All Podcast articles
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PodcastCollaborative EPR: A conversation with CITEO and EXPRA
CITEO France has recently joined the Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance EXPRA. Elisabeth Skoda discusses the motivations behind this decision, the implications for producers and the wider challenges and opportunities for EPR systems with CITEO’s Jean Hornain and EXPRA’s Hester Klein Lankhorst.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Unlocking the power of paper for challenging packaging applications
With the increased popularity of paper packaging come some challenges around barriers, functionality and machinability, and in turn recyclability. Solenis’s William Kuecker speaks to Elisabeth Skoda, discussing ways to tackle these challenges from the point of view of a chemical company.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Fibre-based packaging and circularity
How can a truly circular economy become a reality? MM Group’s Katja Tuomola discusses this question from the perspective of a fibre based packaging manufacturer with Elisabeth Skoda, highlighting challenges and ways to overcome them.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Navigating regulatory pressures and market concerns
With the EU’s PPWR becoming applicable in August 2026 and changing regulations across the globe, brands and converters face a challenging landscape. H.B. Fuller’s Elizabeth Staab shares her insights on how to navigate these challenges with Elisabeth Skoda.
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PodcastFocus on food and beverage cartons with FBCA director general Sebastian Bartels
In January 2025, the former Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) and EXTR:ACT merged to form the Food and Beverage Carton Alliance (FBCA), with the aim to provide a uniform platform for food and beverage cartons. Recently appointed director general Sebastian Bartels speaks to Elisabeth Skoda about the role cartons can play in a circular economy as well as the alliance’s work and future plans.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: The potential of ultra-lightweight paper in flexible packaging
What is ultra-lightweight paper, and what role can it play to help companies reach their sustainability goals? SWM International’s Anne-Laure Jaeckel discusses LCA, consumer perceptions, required properties as well as challenges and opportunities with Packaging Europe’s Elisabeth Skoda.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Innovation in mono materials and bio polymers in flexibles
How can innovation in flexible packaging boost packaging sustainability? Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Brückner Maschinenbau’s managing director Markus Gschwandtner to get his perspective on the sustainability challenges and ways to address them.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Data and the EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan
There is a lot of discussion in the packaging industry about legislative challenges, such as the PPWR. Trayak’s Mitja Brgant takes a wider view at the topic, exploring the connection between data and legislation and the wider packaging landscape and how it has been shaped by the Circular Economy Action Plan with Packaging Europe’s Elisabeth Skoda.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: PPWR and more – how to stay on track with data
Having your data in order is the foundation of ensuring compliance with EPR, PPWR and other packaging regulations. Vivian Loftin, co-founder at Recyda, discusses the importance of data, requirements, data gaps, challenges, common misunderstandings and solutions with Elisabeth Skoda.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Navigating reuse, recycling and composting
How do infrastructure, customer behaviour and operational realities shape what works best in sustainable food packaging, particularly in the takeaway sector? Duni Group’s Nicklas Lauwell shares his insights with Elisabeth Skoda.
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PodcastThe Talking Point: Changing role of corrugated packaging
Libby Munford speaks with Kerry Sanders, Vice President of Market Development at EFI about the evolution of digital print, and how it can be leveraged to change the role of corrugated packaging - with the combination of right-sizing and high-quality digital print, directly onto the box.
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PodcastTom Szaky on bringing reuse up to commercial scale
It was recently reported that Terracycle’s Loop, a global platform for reuse, working with a coalition of brands and retailers has reached commercial scale in France, offering a wide range of everyday consumer products in a reusable version at local supermarkets. Elisabeth Skoda sat down with Loop’s founder Tom Szaky to discuss what enabled the success in France, why reuse systems have struggled elsewhere, how to address this and much more.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Fit for future packaging with inks and coatings
Ahead of Packaging Europe’s Sustainable Packaging Summit in Utrecht, Siegwerk’s team of experts, Disha, Strategy and Program Manager - Circular Economy; Sarah Mah, Senior Global Sustainability Manager; Gilles Le Moigne, Head of BU CE Coatings; and Belal Habib, Head of Global Brand Owner Collaboration, explore how packaging can meet growing sustainability ambitions, transparency requirements and evolving market demands and the role inks and coatings can play in this process.
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PodcastThe Talking Point: Pathways to paperization
Paperization has gained increasing traction in recent years. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to SWM International’s Philippe Ragot, who shares insights into how technology and collaboration can and already are fuelling advances and discusses the innovation processes that enable these results.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: An in-depth look at the possibilities of dry moulding fibre technology
What are some of the recent innovations and challenges in the area of dry moulding fibre technology for packaging? YUTOECO’s Jerome Zhang tells Elisabeth Skoda more about recent developments and technological advances.
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PodcastThe Alliance to End Plastic Waste on successes, challenges and future plans
Plastic fulfils a range of important functions in packaging, but there is a clear problem with plastic waste which shows no signs of subsiding. The Alliance to End Plastic Waste’s CEO Jacob Duer discusses the organisation’s work and new efforts to develop, derisk and demonstrate solutions in the context of a challenging environment with Elisabeth Skoda.
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PodcastActive packaging: adding depth and breadth to sustainable approaches
Active packaging has the potential to significantly improve shelf life and reduce food waste, elevating existing packaging to provide a new level of a sustainable approach. Libby Munford spoke with a key expert on this topic – Fresh Inset’s Kris Czaplicki, Chief Strategy Officer about the advantages and challenges of implementing the Vidre+ technology.
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PodcastTopic of the month: Paper, plastics and purposeful packaging with Mondi
Pitting paper versus plastics is not the most productive way to address the sustainability challenges the world is facing. Choosing the best packaging material based on product needs and customer goals can yield much better results. Mondi’s experts Silvia Hanzelova and Piotr Barczykowski discuss benefits of both materials, challenges and solutions with Elisabeth Skoda.
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PodcastCleantech investment, packaging innovation & Emerald at 25 years
Europe’s first cleantech VC fund celebrates its 25th birthday this year. Tim Sykes speaks with founder and CEO of Emerald Technology Ventures, Gina Domanig, and Fredric Petit, co-lead of the dedicated packaging fund about the insights gathered over a quarter of a century of green investment, the appetite for investment in uncertain times, and opportunities in packaging and materials in the near future.
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PodcastFighting food waste in Nigeria – a conversation with SAVE FOOD’s 2024 competition winner
Each year, a significant portion of Nigeria’s tomato harvest is lost before it ever reaches the consumer. Working to tackle this issue is Tomato Jos, the winner of last year’s SAVE FOOD project competition. It is an agricultural processing company that works at the intersection of agriculture, logistics and packaging, supporting smallholder farmers and refining supply chain processes through a combination of modern technology, improved transport packaging and education programmes. Tomato Jo’s Esson Akolo speaks to Elisabeth Skoda.