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Koehler Paper Ties Packaging Paper Campaign To German PPWR Debate

Koehler Paper has launched a public communication campaign in Germany aimed at promoting paper as a recyclable packaging material for food applications, positioning the initiative...

Study Warns Removing Plastic Packaging Could Drive Grocery Prices Higher

A new study commissioned by the American Consumer Institute finds that eliminating plastic packaging from everyday goods could significantly increase grocery costs, underscoring the material’s...

Kraft Heinz Deploys UV Tag Technology With Polytag To Improve Plastic...

Kraft Heinz has joined forces with Polytag to deploy UV-tagged plastic packaging across the UK, marking a further step toward data-driven packaging lifecycle management and...

BALK™ Addresses Adhesive Gap In Compostable Packaging With Landmark BPI Certification

Shenzhen JF Bio Products has announced that its bio-based pressure-sensitive adhesive BALK™ has become the first product in the adhesive category to receive dual certification...

BioSupPack Delivers Brewery Waste-to-Packaging Results for Circular Materials Scale-Up

BioSupPack, an EU-funded project coordinated by AIMPLAS, says it has demonstrated that brewery waste can be converted into high-performance bioplastics for packaging applications, with the...

Kp And GranTerre Win Italian Packaging Award For Recyclable Sliced Meat...

Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) and Italian cold cuts producer GranTerre have won the “Best Packaging Award” at the Italian Packaging Awards for a recyclable rigid mono-PET...

Mondi Highlights the Role of Packaging Design in Cutting Food Waste...

Mondi has released a new white paper examining how purpose-built corrugated packaging can help food producers and retailers preserve product quality and reduce waste in...

Barilla Expands Focus On Recyclable Packaging And Water Stewardship

Barilla has outlined further progress in packaging circularity and water management, saying 99.8% of its packaging is now designed to be recyclable while the volume...

Noirmoutier Sea Salt Switches To Sonoco’s Paper-Based GreenCan

The Noirmoutier Sea Salt Cooperative is moving its Agri-Éthique-labelled sea salt range into Sonoco’s paper-based GreenCan, replacing its previous plastic sprinkler container as it seeks...

Amcor Expands Italian Plant For Recyclable High-Barrier Films

Amcor has expanded its flexible packaging operations in northern Italy with a new production line dedicated to recycle-ready high-barrier films, as the company positions itself...

KHS Group Unveils SUPREME PET Barrier System For Oxygen-Sensitive Beverages

KHS Group has introduced KHS SUPREME, a PET bottle system designed to enhance the protection of oxygen-sensitive beverages by combining the barrier properties of glass...

AIMPLAS Joins Horizon Europe Project To Scale Algae-Based Packaging And Consumer...

AIMPLAS has joined the Horizon Europe-funded MULTIPLY project, a 17-partner consortium seeking to accelerate the industrial uptake of microalgae-derived ingredients across five sectors, including packaging. Launched...

South Korea Mandates Label-Free PET Bottled Water From 2026

South Korea has moved to eliminate plastic wrap-around labels on PET bottled drinking water, requiring producers to adopt label-free formats from 1 January 2026 as...

RDM Group Launches Vincicoat PLUS To Close Performance Gap With Virgin...

RDM Group has introduced Vincicoat PLUS (V+), a next-generation coated recycled cartonboard engineered to deliver higher strength while enabling measurable reductions in packaging weight. The launch...

European Shoppers Reward Brands Using Recycled Plastic, Amcor Research Finds

European consumers are actively rewarding brands that incorporate post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics into packaging, according to new research released by Amcor, as regulatory pressure builds...

Brazilian Researchers Develop Fish Skin Biofilm As Potential Alternative To Plastic...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) and EMBRAPA Pecuária Sudeste have developed a biodegradable biofilm derived from tambatinga fish skin, positioning the material...