The implemented Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Romania has exceeded expectations, reflecting the increasing commitment of citizens to contribute actively to a greener future.
The implemented Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Romania has exceeded expectations, reflecting the increasing commitment of citizens to contribute actively to a greener future.
A multimillion-pound research project, called SustaPack, aims to overcome manufacturing challenges for the next generation of sustainable, paper-based packaging for liquids. Backed by a £1 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of UKRI’s co-investing programme, packaging technology company Pulpex Ltd has joined forces with the University of Surrey to refine its manufacturing processes to provide a viable solution to plastic pollution.
The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which will shortly pass into law after the EU Council voted it through on 16 December, is one of the most significant pieces of legislation for the packaging and recycling value chains in decades and is set to fundamentally reshape both industries in the coming decades.
RIGK has committed itself as the German partner in the “myRecycledContent”-database – an initiative by European industrial return systems aimed at promoting the use of recycled plastics in industrial and commercial packaging.
Evidence suggests that reuse systems are the way forward for various packaging sectors, including takeaway food and drinks, says a new report by Zero Waste Europe.
Stadler has designed and built a state-of-the-art light packaging sorting plant for public enterprise Vaersa in Alzira, Spain.
A new study by Aquapak, based on research with 100 UK packaging experts responsible for packaging R&D, technology, design, and sustainability for FMCG brands, reveals that the majority (92%) plan to stop using plastic in their consumer packaging altogether.
On Thursday, the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted in favour of MEP Jutta Paulus’ motion for a resolution objecting the draft Commission Implementing Decision on the mass balance approach under the Single Use Plastics Directive (SUPD).
EuRIChails today’s vote in the Parliament’s ENVI committee, in favor of a motion for a resolution opposing the European Commission’s flawed recycled content calculation mass balance method in the Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD).
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