinese Standard for food and cosmetic packaging
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China Online Shopping Gets Greener
China’s largest online shopping spree gets greener
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Herbal Essences Goes Eastman Renew
Eastman molecular recycling technologies to advance Procter & Gamble packaging goals
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French Food Delivery Charter Results
Balance of 6 month food delivery charter in France. Published by French Government.
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Co-op and Unilever Partner on Reusable Packaging
Co-op partners with Unilever to launch packaging trial for shoppers to refill and reuse conveniently
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Manik Skincare and Sulapac Partner on Packaging
Indie brand Manik Skincare partners with Sulapac – collaboration highlights a shift in tattoo culture and societal values
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Chanel and Sulapac Partner on Bottle Cap
LES EAUX DE CHANEL – Elegance and simplicity with a sustainable SULAPAC cap on top
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Notpla Coated Kraft Food Boxes
Tri-Star Packaging introduces home compostable Notpla coated kraft food boxes
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Morei Laundry Sheets to Reduce Plastic Packaging
New Eco-friendly laundry sheets reduce plastic and chemical waste lowering the carbon footprint
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Addiplast Manager on Sustainable Cosmetic Packaging
The cosmetics sector faces a considerable challenge: sustainable development
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Smurfit Kappa Paper Based Laundry Packaging
Smurfit Kappa develops its first paper-based child-lock box for laundry pods
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Joi Plant Milk Goes Compostable Packaging
The World’s Most Sustainable Plant Milk Company Debuts New Look & Updated Packaging
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Panera Bread Goes Compostable Packaging
Transitioning to 100% circular – reusable, recyclable and compostable – packaging
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Magnesium Shortage to Impact EU Packaging Industry
Cross-industry group of European metals-producing and -using industries and their workers warn against catastrophic impact of Chinese magnesium supply shortage
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Smart Packaging Wins Startcup 2021
Packaging with an integrated electronic circuit for intelligent packaging and sustainable logistics.
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McDo and Starbucks to Boost NextGen Consortium
Starbucks and McDonald’s Deploy Additional $10 Million with NextGen Consortium to Accelerate the Circularity of Foodservice Packaging & Address Urgent Waste Challenge
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Loop Reusable Packaging in Japan
Loop has partnered with a major Japanese retailer as it continues to roll out its circular economy approach to retail around the world.
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Astellas Pharma Goes Bioplastic Packaging
World’s First Use of Environmentally Friendly Biomass-based Plastic for Blister Packages, the Primary Packaging for Drugs
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Australian Dairy Sustainable Packaging Roadmap
Today, alongside Dairy Australia and the Australian Dairy Products Federation (ADPF) Federation, APCO is proud to launch the Australian Dairy Sustainable Packaging Roadmap to 2025.
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Call for Application for Reusable Packaging in France
Co-construct an operational model of 3 standardized packaging and support the operational feasibility of reuse.
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Banana Fibre Packaging Patented
Papyrus lodges Australian patent application for banana fibre production process for moulded food packaging.
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First Compostable Vacuum Pouches
The company is the first to offer a compostable home vacuum sealer pouch
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CNBC Article on Future of Plastic in India
India will ban single-use plastics next year to cut pollution — experts say that’s not enough
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Lactips Launches Plastic Free Paper
The first paper packaging solution that is free from plastic or controversial substances and fully recyclable and compostable
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Indian Ministry Promotes New Bioplastic
New biodegradable polymer fabricated using guar gum, and chitosan has high potential for packaging material
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Can We Recycle Yoghurt Pots ?
What is the situation regarding yoghurt pot recycling in France
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New Bioplastic Medical Packaging Partnership
New partnership to supply plant based medical packaging
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Nestle and Greenback Partner on Chemical Recycling in Mexico
Deal with Nestlé sees first plant in Mexico for full circularity of food grade plastic packaging
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Louisiana Program to Support Biodegradable Packaging
Take the pledge and help keep our oceans clean and get $500 of eco-friendly to-go supplies from us!
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New Wood Based Formable Premium Packaging
The prototype Conic is a new wood-based packaging solution that will enable brands to reach their sustainability targets while maintaining their premium position.
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Frito Lay Goes Compostable Bag
Frito-Lay® Launches Industrially Compostable Bags with Off The Eaten Path® Brand; Advances in Goal to Design 100% of Packaging to be Recyclable, Compostable, Biodegradable or Reusable across Portfolio by 2025
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Polymateria Gets Big in Taiwan
Polymateria is on a Winning Streak thanks to their charismatic leader Niall Dunne
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Evanesce to Debut Plant Based Packaging in Las Vegas
Evanesce® to Debut Innovative Plant-Based Packaging Technologies at PACK EXPO Las Vegas
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Flexible Film Recycling in EU Update
Flexible film recycling capacity grows by almost 10% in a year despite COVID pandemic
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The Most Sustainable Drink Carton
Elopak announces the more environmentally friendly aseptic carton – the Pure-Pak® eSense
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NY University Canteen Switches from Compostable to Reusable
Trailhead Café Steps Up Sustainability Effort New to-go containers will reduce compost costs
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Dow and Bollore Partner on Circular Food Barrier Film
Dow and Bolloré collaborate to develop ground-breaking recyclable food-contact barrier shrink film, containing circular polymers
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Woodly and Elplast Partner on Bio Zippers (FREE)
Elplast Group, the worldwide leading name in zipper products, is teaming up with Woodly in a venture to produce a new product by using Woodly® material – The Woodly EL-ZIP Press to Close Zipper. This is a FREE article
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Dishwasher Tabs Packaging Lies (FREE)
The Finish dishwasher tabs brand is not the most transparent and honest when it comes to packaging. This is a FREE article.
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Non Biodegradable Plastic Cause Dengue Outbreak
Dengue Fever outbreak in India caused by non-biodegradable plastic containers
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Biomaterials for e-Commerce Packaging
First time I read of this option to deal with discarded PLA packaging. Well, technically speaking it could work
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Good Natured Goes Meal Kit Industry
good natured® Takes a Bite Out of the Growing Meal Kit Industry
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First PCR Bread Packaging
Sabic, St. Johns Packaging And Kingsmill Launch World’s First Ever Bread Packaging Based On Recycled Post-Consumer Plastic
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Paper Industry is Hijacking the Word Compostable
What if the paper industry was the great winner of the compostable packaging wave?
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Beauty Brands Go Sustainable Packaging
Beauty brands are looking to shift away from traditional packaging toward biodegradable, plastic-free and refillable options
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Apeel and West Pak Partner on Avocados
Isn’t that a revolutionary solution gone unnoticed?
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Pro Marine Life Compostable Packaging Wins 3M Inspire Challenge
Four undergraduates win the 3M Inspire Challenge with their pro-marine life compostable packaging solution
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Westaways Awarded for PBAT Packaging
Westaways Received an award for their PBAT packaging.
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World Centric Expands Tree Free Compostable Packaging
World Centric® Expands NoTree® Packaging Collection with 17 New 100% Tree-Free Compostable Products
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Idealpak Extends Bioplastic Line
Introducing Idealpak’s bioplastic product—sugarcane packaging
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McDonalds Says its Paper Packaging is Sustainable
McDonald’s says nearly all its paper packaging from sustainable fiber
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New Zealand Bread Closure Tag Dilemma
A Potential Design Fail, Disguised as a Design Success
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Will DS Smith Go Seaweed Packaging?
Could Seaweed be used as an alternative fibre source for paper and packaging?
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US Poll on Plastics and Packaging
A Consumer Brands/Ipsos poll of 1,530 American adults found that more than half (53%) consider themselves environmentalists.
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Camarillo Bans EPS Food and Beverage Containers (FREE)
Camarillo Bans Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Food and Beverage Containers
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The Future of Bioplastic Lining in California
Many thought that bioplastic lining was going to be a success story. NGO explicitly asks to skip the lining in California.
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GSK on Circular Packaging
Last November, GSK set ambitious new science-based sustainability goals focusing on two key areas – climate and nature.
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Strawberry Fields Organic Farm Goes Bioplastic Packaging
Compostable bags solution ends search for fresh produce growers
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Delivery Hero Launches Global Sustainable Packaging Program
Delivery Hero launches global Sustainable Packaging Program to reduce plastic waste and make statement on PFAS.
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Zume and Jefferson Enterprise Partner on Zero Carbon Compostable Packaging
Zume and Jefferson Enterprise Energy Secure $122M to Build the World’s First 100% Renewable Energy Powered Compostable Packaging Factory
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Spanish Bioplastics from Mango Leaf and Nanocellulose
Biobased films of nanocellulose and mango leaf extract for active food packaging: Supercritical impregnation versus solvent casting
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Australian Guide To Promote Recycled Content in Packaging
Apco Launches New Guide To Support Businesses To Use More Recycled Content In Packaging
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Impact Compostable Packaging on Shelf Life Vegetables
Compostable Packaging May Allow Longer Shelf-life Of Vegetables Than Conventional Plastic, Studies Find
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Goldman Sachs on eCommerce ESG
The key ESG challenges of rapidly increasing e-commerce and how companies and investors are addressing these issues
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LyondellBasell and Corine De Farme Partner on Renewable Bottles
With LyondellBasell CirculenRenew polymers, CORINE DE FARME innovates with renewable-based bottles, produced in Europe
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Sulapac and Toly Partner on Cosmetic Packaging
Eco-friendly packaging elevated – Toly and Sulapac form alliance for sustainable innovation
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Ferrero Group Packaging Commitment 2025 Update
The Ferrero Group Continues To Make Progress On Its 2025 Packaging Commitment
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