5:16 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Europe
New packaging rules

EU Comission - European Green Deal: Putting an end to wasteful packaging, boosting reuse and recycling

The Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules on packaging, to tackle this constantly growing source of waste and of consumer frustration. On average, each European generates almost 180 kg of packaging waste per year. Packaging is one of the main users of virgin materials as 40% ...
1:22 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Certification of Recyclability

Henkel and cyclos-HTP enter into strategic partnership

Henkel and cyclos-HTP Institute (CHI), a company specialized in the classification, assessment and certification of recyclability of packaging and goods, have announced a strategic partnership.
1:41 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Fiber, filament, woven, strapping
Alternative rPET application

Autoneum: Coming full circle on sustainability - 100% polyester carpet systems

Automotive carpets are typically multi-layered systems that can be challenging to ...
2:50 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Support

Ireland: Minister Smyth granted CIRCULÉIRE funding of €1.5 million

CIRCULÉIRE – Ireland’s first industry-led circular innovation network – and its secretariat Irish Manufacturing Research are delighted to share the news that the company has been granted continuation funding. This announcement was made by the Minister of State at the Department ...
1:10 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Report

UK: MPs call for binding targets to end plastic pollution as UN talks begin

MPs on the UK House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee have renewed their call for a global treaty with legally binding targets to end worldwide plastic pollution as new UN talks on the subject open in Uruguay.
1:70 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Effort

Berry Global receives “Prime” ISS ESG corporate rating for continued focus on embedding ESG across the company

Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY) received a “Prime” environmental, social, and governance (ESG) rating from the Institutional Shareholder Services group of companies (ISS), advancing the Company to second decile in the packaging sector. Complementing Berry’s improved ...
1:25 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Africa, Bottle development and design
Award

Mpact recognised for excellence at industry leading packaging awards

Mpact, the largest paper and plastics packaging business and recycler in Africa, has won key awards at the 2022 Institute of Packaging SA Gold Pack Awards, which is designed to showcase the very best of what the South African packaging industry produces.
1:37 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Climate targets

Krones has affirmed its commitment to net zero

In 2020, Krones had the effectiveness of its own climate targets confirmed by the Science Based Targets initiative. Krones is now taking its climate strategy to the next stage in targetting net zero emissions by 2050. The group’s climate targets are also given recognition by ...
3:19 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Commitment

Advancing towards Zero-Pollution: EU joins call for ambitious global agreement to end plastic pollution by 2040

The EU is joining the “High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution”, confirming its commitment to aim high in the intergovernmental negotiations for a global agreement to end plastic pollution by 2040. In the negotiations the EU will be pushing for a legally binding instrument, ...
2:20 min Digitization, Sorting and collection
Trial

UK: Polytag, Xact and Interket partner for Digital Deposit Return Scheme (DDRS) pilot

Recycling technology company Polytag, a coding and marking specialists, Xact and ...