Green issues pervaded last week's SIAL food exhibition and much in evidence was the food industry's response to burgeoning consumer demand for products that breathe life into sustainability, from ingredients to packaging.
The steel packaging industry must promote its strengths better if
it is to survive difficult market conditions, reports Anthony
Fletcher from the 2005 International Steel Packaging Congress
in Dusseldorf.
Steel packaging recycling in Europe increased by 1.3 per cent last
year to reach just over 2.1 million tonnes, though the EU15
countries remain way ahead of new member states.
The ten new Member States of the EU have had to work flat out to
ensure that their legal systems are brought into line with the rest
of Europe's, and no sector has been busier than the food processing
and packaging sector. For...
The steel packaging industry in Central Europe is set to prosper,
as long as outmoded means of production can be upgraded. The
consumption of steel packaging in Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic
and Slovakia is projected to grow at...
The European Commission has welcomed the agreement reached by the
European Parliament and Council conciliation committee to increase
the minimum recycling targets for packaging waste from 25 to 55 per
cent by 2008. The agreement overcomes...