What role does smart packaging play in reducing healthcare waste?
Op-ed by Mia Barnes, Body+Mind Magazine. The healthcare industry is critical to ensuring people’s health and well-being. However, its ability…
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Ferrero reports reduced emissions and plastic use, highlights sourcing approach
Italian confectionery maker Ferrero has reported progress in emissions and plastic reduction across its supply chain, as well as positioning…
Opponents to the Global Plastics Treaty are running out of excuses
Op-ed by Emilie Olderskog, global head of sustainability, Elopak. This week, delegates from around the world will converge in Nairobi…
Stronger policy support needed to increase recycled content in flexible plastic packaging
Stronger policy and investment support will be required to scale the technology capable of increasing recycled content in flexible plastic…
TNO advances the use of solvent-based solutions for plastics recycling
Dutch research organisation TNO has unveiled a solvent-based plastics recycling process that is designed to recover high-quality polymers and additives…
From cleanup to infrastructure: rethinking the role of Plastic Credits
Op-ed by Clemens Feigl, CEO and co-founder, everwave. The global plastic crisis is often framed as a recycling problem. However,…
Around 1,000 tonnes of microplastics enter food and drinks every year, study suggests
Around 1,000 tonnes of microplastics and nano plastics migrate from plastic packaging into food and beverages every year, a new…
Mondelēz International meets its virgin plastic reduction target in Europe
Mondelēz International has announced it has achieved its virgin plastic reduction goal in Europe. The snacking firm has achieved a…
Study offers new insight into ‘missing plastics’ in marine pollution
A study by researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University has traced how microplastics from polymer-coated fertilisers (PCF) end up deposited on…
Cigarette filters are an ‘underestimated’ source of microplastic pollution, study claims
The extent of microplastic pollution from cigarette filters is the topic of a new study by researchers at the University…