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Inside Ardagh Glass Packaging’s plans to reshape its business
Why brands are integrating sustainability into other business operations
Lawsuit accuses California’s Plastics Act of restricting market and raising costs
Investors join the call not to reopen the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
KFC and Pizza Hut’s packaging progress revealed in parent company's report
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Inside Ardagh Glass Packaging’s plans to reshape its business
Ardagh Glass Packaging recently announced the launch of a new strategic initiative through which it hopes to transform its business and respond to changing conditions in the global glass packaging market. To explore the key pillars, drivers, challenges, and PPWR-related concerns associated with this new strategy, we spoke with Alexander Kuzan, Ardagh Glass Packaging Europe’s new CEO, and Mark Porto, Executive Chairman at the Ardagh Group.
Why brands are integrating sustainability into other business operations
Why are so many big brands integrating their sustainability roles into other business operations – and what does that mean for packaging initiatives going forward?
Lawsuit accuses California’s Plastics Act of restricting market and raising costs
U.S. state attorneys general are filing a lawsuit to stop the enforcement of California’s Plastics Act, arguing that the measure requires ‘radical’ packaging redesigns for market access and passes costs on to consumers.
Investors join the call not to reopen the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
Twenty-two financial investors have submitted a private letter urging the European Commission not to reopen the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, led by Systemiq, Eunomia, Circle Economy and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
KFC and Pizza Hut’s packaging progress revealed in parent company's report
From Pizza Hut implementing recycled polypropylene into its wing bowls to KFC investing in reuse models, Yum! Brands’ latest sustainability report details the packaging progress of multiple fast food giants – but reveals ‘limitations’ in its data and transparency.
Nestle, Interzero and more seek to convert household waste into new packaging
Nestlé, Interzero, Total Energies and thirteen other companies have joined forces for the InFACT project, aiming to turn household plastic waste into new packaging and meet tightening European requirements for recyclability and recycled content.
Folbb introduces cartonboard application for frozen food
Folbb has revealed a new hardsized cartonboard application for freezer food, designed for products that can be cooked in the oven or microwave from frozen.
EU project targets industrial scaling of paper-based bubble wrap
International consortium and EU flagship project BIOWRAP has launched this month, aiming to develop and scale up PapairWrap - said to be the ‘first’ fully paper-based bubble wrap - to an industrial scale.
EU must derive 440,000 tonnes of PCR per year from flexibles to meet PPWR targets
In its new report, CEFLEX claims that EU Member States must source an additional 440,000 tonnes of post-consumer recyclate from flexible polyolefins annually to meet the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation’s recycled content targets.
How Member States can optimize their EPR systems to boost recycling rates
Transparency, governance and design influence a waste management system’s recycling performance more than high producer fees or specific EPR models, according to a study commissioned by EUROPEN.
Diving deeper into the EU's latest guidance on the PPWR
On 5 June, the European Commission published a Commission Notice providing further clarity about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in practice.
PPWR timeline: the key dates to know
The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (Europen) has published a timeline of the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation requirements, including when they come into force, details of the Articles and recommendations for further guidance on provisions. We’ve taken a deep dive into the main points of the timeline, from requirements introduced in 2025 to those due to come into force in 2040.