PPWR proposal: European packaging bodies highlight major concerns
On 22 November the European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on the Commission's proposal for the contentious packaging and packaging…
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Claire Jenns
With experience in arts and culture journalism, Claire brings a fresh perspective to Hotel Management Network, Retail Insight Network and Packaging Gateway. She is passionate about sustainability, workers' rights and geopolitics.
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CPSC highlights danger of missing label on baby lounger product
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a notice for consumers to immediately stop using Miracle Baby Loungers…
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Google’s Single Use Plastics Challenge winner announced
The winner of Google’s Single-Use Plastics Challenge is cookie and brownie producer Homefree, a certified B Corporation. Starting in April…
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Braskem awarded funding for recycling technology research
Biopolymer producer Braskem has been awarded a $600,000 Research, Demonstration and Development (RD&D) grant from the Reducing Embodied Energy and…
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Beontag releases sustainability results of linerless labels
Italy-based Beontag, a manufacturer of pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSA) materials and smart tags, has released the comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)…
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Natural material company Xampla enters into European partnership
A new collaboration aims for Xampla’s natural materials to be manufactured at scale whilst leveraging the 2M Group of Companies’…
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European water and soft drink industries call for priority access to recyclates in PPWR
As MEPs prepare to vote on the proposed EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), industry bodies UNESDA Soft Drinks…
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Global Plastics Treaty: World leaders accused of showing ‘zero ambition’
This week saw international delegates and world leaders debate a Global Plastics Treaty text that has not set out legally…
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Sappi secures sustainability award for water saving initiative
Paper, pulp and packaging company Sappi has won the American Forest & Paper Association’s (AF&PA) 2023 Leadership in Sustainability Award…
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Packaging companies respond to AGCM wine bottle investigation
Packaging and manufacturing companies have responded to Italy’s competition authority, Autorita’ Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)’s investigation into…