TRINSEO

Launch of rPS for food-contact applications

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

EFSA says styrene not gentoxic / First-ever food-contact migration limit expected / EuPC welcomes approach

EUROPEAN PACKAGING REGULATION

PPWR published in official journal of the European Union / Unresolved questions surrounding reusable transport packaging

BISPHENOL-A

EU bans use of BPA in food-contact materials / Transitional periods of up to 36 months

PLASTIC PACKAGING

Future Resources Congress: Challenges resulting from PPWR for recyclate use, recyclability / European Packaging Register Network established

SABIC

Partnership with Oerlemans, Lamb Weston to create packaging from bio-renewable feedstock / Packs for frozen food hit shelves in UK, Netherlands

PLASTIC PACKAGING

Regulation, recession, recycling: Pressure on manufacturers is growing / Demand for industrial packaging notably weakened – FachPack trade fair

BERRY GLOBAL

Launch of cosmetics packaging made from PCR polypropylene / CleanStream recyclates get FDA approval

JOKEY

Cooperation with German waste disposal company on PP recycling / Closed-loop food packaging

BISPHENOL A

New EU regulations on the horizon / Public consultation in progress / “Health risk across all age groups”

DRAVA INTERNATIONAL

Blaze in Croatia destroys stores of PE, PET waste / Injuries reported

DENTIS

Significant PET recycling capacity expansion in Italy / New brand for food-grade recyclate

EU LEGISLATION

Regulatory changes for food-contact plastics to take effect in August / Updates for plasticisers / No new review for styrene

INEOS STYROLUTION

Partners to mechanically recycle PS food packaging / Greenfield plant to be built in Germany

WINE BOTTLES

“PET is the best and most environmentally kind material for bottle packaging” / Packamama founder and CEO Santiago Navarro talks about his rPET flat-packed wine bottles and global expansion plans

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

New EU requirements for recycled plastics with food contact

NGR

K 2022: EFSA, FDA food contact approval for rPET from LSP process

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

New EU regulation aims to pave way for recyclate use in food packaging / Interview with IK managing director Martin Engelmann

BISPHENOL A

FDA under pressure as Europe moves to revise TDI for BPA / Critics claim Americans are “overexposed”

BISPHENOL A

EFSA revisits proposals for BPA use in food packaging / New guidance would slash tolerable intake levels 100,000-fold

BASATLI

First bottle-to-bottle PET recycling unit from Starlinger to be installed in Turkey

SICHT-PACK HAGNER

Film manufacturer starts processing plant for PET flakes / Capacity of 15,000 t/y

SP GROUP

Participation in Spanish plastic packaging project / Development of monomaterial recyclable packaging for food

STYRENICS CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS

Application to EFSA for rPS as food contact material / Successful trials

PLASTIX

Partnership with US nanotechnology specialist Titan Bioplastics to boost uptake of recycled plastics in Europe