The Israeli biodegradable plastic packaging specialist has unveiled an innovative compostable film – which acts as a laminate for the so-called ‘caustic’ properties of salty snacks – at London Packaging Week.
Bimbo Bakeries USA has become the first baking company to launch a national recycling programme in partnership with waste management company TerraCycle.
The European Commission is taking Romania to the EU Court of Justice over its failure to amend revised EU legislation on packaging waste into domestic law.
Increased recovery and recycling targets mooted in an EU review have been backed by EUROPEN, providing they look at existing waste management infrastructure, capacity in member states and disparate performances.
Slovakia faces being hauled before the European Court and potentially fined if it continues to drag its feet over the implementation of packaging waste regulations, said Brussels.
The French Government faces being hauled into court unless it can convince Brussels that it has adopted European legislation designed to cut packaging waste.
Vancouver-based sustainable packaging develop Pakit has announced that it is working with PepsiCo to develop its technology, which turns cellulose fibre from a range of plant materials into moulded board.
The European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into Austrian company ARA over concerns that it has abused its dominant market position in packaging waste management.
The amount of packaging sent to landfill by EU-15 members dropped by 43 per cent in just over a decade thanks to soaring recovery and recycling rates, said the European Organization for Packaging and the Environment (Europen).
Packaging waste derived from snack goods like potato chip packets may provide manufacturers with versatile new ways to cut their environmental impacts by using the materials in bags, pencil cases and even building products, says one US-based group.
A new UK recycling centre will be able to convert polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastics back into food grade raw materials for use in new plastic packaging, says Closed Loop.
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
has recently published the results of their fact-finding mission,
which found 'inappropriate practices' in the exporting of paper
packaging waste.
Higher minimum targets on packaging announced by the UK's
environmentalregulator will put greater pressure on food processors
to ship their products in environmentally-friendly materials.
The UK's food processors will come under greater pressure to ship
their products in environmentally-friendly materials after
government announced a plan to increase minimum recycling targets
for glass and plastics packaging.
Although the EU's member states were due to impose tougher laws on
recycling packaging waste, only five countries have completed the
task, the European Commission said yesterday.
The UK government is seeking views on proposals to amend the
regulations that require businesses to recycle and recover target
levels of packaging waste each year.
The Polish parliament has passed an amendment of the Act on
Packaging and Packaging Waste for the purpose of adapting existing
Polish laws to EU norms. The amendment is scheduled to take effect
on the date of Poland's accession...
