All Sustainability articles – Page 3
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ArticleCompostable and recyclable Christmas cups revealed by Celebration Packaging
In honour of the festive season, Celebration Packaging has added red and green double-wall hot drink cups to its renewable food and drinks packaging lineup, highlighting their compostability or recyclability at end-of-life.
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ArticleLAM’ON to boost compostable, biobased films with strategic investment
Following a strategic investment from Eleven Ventures and Citibank managing director Grigoriy Ananiev, LAM’ON plans to boost its market presence and upscale its biobased, compostable laminating and packaging films.
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ArticleMono-PET blister tray certified as recyclable by Petcore
Liveo Research’s One-Material Blister made of PET has been certified as recyclable by Petcore Europe’s Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform.
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ArticleHow can the industry adapt to the PPWR?
Our industry faces a dilemma: while packaging is still seen as a “silent seller”, new EU rules promote minimal, necessary packaging. How can businesses embrace this change and adapt to new conditions? Anna Perlina, sustainable packaging consultant at Integrity Solutions, offers a potential solution.
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ArticleUnilever’s take on INC-5 – and where treaty negotiations need to go
After the events of INC-5, Ed Shepherd, senior global sustainability manager at Unilever, commends the widespread consensus over a high-ambition Global Plastics Treaty that restricts new production and harmful substances – yet he warns of gaps in the current text and the ongoing risk of ‘endless negotiations’.
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ArticleEU-funded project recycles multi-layer plastic flexibles into new food-grade packs
The EU-funded CIRCULAR FoodPack project has successfully recycled flexible plastic multilayer composites (MLCs) into food-grade polyethylene packaging using tracer-based sorting technology, water-based treatment, and solvent-based recycling.
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ArticleEuropean Bioplastics Conference concludes with hope for bioplastics’ future
Attendees of this year’s European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin were reminded of bioplastics’ potential role in an EU-wide circular economy as the global production of plastics continues to rise, with additional encouragement to strategically manage biomass resources.
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ArticleTekniPlex to showcase lineup of PFAS-free dip tubes for fragrances
At Paris Packaging Week 2025, TekniPlex Consumer Products will display a range of food-grade, PFAS-free dip tubes for mid-to-high-end fragrance packaging, alongside liners made from expanded polyethylene and PE foam.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: Insights from the Sustainable Packaging Summit with Actega
Coating expert Actega’s Dennis Siepmann takes a look back at Packaging Europe’s Sustainable Packaging Summit. He discusses key topics such as the PPWR, net zero commitments plastic circularity and the rise of fibre-based packaging as well as how Actega can help address these challenges with Elisabeth Skoda.
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ArticleRecyclable packaging encourages pet food purchases, Amcor study suggests
According to a study from Amcor, 69% of pet owners are incentivized to buy pet food if its packaging is designed for sustainability, with 55% influenced by on-pack recyclability claims.
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Sponsored ContentH.B. Fuller’s quest to label reusable glass with water-based adhesives
In this edition of our ‘In Conversation With…’ series, Sabine Pietka, global marketing manager Beverage at H.B. Fuller, explains how the company’s water-based adhesive technology aims to transform the beverage space by addressing both operational efficiency and environmental sustainability.
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Sponsored ContentExploring fibre-based packaging’s impact on sustainability in the industry
In this edition of our ‘In Conversation With…’ series, Markus Locher, global manager of Barrier & Sustainable Packaging Solutions for Paper & Board at ACTEGA, discusses the company’s role in supporting the industry’s transition into sustainability-minded packaging. He explores the challenges of creating a circular economy for fibre-based packaging and explains how ACTEGA’s initiatives and solutions address these challenges.
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ArticleLightweight shopping bags made with Mondi’s recycled papers unveiled by Dobis
Dobis is converting Mondi’s range of paper grades containing recycled fibres into paper bags for fashion, fast food, and retail products; the move claims to lightweight the packaging and reduce material consumption while maintaining strength and print quality.
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ArticleTetra Pak invests in Dutch plant recycling polyAl from drinks cartons
Tetra Pak and Yellow Dreams are making a joint investment of around €3 million to launch operations at a recycling plant for polyAl from used beverage cartons – set to begin operations in the second half of 2025 and boost recycling capacity in the EU.
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ArticleSIG and WWF partner to protect forest landscapes in Thailand
In collaboration with WWF Switzerland and WWF Thailand, SIG has launched a project to protect forest landscapes in Thailand, aligning with its commitment to create, restore, protect, or improve the management of 650,000 hectares of forest by 2030.
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ArticleWine corks to be recycled as Karlstads Energi and ReKorek join forces
Karlstads Energi and ReKorek have teamed up to explore the possibilities of recycling wine corks into new products following the latter’s success in a European innovation challenge.
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ArticleThe problem with black packaging
It’s no secret that black packaging can negatively affect the recycling process, but are new, non-carbon solutions about to change this? In this edition of the Brief, we explore the different applications for carbon black and non-carbon black in the industry, and how non-carbon black options are being implemented.
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ArticleLaser-etched mangoes provide product information on fruit’s skin
Westfalia Fruit is laser-etching product information directly onto mangoes in an effort to save up to 10 million plastic price look-up (PLU) stickers annually.
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ArticleAutomatic traysealer designed for smooth integration, versatility, and more
ULMA Packaging has revealed TSA 400, an automatic traysealer for low-to-medium production environments; it is designed for easy integration and operation, high production performance, and energy efficiency in a range of packaging applications.
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PodcastMaterial insights with Der Grüne Punkt’s Mark Vester
Proper packaging waste management and recycling structures are a key building block for a sustainable packaging industry. Mark Vester, Executive Vice President Germany and Business Development at Der Grüne Punkt discusses the organisation’s work as a provider of take back systems and commodity trader, recycling and recyclability challenges, innovative feedstocks, the effect of the PPWR, collaboration and more with Elisabeth Skoda.