An efficient packaging recycling infrastructure underpins a circular economy, enabling materials like cardboard, glass, plastic and metal to be collected, sorted and transformed into new products. By ...

The use of plastic has skyrocketed over the past decade. Recent statistics reveal that in 2021, each person in the European Union (EU) generated an average of 36 kg of plastic packaging waste.

At the recent Sustainability in Packaging US conference in Chicago, the urgency around improving recycling recovery rates and incorporating more recycled content into packaging was on full display.

Liechtenstein faces regulatory pressure after missing the EEA’s minimum recycling target for wooden packaging waste.

Washington State has passed an extended producer responsibility (EPR) law mandating the collection and recycling of petroleum ...

A new industry-led body has been appointed as the Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) for the pEPR packaging waste ...

About 40% of waste statewide now comes from packaging, prompting lawmakers to put the onus on the manufacturers of that packaging. Credit: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid The use of e-commerce and deliveries ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — The environmental advocacy group Beyond Plastics released an analysis on a proposed state law to cut packaging waste on Wednesday. According to the report, enacting the ...

New UK packaging EPR guidance defines how businesses must collect, classify and report packaging data, including material ...

UK Packaging PRO will oversee efforts aimed at using more recyclable packaging materials and reducing waste sent to landfills ...