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PodcastSustainability perspectives: Rethinking Fibre-based Solutions
Sameer Singla, CEO of Archroma Packaging Technologies, discusses how innovation in chemistry can extend the properties of fibre-based packaging while retaining recyclability - and the strategic keys to realize this business opportunity.
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PodcastBuilding a deposit return system – spotlight on Austria
Deposit return schemes have gained traction across Europe, with several countries introducing or getting ready to introduce them. Austria is the latest country to introduce such a system. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Monika Fiala, who is managing director at Recycling Pfand Österreich GmbH, the organisation in charge of implementing the deposit return system in Austria, discussing reasons behind the introduction, challenges to overcome, differences and similarities to systems in other countries, learnings from the scheme several months in, and more.
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PodcastCatching up with Vytal: Packaging Europe 2024 Readers’ Award winner!
Vytal Global were the worthy winners of the Packaging Europe 2024 Readers’ Award!
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PodcastInsights from a city-wide reusable packaging project with Tomra’s Geir Sæther
How can reusable packaging be scaled up? Last year, Tomra started a trial across the city of Aarhus in Denmark for a city-wide platform for reusable takeaway packaging. One year into the trial, Tomra’s Geir Sæther discusses the project, challenges, scalability and future plans with Elisabeth Skoda.
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PodcastPackaging and the consumer – an exploration with Pro Carton
What are consumers’ attitudes towards packaging and sustainability? How have preferences changed over the years and what are the takeaways for packaging companies? Elisabeth Skoda discusses Pro Carton’s latest Consumer Survey with participants from Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK with Winfried Mühling.
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PodcastThe future of retail: exploring the potential of QR codes
We chat with Anne Godfrey, CEO of GS1 UK, a non-profit organisation with a focus on barcodes, about a report into the future of retail they’ve published.
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PodcastThe lifecycle of coated fibre materials
Adapting paper-based materials to new applications is one of the key packaging trends of our time. Stora Enso’s Oliver Kuhn and Maria Holopainen talk us through the lifecycle of coated fibres - from materials designed for recyclability, through collection and sorting to learnings from Stora Enso’s recycling activities.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Advances and developments in labels and films
From innovative materials and improved functionality to incorporating recycled content - what’s the latest in sustainable innovation in labels and films? Elisabeth Skoda speaks to CCL Label’s Marika Knorr and Innovia Films’ Stephen Langstaff to learn more.ff to learn more.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Tackling packaging challenges with the right carton sealing tapes
What are some of the major sustainability challenges companies face particularly in the area of industrial packaging? tesa’s Sergiu Crisan speaks to Elisabeth Skoda and discusses opportunities in implementing sustainable solutions and how tesa devised an assortment of packaging tapes that tackle sustainability challenges without the need for complex processes.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Moulded fibre packaging innovations with Cirkla
What role can moulded fibre packaging play when it comes to finding alternatives to plastic packaging? Ankur Gupta, co-founder and chief business officer at Cirkla speaks to Elisabeth Skoda and discusses what drives the shift, challenges companies face when wanting to make the switch, and how product innovations such as fibre MAP trays support it.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Exploring the potential of metallized papers
Metallized papers can make packaging stand out on the shelf, but how sustainable are they? Shunho Creative’s Lily Ni and Sissi Xu discuss recyclability and compostability and clear up some common misperceptions with Elisabeth Skoda.
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PodcastTopic of the month: Circular Plastics with H.B. Fuller's Elizabeth Staab
H.B. Fuller’s Global Packaging Sustainability Manager, Elizabeth Staab, sits with Libby Munford, Editor, Packaging Europe in the pioneering podcast of our ‘Topic of the month’ series.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: digital heating technology and the importance of collaboration with watttron
In this episode of the Sustainability Perspectives podcast, watttron CEO Marcus Stein discusses the advantages of the company’s digital heating technology compared to conventional technology, the need for more innovation in machinery and the importance of collaboration across the value chain to achieve sustainability goals.
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PodcastThe role of the label in enabling packaging circularity
Avery Dennison’s Nataliya Malhanova, Sergio Fregoni from IDEO and RecyClass’s Augusto Bruno discuss the part a label plays in building a circular economy in packaging, from following technical recyclability requirements to integrating labels into fundamental product design.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: A cross-value chain collaboration for circularity
Tetra Pak, CPR Systems and Lucart have set up a partnership to create a pallet that derives from post consumption processing of materials used in beverage cartons. The resulting Noè pallet has been successfully used by major retailers such as COOP.
Tetra Pak’s Francesca Priora, CPR System’s Melissa Manfredini and COOP’s Chiara Faenza discuss the collaboration and zoom out to the wider topics of material circularity and embedding circular processes in the packaging value chain with Elisabeth Skoda. -
PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Innovation in aluminium packaging
What are the benefits of aluminium packaging and how can the carbon footprint of the material be reduced and recyclability be boosted further? Constantia Flexibles’ Matthias Hofinger discusses this and much more with Elisabeth Skoda.
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PodcastEUROPEN’s Francesca Stevens on threats to sustainability and competitiveness in Europe
Francesca Stevens, executive director of EUROPEN, talks to Tim Sykes about the strategic challenges facing the packaging and sustainability landscape in the year ahead. We survey the fraught geopolitical situation, threats to European competitiveness and progress on the circular economy, and the keys to supporting the integrity of the Single Market.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: The role of data and AI in the circular economy
In 2019, software company SAP turned its attention to solutions tackling the plastic pollutions in the oceans, which lead to the development of SAP Responsible Design, a tool designed specifically to tackle packaging challenges. Darren West, SAP’s Global Head of Circular Economy Solutions, discusses the advantages and potential of data driven solutions and how they can help with the various challenges the industry faces, from changing regulation to EPR fees and sustainable packaging design with Elisabeth Skoda.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Beverage packaging, adhesives and the PPWR
The PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation) has been adopted by the European Parliament and is expected to enter into force in 2025. But what are the effects on the beverage industry, and what is the role of adhesives in enabling recyclability and the dematerialization of packaging? H.B. Fuller’s Elizabeth Staab discusses this and much more with Packaging Europe’s Elisabeth Skoda.
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PodcastThe next steps for the Global Plastic Treaty – with WWF’s Eirik Lindebjerg
Following the conclusion of INC-5 in Busan last month, we are revisiting the topic of the Global Plastics Treaty. Victoria Hattersley spoke with Eirik Lindebjerg, Global Plastic Policy Lead at WWF, about what we can expect in the coming months and which questions still urgently need to be addressed.