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Sep 26, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Louis Gore-Langton
27 Sep 2024 --- At FachPack 2024, we spoke with Walki about its latest innovations in sealing products for F&B packaging and other segments. Presenting new sealing and dispersion technologies, the Finland-based company showed a range of flexible and rigid packaging products that maintain grease-proof properties without plastic materials. Innova Market Insights pegged “Breakthrough Barriers” as a top trend for 2024, noting that barrier coatings are a key focus in almost every part of the industry.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Louis Gore-Langton
25 Sep 2024 --- California’s attorney general Rob Bonta is suing ExxonMobil, in what environmental campaigners are calling “the single most consequential lawsuit filed against the plastics industry” in history. The suit alleges that through decades of negligence and intentional misinformation, the petrochemical giant caused and concealed serious harm to public and environmental health throughout the state.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Louis Gore-Langton
24 Sep 2024 --- Smurfit Kappa and WestRock officially merged this year and made a debut on the London and New York stock exchanges in July. The launch marked the start of a packaging company worth an estimated US$20 billion, which specializes in fiber-based products amid the global crackdown on plastics. But what challenges does the new outfit face, what will it offer the packaging market and how will this shape the industry’s future?
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Louis Gore-Langton
17 Sep 2024 --- At this year’s London Packaging Week (September 11–12), premium products, especially for the spirit beverage sector, were a main theme. Industry experts discussed gaining competitive advantages in the segment amid regulatory changes. Meanwhile, connected technology stakeholders presented the latest developments in consumer education and inclusion for the visually impaired.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Louis Gore-Langton
11 Sep 2024 --- Rigid plastics packaging has the highest recycling rates of all conventional polymer-based materials, and makes up the majority of plastic packaging formats. While debates are raging over whether production should be legally capped, industry leaders are working to boost recycling rates further and use biotechnology to circularize feedstocks through product design.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Louis Gore-Langton
10 Sep 2024 --- Researchers at the University of Leeds, UK, are being criticized by environmentalists over a recent study into global macroplastic pollution, which highlighted disproportionate levels of waste incineration and emissions in countries in the Global South. The study authors say their findings could inform the UN Global Plastic Treaty, but critics say the research ignores a fundamental “waste colonialism” narrative.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Louis Gore-Langton
06 Sep 2024 --- Unilever is reportedly planning to sell its Russian business assets to local company Arnest, marking a complete exit from the country amid the Ukraine war. The deal is awaiting official confirmation by the Kremlin and is said by a Russian media group to have included a steep discount. All brands under the Unilever Rus LLC subsidiary are included in the deal. According to reports, the sale could bring Unilever up to US$500m.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Louis Gore-Langton
05 Sep 2024 --- Today is the annual Plastic Overshoot Day, led by Swiss environmental consultancy and research organization Earth Action, which marks the point in the year when global plastic waste surpasses the world’s waste management capacity. This year 220 million tons of plastic waste is set to be generated. On average, 28 kg of plastic waste per person will be created worldwide, with a 7.11% rise in total plastic waste since 2021.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Louis Gore-Langton
04 Sep 2024 --- Appetite Creative is launching a book on how connected packaging technologies can benefit industry leaders. Authored by the company’s managing director, Jenny Stanley, the book is intended to offer fresh perspectives on the evolving sector, its history and future opportunities. Titled “Connected Packaging: The Game-Changing Marketing Tool,” it spans nine chapters, and covers the evolution of connected packaging, upcoming trends and regulatory and ethical considerations.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
packaginginsights.com | Louis Gore-Langton
03 Sep 2024 --- Stora Enso has announced a range of remedial measures after being found to have committed a serious nature conservation crime, which is under investigation by Finnish police. The forestry corporation’s wood harvesters were crossing protected conservation areas, damaging habitats of the endangered freshwater pearl mussel.
