On a recent trip to a remote village in Indonesia, I witnessed something unfathomable: A young family was building their future — a new home — on top of a mountain of plastic waste.
In 2022, oil and gas companies are moving quickly to consolidate long-term growth strategies around circularity and advanced recycling in both Europe and North America. Plus, industry stakeholders in the mechanical recycling segment begin to draw lines.
In a few years, flexible packaging analysts may look back at 2022 as a transformative year when advanced recycling and circularity infrastructure investments took hold.
Manufactured by Hilex, the new bags are designed to make shopping for produce easier for customers and are offered in both conventional and compostable versions.
ABB's Digital Powertrain Energy Appraisal service aims to deeper insight into the business case and carbon footprint benefits of upgrading to high efficiency motor-driven systems.
A recent Bobst roundtable asks how close are we to the sustainable packaging solutions of the future? And if you could put your money on which would be the most dominant new solution for the future, what would you say?
Large and small consumer brands are partnering with many different stakeholders in the flexible packaging ecosystem with the express goal of finding supply chains of recycled content for the near future. The themes that appear to be emerging for 2022 are strategies for scale for mechanical recyclers, upstart advanced recycling companies and advanced sorting technologies to meet future demand.
Sustainability continues to be a priority inside the packaging industry and consumers continue to have a voice in driving it. Gravitating toward products at retail that align with what’s important to them, consumers are embracing a gradual shift into a circular economy.