News about plastic packaging
Here you find current news about plastic packaging – from industry and politics as well as from associations and the media.
Alliance to End Plastic Waste Releases 2020 Progress Report
Report outlines major global efforts, investments and commitments to end plastic waste in the environment and contributing to a circular economy [...]
Microplastics in Europe’s lakes: tackling a rising concern
Funded by the European Commission’s LIFE Programme and co-financed by PlasticsEurope, the four-year LIFE Blue Lakes project aims to reduce and prev [...]
For more recycled material in the PET material cycle
For many people, PET bottles are a symbol of the pollution of the world’s oceans and the death of thousands of seabirds and marine mammals. P [...]
Dr Markus Steilemann, Covestro’s CEO becomes new President of PlasticsEurope
PlasticsEurope, the Pan-European trade association representing plastics manufacturers, today announced the appointment of Dr Markus Steilemann, Ch [...]
The Plastic Packaging Industry’s Path to a Circular Economy
The European Green Deal and thus also the circular economy will be a decisive pillar of European politics in the coming years. In its action plan o [...]
Plastics specialists in the fight against coronavirus
As difficult as the times may be during the coronavirus pandemic, the support available in the fight against the virus is as diverse. [...]
Sustainable plastic packaging honored with the PackTheFuture Award 2020
Paris, Bad Homburg, May 12, 2020: 58 entries, 14 nominees and 10 award winners – this is the positive outcome of the PackTheFuture Award 2020 [...]
From capacity limits to short-time working: Corona affects manufacturers of plastic packaging in many different ways
Bad Homburg, May 4, 2020 – The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen asked its member companies at the end of April in a survey for [...]
Security of supply in times of crisis: an open view of packaging
Commentary by Mara Hancker, Managing Director of IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen (German Association for Plastics Packaging and Film [...]