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Eco-plastics in Packaging views, analysis and discussion around the plastics packaging industry

Opinion

Eco-plastics in Packaging views, analysis and discussion around the plastics packaging industry

Meanwhile, in Vegas… – October 2023

Where in the world can you watch human zip wire races or a rollercoaster hurtle past at breakneck speed...

Hatching a packaging plan – September 2023

One of my first duties as a packaging journalist for this magazine was to interview Swedish firm Ecolean’s then...

In pursuit of gesture politics – August 2023

The upcoming EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is viewed by many as a massive step forward in...

Less is not always more – July 2023

We are all too familiar with the trend for brand owners to reduce the volume of product to offset the rising costs of manufacture;...

In a flexible fix – June 2023

The news that a recycling firm has gone into administration is, unfortunately, not a shocking event, but the recent failure of a Scottish recycling...

Covert surveillance – May 2023

One of the good things about everybody having unique fingerprints is that my young daughter cannot download any apps onto her smartphone or authorise...

There’s plenty more fish in the sea – April 2023

Seven years ago, a report was launched at the World Economic Forum that included a claim so incendiary that it subsequently became a hackneyed...

Fan mail – March 2023

The pandemic boom in the e-commerce channel stimulated significant growth in the area of secondary or protective packaging. But with it came the inevitable...

You’re hired! – February 2023

How did you end up in the job you’re in? How did your career path take shape and result in the destination of the...

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