The amount of packaging waste being produced is unsustainable, and Europe is very serious about achieving its circular economy objectives, says Maja Desgrées du Loû, Policy Officer, Packaging & Packaging Waste Directive, European Commission.
Waste management is currently one of the main challenges faced by the African recycled polymer supply chain. Plastic packaging are the largest fraction of waste after organic.
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag drives system integration, focuses on sustainability and unveils solutions for modern networking via Industry 4.0.
Rising out of the niche: In the beverage packaging market, returnable PET containers currently play a rather small role. Wrongly so, say the results of a joint research project of Krones and Alpla.
Sustainability and digitalisation are currently the two defining issues in the packaging and logistics industry. But what happens when these two game-changers are combined?
Made from recycled material and designed for recycling: Starlinger viscotec, a division of the Austrian machinery supplier Starlinger & Co GmbH, has developed a new material to make packaging for dairy and hot-fill products fully recyclable.
School milk in Upper Austria is now packaged in 100% sustainable cups made of recycled PET (rPET). The project is revolutionizing the food packaging market and proves that a sustainable circular economy is possible.
At Pack Expo Las Vegas 2021, the Sacmi Group will be in the Upper South Hall- stand n° 7427, with Sacmi PACKGING & CHOCOLATE and Sacmi RIGID PACKAGING BUs.
The registration window for the next interpack, which will be held from 4 to 10 May 2023 at the Düsseldorf trade fair centre, was set to open this year in autumn.
Südpack’s innovative SPQ technology (Sustaina-ble Print Quality) significantly improves the carbon footprint of package printing – and also impressed the specialist jury of the renowned German Packaging Award in 2021.
For millions of people all over the world, packaged drinking water is an essential part of their daily life, especially if they live in a region where they cannot depend on a reliable supply of potable tap water.
The EuroPack Summit 2021 invites Kate Yauk, the Global Packaging Technology and Sustainability and Innovation Manager at JDE Peet's to discuss how the packaging industry can keep up with change and drive future-focused packaging innovation and sustainability.
