PACKAGING

Worldstar Awards 2022 winners announced / Germany wins big with 28 WPO awards / Focus on plastics reduction

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

Virgin plastics use may have peaked for brands, retailers: EMF / Top consumer goods firms show more recycled content in packaging / Global Commitment 2021 Progress Report

RECYCLASS

Publication of methodology for assessing packaging recyclability

MARINE LITTER

Circulate Capital invests USD 6m in plastics recyclers in India and Indonesia

PET

Over 300 attendees at latest Petcore Europe conference / Agreement that EU's SUP directive focuses too much on plastics

PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE

Paper on PE film recycling released by PRE / RecyClass recyclability tool being developed for mono- and multilayer plastic films

EVENTS

"Plastic Free World" conference to take place in Frankfurt in late June

EVENTS

"Plastics Recycling Show Europe" 2019 to take place in Amsterdam in April

MARINE LITTER

Industry giants to contribute USD 90m to preventing ocean plastics waste / Ellen MacArthur announces global commitment for packaging / "Our Ocean" 2018 conference in Bali

EVENTS

17th GEPET seminar to take place in Venice next week / High-level conference to address latest developments and challenges facing the PET chain

AMCOR

USD 26m deal to acquire Packaging India from Essel Propack / Larger footprint in “very attractive” market

WEENER

Lindsay Goldberg sells German rigid packaging producer to 3i for EUR 250m / Plans for future growth through “buy-and-build strategy”

OCTAL

Phase two of Salalah PET expansion complete / Ramping up to full nameplate capacity

PACKAGING

"Sustainable packaging" term should be scrapped, say UK companies / Sustainability improvements needed across the supply chain / PwC report