All Comment articles – Page 25
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ArticleNew recyclable packaging concept for Feneberg’s minced meat: 36 tonnes of plastic per year saved
This Innovation Spotlight comes courtesy of Schur Flexibles, whose MonoFlow(re) film has helped a large retailer to make real material savings.
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ArticleUltrasafe – The amazing barrier film to your rescue
This edition of our Innovation Spotlight sees ACG introduce Ultrasafe – a brand new thermoformable film.
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ArticleThe innovative ALKOvin™ active sealing liner/wad for wine screw caps
With ALKOvin active, the product Meyer Seals introduces in its latest Innovation Spotlight, the company says that it has provided the wine market with the perfect cap liner for aluminium screw cap closure.
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ArticleLooking towards a more sustainable packaging future
Alex Henriksen, Managing Director for North Europe, Tetra Pak, stresses the need for collaboration across the packaging value chain.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives podcast: Avery Dennison
In the latest edition of our podcast series accompanying our Sustainable Packaging Summit, Avery Dennison’s Hassan Rmaile talks about the importance of accountability and transparency when it comes to sustainability.
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ArticleChange & Challenge – flexible packaging against food waste
The Change & Challenge Initiative was set up with the goal to highlight the benefits of food packaging when it comes to sustainability and the preservation of natural resources across the entire food chain – from field to the household.
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ArticleThe benefits of full wrap labelling
According to Michael Reffke, product manager for marking at MULTIVAC’s Marking & Inspection unit, full wrap labels offer a broad range of competitive advantages in comparison to other labelling solutions,
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ArticleTraceability from farm to fork and from vineyard to glass
Elisabeth Skoda takes a look at serialisation and track and trace applications in the food and beverage industries powered by NFC tags and QR codes, for a range of products from wine to radishes.
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ArticleMeeting the e-commerce fulfilment challenge
Paul Foot, partner and patent attorney at European intellectual property firm, Withers & Rogers, looks into the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the present and future state of e-commerce packaging.
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ArticleReusable packaging powered by smart digital IDs
CupClub is a returnable packaging service designed to hold both hot and cold drinks., using smart packaging technology that applies a unique digital ID to every reusable packaging item.
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ArticleStyrenics: Fullfilling the circularity and food contact potential
Prior to our online event with Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), we are taking a closer look at the initiatives's work and get a sneak preview of some of the topics discussed at the event.
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Plastics and the circular economy
During our Sustainable Packaging Summit, Kuraray's market development director Didier Houssier shared some insights into the role the chemical industry can play in a drive towards more sustainability.
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ArticleComment: How can sustainability be embedded into company culture?
Walter van het Hof, Global Industry Affairs and Sustainability Leader, Trinseo, gives us an insight into how a company can embrace sustainability at its core and prosper.
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ArticleHatzopoulos S.A. unpacks the potential of X-CYCLE
We spoke with Hatzopoulos S.A to learn more about X-CYCLE, it's recyclable flexible packaging range.
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ArticleFlexible innovation
Coveris’ Pack Innovation Centre was conceived to be a European hub for technical product development, sustainable innovation and education, and aims to support customers to ‘innovate’, ‘educate’ and ‘validate’ the flexible packaging of the future.
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ArticleOn Second Thoughts ... Just going ‘mono’ won’t make plastic packaging circular
The growing pressure being placed on the plastics and packaging industries by the European Commission, NGOs, and consumers will lead to long-overdue changes in how plastic packaging is produced and recycled.
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ArticleSustainability in FMCG: Boosting transparency and accountability
Hassan Rmaile, VP / GM at Avery Dennison Label and Graphic Materials EMEA, discusses the role of transparency and accountability when delivering on FMCG sustainability promises as well as the role of the Covid-19 crisis in accelerating this.
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ArticleSteel packaging: 'Preserving quality, preventing waste'
Alexis Van Maercke, secretary general, APEAL, explains why he believes steel is the ‘ideal’ food packaging material when it comes to both sustainability and product protection.
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Amcor on tackling the carbon emission challenge
As part of our Sustainable Packaging Summit 2020, Gerald Rebitzer, sustainability director at Amcor, explores how the climate crisis should take a front seat in sustainability discussions.
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ArticlePreventing the spread of diseases through international trade
Vector-borne diseases, i.e. diseases that are transmitted via blood-feeding insects such as mosquitos, ticks and fleas, have been increasing dramatically in recent years, and international trade is an important factor.