All Comment articles – Page 38
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ArticleAdoption of the Single-Use Plastics Directive: Industry Organisations React
On March 27th, the European Parliament approved the Single-Use Plastics directive. Packaging Europe has gathered reactions from various industry associations.
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ArticleOcean plastics: One in two Germans feel responsible
On the occasion of the 14th German packaging congress in Berlin, the German Packaging Institute (dvi) has surveyed consumers about their opinion about plastics, packaging and sustainability.
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ArticleThe Future of Industry 4.0
What is next for digitization and Industry 4.0? Five questions for Dr.-Ing. Matthias Schopp, head of Engineering Systems at KHS in Bad Kreuznach in Germany.
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ArticlePackaging Connections 22/03/2019
In this week's weekly video news roundup, we look at trends and developments in the pouch market from lightweighting to recyclability, find out about a new mobility aid masterbatch and explore the dangers of simplistic media messages for packaging.
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ArticleOn Second Thoughts... Unintended consequences
Everyone should be alert to the dangers of simplistic reliance on headline metrics, argues Sanjay Patel, founding partner of the Packaging Collective.
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ArticleThe coffee cup challenge
Together with other single use packaging items, single use coffee cups have received negative media attention in recent years. Does this mean that consumers are actually keen to seek out alternatives?
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ArticleThe recurring insanity of labelling recall
Craig Jones, VP enterprise sales engineering, PRISYM ID, share how to avoid costly and inefficient labelling recalls.
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ArticleAvoiding chemical food contamination: The safe alternative for protecting baby food
Dr. Ulrich Nehring, a food technologist and former head of Nehring Institute explores challenges and solutions when it comes to packing sensitive baby food.
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ArticleDealing with Uncertainty: Minimising Risk through Enhanced Supply Chain Visibility
Given the increasingly volatile political and economic environment, manufacturers understand the need to plan for uncertainty and find ways of maximising efficiency in the way they run their operations
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ArticleDiscussing today’s critical issues
The current economic climate has created a challenging environment whilst also redefining possibilities for businesses and competitors. With a major shift in consumer demand, there is a need for retail, brand and supplier companies to change.
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ArticleWe Remain Committed to European Cooperation
As the UK parliament debates the Brexit withdrawal agreement Elisabeth Skoda reviews the multiple reasons that Packaging Europe strongly advocates continued cooperation and integration between European countries
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ArticleRecycle or Reuse? Will Loop Redefine the Circular Economy?
Last year saw great strides in the construction of a circular economy in plastics, mapping out how to marry design for recycling with a viable market for PCR. But some suggest that even universal recycling of plastics would be no panacea.
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ArticleFKuR Position Paper: Heading for a circular economy with bioplastics
In a new position paper, FKuR Kunststoff GmbH offers its viewpoint on the use of biobased and biodegradable plastics, and their contribution to a circular economy.
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ArticleIs black the new ‘green’ in personal care plastics packaging?
Tony Gaukroger, Director, Colour Tone Masterbatch poses the question: where will recycled plastics material come from to meet future demand?
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ArticleThe future of track & trace
Nicola Orsini, Product Sales Manager at Romaco Promatic talks about innovations in the areas of track and trace in the context of the new EU 2016/161 regulation which is set to have major implications on track & trace systems and applications.
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ArticleThe Resurgence of a Classic Material
Phrases that recur when talking to glass manufacturers is that their product is natural, safe, infinitely recyclability and environmentally friendly.
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ArticleCombatting food waste with intelligent solutions
According to statistics, one in nine people on the planet suffer from hunger, and 98 per cent of these people live in countries where over 40 per cent of food gets lost after harvest, not least because it is poorly packaged.
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ArticleCarrefour: the Retail Giant Acting like a Start-Up on Sustainability
Sustainability director Bertrand Swiderski tells Tim Sykes about Carrefour’s strategy for cutting carbon, food waste and plastics, as well as the role it is playing the launch of the Loop online shopping concept.
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ArticleThe impact of digital twin technology on product development and innovation
Digital twins have been one of the major technology innovations in recent years. A digital twin is a virtual replica of a physical system, process or product.
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ArticleRealising the Potential of Pharma Packaging as a Communication Tool
At AIPIA’s 2018 annual congress one message became very clear: the smart packaging industry has taken major steps forward, and smart innovations have grown from an interesting novelty to a reliable tool that slots neatly into our connected world.