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ArticleDS Smith wins award for virtual reality learning experience
DS Smith’s Operations Learning Academy (OLA) has won an award within the Best International Project category at the Uptale Awards for its Virtual Reality (VR) learning experience, used to create real-life scenarios for colleagues in the packaging division.
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ArticleBASF and research partners aim to optimize mechanical recycling of plastics
BASF has teamed up with Endress+Hauser, TechnoCompound and the Universities of Bayreuth and Jena study how to improve the mechanical recycling of plastics, aiming to identify the composition of plastic waste during recycling and improve the quality of recycled plastics.
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ArticleToppan sets sights on the Americas as it acquires Sonoco’s TFP business
Toppan Holdings Inc. is acquiring Sonoco’s Thermoformed & Flexible Packaging business with the intent to expand its sustainable packaging business into the Americas.
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ArticleMondi mill upgrades to lower emissions and bolster operations in 2025
From the first quarter of 2025, Mondi expects to lower nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 10%, greenhouse gas emissions by over 20%, and gas consumption by about 25% at its fine paper mills in Neusiedler, which have been upgraded under a €20 million investment.
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ArticleAvon reveals new packaging design for brand portfolio
Global beauty company AVON has revealed its new packaging design across brands including fragrances, bodycare and skincare, designed by brand elevation agency Free The Birds.
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ArticleBerry and VOID Technologies develop pet food packaging for store drop-off recycling
Berry Global (Berry) and VOID Technologies have created a high-performance polyethylene (PE) film for pet food packaging, aiming to deliver a solution with superior toughness and puncture resistance, suitable for store drop-off recycling and helping to eliminate problematic non-recyclable materials.
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ArticleRe-Gen uses Polytag watermarks to track packaging among mixed waste recycling
Re-Gen is utilizing Polytag’s watermarking technology to accurately count individual items of packaging among the 250,000 tonnes of mixed household waste recycled at its Newry material recovery facility every year.
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ArticleDriving packaging sustainability forward in 2025
Unfortunately, my wrap-up of 2024 is not an especially cheerful one. Just as we close out the year with little to no significant progress made at COP29 or INC-5, we enter a new one under various governmental powers for whom sustainability is not a priority.
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ArticleRegulate imports and manage energy costs, plastics industry implores the EU
As Europe’s share of global plastics production is feared to have halved over 20 years, Plastics Recyclers Europe is among the stakeholders calling for the European Union to regulate its virgin and recycled plastic imports and address high energy costs.
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ArticleFresh and recycled fibres combined in Stora Enso’s bag and mailer paper
Stora Enso is blending fresh and recycled fibres into its new Optima RF paper, which is intended to help retail and e-commerce companies meet internal and legislative sustainability goals.
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ArticleTOMRA acquires digital waste management company c-trace
TOMRA has acquired 80% of the shares in German digital waste management solution company c-trace, hoping to add new digitalization capabilities across its recycling value chain.
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ArticleElaborados Naturales packs potato products in ovenable paperboard tray
Elaborados Naturales has adopted Graphic Packaging International’s hermetically sealed paperboard tray – containing less than 10% plastic and facilitating recyclability without requiring the barrier liner to be removed – for its refrigerated potato products in Spain.
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ArticleAccessible packaging report: Has progress been made?
The industry has focused more on inclusive design over the past few years, but there is still some way to go before all packaging can be deemed truly accessible to all. Victoria Hattersley reports.
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ArticleLOG applies Dow resins to drug bottles as gas, moisture and oxygen barriers
Utilizing pharma-grade resins powered by Dow, LOG Pharma Primary Packaging’s barrier line claims to lower the weight of pharmaceutical bottles by up to 30% without sacrificing their water vapour transmission rate.
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ArticlePackaging and Packaging Waste Regulation formally adopted by EU Council
The European Council has formally adopted the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, meaning it will now enter into force in EU law.
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ArticleStora Enso provides wood-based pack for Wilfa’s kitchen mixer
Stora Enso has developed a wood-based pack for Wilfa’s kitchen mixer made from Papira – a protective foam made from wood fibres that can be recycled in paper waste streams.
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ArticleCompostable and recyclable Christmas cups revealed by Celebration Packaging
In honour of the festive season, Celebration Packaging has added red and green double-wall hot drink cups to its renewable food and drinks packaging lineup, highlighting their compostability or recyclability at end-of-life.
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ArticleLAM’ON to boost compostable, biobased films with strategic investment
Following a strategic investment from Eleven Ventures and Citibank managing director Grigoriy Ananiev, LAM’ON plans to boost its market presence and upscale its biobased, compostable laminating and packaging films.
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ArticleMono-PET blister tray certified as recyclable by Petcore
Liveo Research’s One-Material Blister made of PET has been certified as recyclable by Petcore Europe’s Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform.
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ArticleHow can the industry adapt to the PPWR?
Our industry faces a dilemma: while packaging is still seen as a “silent seller”, new EU rules promote minimal, necessary packaging. How can businesses embrace this change and adapt to new conditions? Anna Perlina, sustainable packaging consultant at Integrity Solutions, offers a potential solution.