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Industry associations call for internal market legal basis for EU Circular Economy Act
Indorama Ventures and AMB Spa introduce PET multi-layer tray designed for recycling
Pulp and paper manufacturing shows ‘moderate’ resilience amid rising costs and industrial downturn
Making the business case for a circular plastics industry
Aluminium Europe and Metal Packaging Europe report 76% recycling rate for aluminium cans
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Industry associations call for internal market legal basis for EU Circular Economy Act
Industry associations including the European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN), Metal Packaging Europe, FINAT and Cepi have signed a statement expressing support for the European Union’s circularity ambitions and calling for the upcoming New Circular Economy Act (CEA) to be grounded in an internal market legal basis.
Indorama Ventures and AMB Spa introduce PET multi-layer tray designed for recycling
Indorama Ventures and AMB Spa have unveiled a ‘next-generation’ PET multilayer tray designed for recycling, aiming to meet the European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and accelerate circularity for complex food packaging.
Pulp and paper manufacturing shows ‘moderate’ resilience amid rising costs and industrial downturn
Cepi has released its preliminary statistics report for 2025, which shows a 1.5% decrease in European paper and board production compared to 2024, reflecting the issues of ‘rising costs, geopolitical challenges and rising trade tensions’ over the last 5 years.
Making the business case for a circular plastics industry
How far has the packaging industry come in terms of key metrics such as virgin plastic reduction, recyclability and meeting reuse targets? In this report, we examine the annual Ellen MacArthur Foundation Global Commitment Progress Report, which tracks industry-wide progress in these areas.
Aluminium Europe and Metal Packaging Europe report 76% recycling rate for aluminium cans
European Aluminium (EA) and Metal Packaging Europe (MPE) have released a report which shows that the overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the European Union, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland reached 76.3% in 2023, representing a Greenhouse Gas emissions saving equivalent to 5.7 million tonnes of CO2.
How do we fix a ‘breaking’ and ‘import-dependent’ European industry?
What is the current outlook for Europe’s manufacturing sectors – and what must be done to support them? In the aftermath of the European Industry Summit in Antwerp, we consult multiple industry players for their perspectives on promoting EU-made resources, lowering carbon and energy costs, establishing a circular economy, and more.
Packaging Labelling: the Test Case for a Truly Harmonized Single Market
When the EU Commission adopted the Single Market Strategy last year, it identified fragmented rules around waste and labelling as barriers to progress and prioritised creating a harmonized packaging labelling system for consumer sorting. Marzia Scopelliti-Kübler, senior public affairs manager at the European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN), ...
Cortec transitions VpCI-126 bags to minimum 20% recycled content
Cortec has announced that all of its VpCI-126 bags are now made with 20% minimum recycled content, a move hoped to help suppliers and end-users keep up with increasing global recycled content mandates.
Debunking common recycling myths
As Germany transposes the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation into national law, the German Environment Agency (UBA) and the Central Agency Packaging Register (ZSVR) have cleared up common misconceptions about plastic recycling rates, glass waste collection, and more.
FuturaGene seeks to reduce energy consumption with gene-edited eucalyptus
FuturaGene has announced that its new gene-edited eucalyptus, approved by Brazil’s National Biosafety Technical Commission (CTNBio), aims to reduce chemical inputs and energy consumption in industrial processing.
Germany announces landmark new packaging regulation
Germany has transposed the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation into national law – raising recycling quotas for various materials and revising licensing and financing rules.
European Industry Summit talks competitiveness, energy costs and sustainability
At the European Industry Summit in Antwerp, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen set out her vision for a more globally competitive, affordable, self-sufficient and sustainable industry for Europe’s energy, steel and chemicals sectors.