Category: Packaging
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European flexible food packaging consumption exceeded 4.2 million tonnes annually. OPP leads the market as converters prepare for stricter recyclability requirements.
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Capri-Sun has recalled Orange multipacks containing incorrectly labelled individual pouches. Regular sugared drink entered packaging marked as the Orange Zero variant.
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Welsh glass deposit plans face renewed opposition from industry groups. Producers warn that regulatory divergence will multiply packaging, stock, data, and return systems.
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DePoly has opened an industrial PET depolymerisation plant in Switzerland. The facility will qualify difficult waste streams and recovered monomers before a planned commercial scale-up.
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Fiberdom and Kiefel have validated industrial dry fibre forming technology. The trial connects reel fed paperboard with high volume production of three dimensional packaging.
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Germany’s reusable beverage packaging share remains far below statutory ambitions. Reuse reached 34.5% in 2024, with wide differences between beer, water, soft drinks, juice, and dairy beverages.
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Citeo is expanding France’s shared reusable food packaging infrastructure regionally. The four-region system now connects standardised packs, supermarkets, return points, washing centres, deposits, reverse logistics, and common operating data.
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European flexible packaging substrate prices rose sharply during second quarter. Films, polymers, aluminium foil, and coated paper all increased as geopolitical disruption, energy costs, and restricted resin supply moved through converter purchasing.
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New EPR data exposes persistent gaps in UK packaging recyclability. Most obligated producers still use some non-green material as recyclability ratings begin influencing packaging costs and redesign priorities.
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Plastipak has launched pakPET, combining recycled content within one pellet. The food contact approved resin is designed to simplify processing, qualification, and traceability across established PET packaging operations.