PACKAGING AND E-COMMERCE

Online retail giant Amazon to reduce plastic packaging in Germany / French postal service selects reusable plastic bags

PACKAGING

50% reuse in Europe could lead to enormous CO2 reduction by 2030 / Report on three sector groups / Significant economic incentives for users / Rethink Plastic Alliance report

PACKAGING INDUSTRY

Product launches to gather pace post coronavirus / Pandemic accelerates industry and consumer shifts / Five strategic areas to be addressed / McKinsey report

SINGLE-USE PLASTICS

NGOs find EU's phase-out measures largely insufficient / Many European countries lack necessary ambition / Seas At Risk publishes Best Practices report to support reduction efforts

BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY

Digital platforms to improve traceability of materials / Mitsui develops blockchain-based resource platform for plastics / Industry collaborations to promote recycling

INTERVIEW

RePack's Christof Trowitz talks circular approach with reusable PP bags / Says big brands ‘certainly need to test this new packaging concept very thoroughly'

PACKAGING AND SUSTAINABILITY

Brand owners lead the way in renewable packaging / Giants McDonalds and Amazon have a long way to go / Smaller firms offer innovative alternative solutions