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ArticleWest Pharmaceutical Services reveals pre-fillable syringe platform
West Pharmaceutical Services (West) has unveiled its West Synchrony Prefillable Syringe (PFS) System at CPHI Worldwide in Frankfurt, Germany, offering a ‘fully verified’ platform from a single supplier.
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ArticleLatest patent data reveals ‘all-time peak’ for chemical plastics recycling
Chemical recycling for plastics has reached an ‘all-time peak’, Appleyard Lees reports, with the number of organizations filing patents said to have more than tripled over five years.
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ArticleEU Commission’s new guide helps Member States calculate EPR costs
The European Commission has provided optional guidance to help Member States calculate Extended Producer Responsibility costs under the Single-Use Plastics Directive.
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ArticleTotalEnergies Corbion announces redesigns PLA bags with 30% PIR content
TotalEnergies Corbion has launched redesigned bags for its sugarcane-based Luminy PLA, featuring 30% post-industrial recycled (PIR) content in the outer layer, made from repurposing high-quality manufacturing scraps.
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ArticleBiotech startup Uluu raises £7m to scale seaweed plastic alternative
Australian startup Uluu has secured over €7 million in Series A funding to build a demonstration plant for the industrial production of its materials, a home compostable seaweed alternative to plastic.
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ArticleHenkel launches RecycLab in China to evaluate adhesive solutions for recycling
Henkel has announced the opening of its Packaging RecycLab in Shanghai, China, designed to evaluate how adhesive solutions can ‘drive innovation in packaging recycling and accelerate the transition to a circular economy’.
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ArticleBOBST, Brückner and Mitsui Chemicals reveal ‘world first’ recyclable, mono-material retort solution
BOBST, Brückner and Mitsui Chemicals have joined forces to create a mono-material recyclable retort solution for food packaging, said to have high barrier properties based on opaque metallization.
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ArticleDS Smith provides fibre-based packaging for brewery’s e-commerce products
DS Smith has provided Austrian company Privatbrauerei Hirt with fibre-based packaging aiming to deliver ‘optimal protection’ for the brewery’s products during storage and transportation to its e-commerce customers.
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ArticleEverything you need to know about the EU’s packaging and recycling trends
In response to Eurostat’s latest packaging waste data, we have compiled the key takeaways, from a country-by-country rundown on recycling rates to consumption trends for lightweight plastic bags.
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ArticleSmurfit Westrock creates cardboard medical device solution for Dermalux
Smurfit Westrock has developed a corrugated cardboard solution for medical device company Dermalux, designed to protect products during transit and replace the previous expanded polystyrene (EPS) and plastic packaging.
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ArticleMondi provides salt producer with solid board packaging for direct food contact
Mondi has announced it will be supplying salt producer Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke with solid board packaging for its products including table, pharmaceutical and animal feed salt.
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ArticleBrazil mandates reverse logistics system for plastic packaging from 2026
Under a new Brazilian law, market operators must participate in a reverse logistics system for primary, secondary, and tertiary plastic packaging from January 2026 – meeting targets for 22% recycled content and a 32% recovery rate next year.
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ArticleRoyal Unibrew and Faerch’s recyclable cups achieve 97% return rate at Danish festival
Royal Unibrew and Faerch have collaborated on cups made from recycled PET, processed back into food-grade material after use and said to have achieved a 97% return rate at Smukfest 2025 in Denmark.
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ArticleSustainability Awards Finalist Interview: ICIS’ pyrolysis oil pricing index
In the latest Finalist Interview ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS) about its Pyrolysis Oil Pricing Index, said to provide transparent pricing data for chemical recycling and nominated in the Commercialized Best Practice category.
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ArticleEurostat data reveals over 79 million tonnes of packaging waste generated in EU
Eurostat has published data revealing that 79.7 million tonnes of packaging waste were generated in the EU in 2023, equivalent to 177.8 kg per inhabitant. While this is a reduction of 8.7 kg per capita compared with 2022, the figure remains 21.2 kg higher than in 2013.
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ArticleCircularity-minded plastic projects awarded €18 million in growth funding
Under the Circular Plastics NL initiative, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded over €18 million to Utrecht University, Morssinkhof Plastics, Van Dijk Containers, and other project leaders seeking to improve plastics recycling processes and achieve circularity.
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ArticleInside the fight to save Europe’s PET industry
With global competition increasing and costs soaring, the European PET industry is currently facing an uncertain future. Antonello Ciotti, president of Petcore (the organisation that represents the European PET value chain), warns that the EU must act now to save an industry that is crucial to its sustainability and manufacturing ambitions.
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ArticleReusable cups at large venues claim to avoid 20 million single-use plastics
Reusable packaging provider r.World claims its reverse logistics and sanitizing solutions have kept 20 million single-use cups and foodware items out of landfills and avoided the production of over 110 tons of plastics.
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ArticleReflections on K 2025
Under the theme ‘The Power of Plastics! Green – Smart – Responsible’, a reported 175,000+ trade visitors from around 160 countries gathered in Düsseldorf, Germany for K 2025, with over 3,000 exhibitors presenting their technologies, products and processes. We reflect on the innovations, discussions and solutions displayed at this year’s event.
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ArticleAlcamare joins NEXTLOOPP Americas food-grade PP project
NEXTLOOPP Americas has announced that Mexican-based Alcamare International Group has joined its global initiative aiming to create a circular economy for post-consumer food-grade polypropylene (FGrPP) packaging across the Americas.