All Comment articles – Page 25
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ArticleFinalist Interviews: Sphera helps calculate the environmental impact of packaging
With the Sustainability Awards only two days away, finalist in the Best Practice Category Sphera talks about their GaBi Packaging Calculator and web-based LCA.
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ArticlePackaging and the consumer
In September, the German Packaging Institute dvi hosted its first 'dialogue week', described as a digital space for the exchange of knowledge, thoughts and visions, focusing on the big picture.
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Article2021 and beyond: How can packaging companies adapt to the new reality?
Caroline Wiggins, Chief Executive of eGreen, formerly Plastico, looks at the issues facing business in late 2020 and what the future might hold for operating in the UK, Europe and beyond.
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ArticleExploring the pandemic's impact on commercial recycling
Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) has published the findings from their second Love Recycling study,
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ArticleInto the crucible: Will the European chemicals industry rise to the circularity challenge?
What does the future hold for circularity in the chemicals industry?
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ArticleThe impact of COVID-19 on the pan-European printing industry
Will the COVID-19 pandemic lead to deep and lasting changes in the printing industry, or will things return to how they were?
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ArticleTalking sustainability with Tetra Pak
We speak with Alex Henriksen, managing director of Tetra Pak North Europe, to understand one of the industry's leading company's perspectives on sustainability.
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ArticleReifenhäuser on its innovative new R-Cycle project
We recently caught up with Dr. Benedikt Brenken of Reifenhäuser to talk about the R-Cycle Initiative - a collaborative project that seeks to simplify and improve plastics recycling processes.
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ArticleFinalist interviews: A reusable packaging system from MIWA
In this edition of our interviews with the Sustainability Awards 2020 finalists, we talk with reuse specialists MIWA.
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ArticleClosing the loop – the future of packaging?
Wouter Van Tol, DS Smith's recently-announced head of government, community affairs and sustainability, explains why now is the perfect time for the industry to adopt closed-loop models.
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ArticleIs refillable and reusable growth set to continue its skyward trend?
In this article, Paul Jenkins, managing director of ThePackhub, takes a look at some of the most exciting products to have come out of the refillable and reusable packaging sectors in the last 12 months.
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ArticleThe Rapid Interview with Camvac
In our latest Rapid Interview, we speak with Andrew Smith, key account manager at Camvac, about bulk packaging, carbon footprints, and the wider benefits of flexible packaging.
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Article“Doing more, with less”: The future of lightweight packaging
At a time when the industry is scrambling to react to societal and political pressure for more sustainable packaging, Andrew Capper, creative director at Echo, looks at how lightweighting could help solve this issue.
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ArticleNude products: Is the end of packaging coming?
The desire for sustainable consumption is growing, but at the same time, the products should also be safe and comfortable. How can the industry react to these sometimes contradictory trends?
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ArticleDesign for Change Series 6 - Nomad
The sixth and final part of this series looks to provide a practical and effective packaging design solution for on-the-go wine, offering a range of beverages inspired by consumers' thirst for experiences over things.
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ArticleTraceability 4.0: Beyond product tracking
Andy Zosel, President and Chief Executive Officer at OMRON Microscan, and Kenta Yamakawa, Senior Vice President at OMRON Microscan, explore the different iterations of traceability and how it can help to optimise productivity and quality.
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ArticleRethinking supply chains in a post-COVID world
Guest contributor Sujan Shah, CEO of Rocaba Packaging Limited and Carrier Bag Shop, looks at the potential effects of the pandemic on an area that was previously overlooked by most consumers: the supply chain.
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Article“Now is the time to transition to a circular economy”
In this article, TOMRA gives its views on how the current pandemic can support a green recovery, as well as a transition to a circular economy for plastics.
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ArticleDesign for Change Series 5 - Chocooatl
Part five in Anthem's series looks at a new category of flavoured milk for adults, that uses more complex taste profiles and innovative structural packaging design to offer a grown-up and indulgent beverage.
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ArticleTackling the late-stage customisation challenge in pharmaceutical logistics
Arndt Neues, Team Manager, Key Account Food & Commodity OEMs at Omron explores how pharma manufacturers can implement a tamper-evident, flexible solution for low and medium volume production.