News about plastic packaging
Here you find current news about plastic packaging – from industry and politics as well as from associations and the media.
K 2019: PlasticsEurope unweils survey Plastics the Facts 2019 and Voluntary Commitment Progress
The industry’s progress and new developments to increase sustainability and circularity of plastics were unveiled today at the PlasticsEurope press [...]
World Plastics Council meets to advance a circular economy for plastics
World Plastics Council – Annual General Assembly held during K 2019. Executives of leading global plastics manufacturers discussed plans to advance te [...]
Avoiding environmental littering, pushing forward with a circular economy – Plastics industry creates transparency for global plastic flows
Plastics are an important resource that must be recycled and not end up as environmental litter. In order to manage and optimise the flows of mater [...]
Packaging ecologically with plastic: Eco Design Guidelines now available in English
The “Management Guidelines for the Eco Design of Plastic Packaging”, launched in Berlin this summer, are now also available in English. The guideli [...]
Programme of the K 2019 Special Show
Industry engage in dialogue – global, European, local When the world’s leading plastics trade fair K 2019 opens its doors, the Special Show i [...]
Circular Plastics Alliance Declaration signed
PlasticsEurope und IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen signed the Circular Plastics Alliance Declaration Last week, more than 100 companies [...]
Launch of the 5th edition of PackTheFuture contest
The european award that demonstrates innovation capability of plastic & flexible packaging firms To promote a sustainable plastic & flexibl [...]
“Collect and recycle all films used in the fields”
ERDE commits to taking back and recovering crop plastics The initiative within the German Association for Plastic Packaging and Films (IK) known as [...]
airpop / polystyrene packages still permitted
Bans in the Disposable Plastics Directive: Only airpop / EPS to-go packaging for immediate consumption affected Bad Homburg, 4 June 2019 – A mislea [...]