Packaging Europe's Podcast

Libby Munford catches up with Koon-Yang Lee, Professor of Polymer Engineering at Imperial College London and Lead of the Future Materials Group - a dynamic research group consisting of scientists and engineers proficient in the development of chemical engineering-driven materials innovations to create a sustainable, resource efficient, low-carbon and low-waste future. Keeran Ward also joins the conversation from the University of Leeds, who focuses on developing alginate film for packag...

Why can it be so difficult to scale up some of the more novel or ‘niche’ feedstocks for packaging materials, what role can investors play and how can startups secure this investment? Victoria Hattersley explored these questions with Fredric Petit of Emerald Technology Ventures.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, int...

“I believe that the word ocean plastic is an overreach of a statement.” Prevented Ocean Plastic’s founder Raffi Schieir speaks to Elisabeth Skoda about challenges and myths around ocean plastic and explains why prevention through high quality collection and sortation systems is key to solving the problem.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode....

"...The building blocks are moving, all the CPGs are developing this. They might not openly talk about it, but it's definitely happening behind the scenes." Libby Munford chats with CEO and founder of CLUBZERO, Safia Qureshi, to catch up on the latest news behind the scenes of Returnable Packaging Systems.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an ep...

Tuomas Mustonen from Paptic and Fredric Petit from Emerald's sustainable packaging fund reflect on the long journey of a renewable flexible packaging start-up from spin-out to a fast growing business with a mix of VC and corporate backers, what (apart from a winning technology) makes a start-up an investable proposition, and the benefits of a diverse shareholder base.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, i...

In the second episode of our reuse two-parter, Victoria Hattersley speaks to Stephanie Northen, PhD Researcher in Microplastics and Research Associate for Revolution Plastics and the Global Plastics Policy Centre at the University of Portsmouth, about how reuse can be implemented on a wider scale within the current regulatory landscape and where collaboration can be most effective.For the university's full report on reuse, visit: https://plasticspolicy.port.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Ma...

Bridging the gap between academia, industry and government in issues surrounding waste. Libby Munford talks with Calvin Lakhan, co-investigator of "The Waste Wiki" university run research project, which uses evidence based and scientifically informed decision making to promote the principles of a circular economy and sustainable approach.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to...

When it comes to the retail sector, what action is needed to scale up reuse and refill? Victoria Hattersley speaks with circular economy consultant Chris Baker who, in the course of his career, has worked with a wide range of organizations such as Terracycle, Algramo and, most recently, Fyllar. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For m...

Pro Carton commissioned a series of studies that explore consumer attitudes towards and perception of packaging, covering a wide range of topics around sustainability and other global concerns such as the economic crisis and war in Ukraine. Pro Carton’s Winfried Muehling discusses insights and takeaways from the 2024 report with Elisabeth Skoda.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be ...

Many people end up in the packaging industry by chance, but what makes a career in packaging rewarding and exciting, and what are the options for getting into the industry? Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Peter Macqueen, who is course leader for the Packaging Professional BSc at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK and explores pathways into the packaging industry, the landscape of packaging education, the trends shaping the industry and much more.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the lea...

Güneri Tugcu, senior partner manager, Transparency at Amazon, and Jenny Stanley, managing director at Appetite Creative, sit down with Packaging Europe to discuss the connected packaging industry – its continual evolution, current roadblocks, how it might move forward, and who is responsible for driving change. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't mis...

The experts from Stora Enso Packaging Materials discuss microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) as an innovation that enables lightweight paperboard. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Kati Ekman, Tuomas Puonti and Mateo Saavedra del Oso about MFC, its role in lightweighting and how it supports the efficient use of fibres. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an ...

Newly elected chair of 4evergreen, the European platform bringing the entire fibre-based packaging value chain together to advance circularity, discusses the journey, opportunities and challenges for paper-based packaging in 2024.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packaging E...

With the global packaging Sustainability Awards and Dow's Packaging Innovation Awards opening for submissions, Mintel's David Luttenberger - the world's foremost Packaging Geek and jury member on both competitions - speaks to Tim Sykes about key trends on the innovation landscape, and the advances we hope to see emerging in the coming year.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to sub...

Printing inks and coatings not only add colour to product labels and packaging, but also ensure their functionality and safety. Siegwerk’s Alina Marm discusses the product journey and the material aspects that play a part in each step of the production process with Elisabeth Skoda, looking at innovations in the areas of ink and coatings with a particular focus on the company’s UniNATURE range.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sust...

Hatzopolous’s Eleftherios Kassianidis and Lefki Prountzou take a close-up look at the challenges and opportunities around plastic films that incorporate post-consumer recycled and bio-circular content, using the example of the company’s X-LOOP range. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia...

In our latest podcast, Huhtamaki North America’s VP for Sustainability and Communications Michael Hodges and Sales Account Manager Tyler Hodges discuss fibre-based packaging, and in particular fibre-based egg packaging in the US market, highlighting challenges and opportunities around sustainability and legislation.To learn more about Huhtamaki’s sustainable packaging offerings in North America, please reach to Michael or Tyler via email Michael.hodges@huhtamaki.com and tyler.hodges@huh...

“The whole industry is working to improve the quality of recyclates, and we can only do that together without too much compromise.”Constantia Flexibles’ Achim Grefenstein talks to Elisabeth Skoda about challenges and opportunities around recyclability and using recycled content for packaging films and spotlights new developments and innovations. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be ...

Following the HolyGrail 2.0 member meeting just ahead of Packaging Europe’s Sustainable Packaging Summit and an insightful panel discussion at the event, Elisabeth Skoda catches up with Jan 't Hart, the European Brands Association’s project manager for the HolyGrail project, and Pranav Goenka, one of the Alliance’s senior advisors. Together, they look at the role that digital watermarking can play in increasing sorting and recycling rates, explore the final phase of R&D trials to pre...

Following the European parliament's adoption of amendments to the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), Tim Sykes speaks to Avery Dennison's policy specialists Emilie Bartolini and Alena Maran to get their take on implications for the value chain, challenges and opportunities and the company's actions to 'PPWR-proof' itself and its partners. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is...

What is the potential of moulded fibre packaging? Hartmann Group’s Kati Ørskov talks about the company’s new Greenpack MAP packaging, a fibre-based tray for meat, with Elisabeth Skoda.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packaging Europe.

Stefano Rossi has been CEO of DS Smith's packaging division since 2014 and has some 35 years of experience working in the paper industry. He chats to Packaging Europe's Tim Sykes about key changes and developments in the industry, challenges the sector faces and strategies to address these, and looks at innovation opportunities in the areas of extended functionality, new applications and pushing the possibilities of what corrugated packaging can do. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring ...

In our latest snapshot Sustainability Perspectives podcast, we take a closer look at how label innovation can support the transition to a circular economy, from reusable packaging to recyclability and food waste prevention. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to CCL Labels’ Marika Knorr and Checkpoint Systems’ Julien Thibult. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't mi...

The landscape of packaging and brand packaging design has changed remarkably over the last decades. Industry stalwarts David Hodgson and Andrew Eyles, co-founders of bluemarlin brand acceleration agency, share their insights on how the industry has transformed, discuss what makes this such an exciting industry to be in and take a glimpse at future developments. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is...

With increasing sustainability demands, companies have to find ways to make their packaging more sustainable without sacrificing functionality. Dirk Gabriel, COO Consumer Flexibles at Mondi, sheds light on how including post-consumer recycled content (PCR) can help companies reach their sustainability goals, and will discuss what challenges have to be overcome to reach this goal as well as innovations in the pipeline. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figure...

In our latest podcast, we discuss how growing demands on packaging functionality can be tackled and how companies can honour both their own sustainability commitments and consumer demands with David Clark, vice president of sustainability at Amcor, and Jeremy Wallach, partner at McKinsey & Company.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episo...

An issue that is often overlooked in discussions about packaging sustainability and sourcing recyclates is social injustice - and with it human rights abuses. Alina Marm is not only head of global sustainability and circular economy at Siegwerk, but also a PhD researcher at the University College London, and she has been looking into this issue in-depth as part of her doctorate. She discusses challenges and possible steps to address the problem with Elisabeth Skoda. Packaging Europe's po...

In the first edition of our snapshot Sustainability Perspectives podcast, where we look at sustainability issues in a compact form, Alex Pitsinos, director of strategic planning at Matrix Pack, explores the current economic, business and packaging landscape and sustainability as a growth driver. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For ...

We take another in-depth look at the fast-moving and dynamic e-commerce sector with H.B. Fuller. The company’s global e-commerce manager Tania Montesi discusses recent developments, the impact of sustainability demand and changing legislation as well as innovations and future trends. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packagi...

In our latest podcast, we revisit the topic of decarbonisation from a packaging perspective – a topic that is becoming ever more relevant and urgent. Sarah Laidler, senior consultant at the Carbon Trust speaks to Elisabeth Skoda about the complexities around decarbonisation, the UN treaty to end plastic waste and how this ties in with carbon, the impact of different packaging materials and much more. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging inn...

In our latest podcast, we take a closer look at Extended Producer Responsibility. EPR policies generally shift the waste management cost or physical collection partially or fully from local governments to producers. Elisabeth Skoda explores recent developments, sustainability issues EPR can help to address and challenges it can pose to businesses, and how these can be overcome. with Gillian Carside-Wight, consulting director at Aura. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading...

CELAB Europe is a collaboration across the self-adhesive label value chain, aiming to create greater circularity by promoting the recycling of release liner and matrix in Europe.Frances Butler speaks to Ophelie Gourdou, project co-ordinator at CELAB Europe, Herma's Ralf Drache, who is also chairman of CELAB Europe, and CCL's Marika Knorr of CCL, who is also communication WS leader at CELAB Europe, to find out more about the collaboration, achievements and challenges of current recycling solut...

What are the key sustainability challenges in packaging, and in particular labelling this year? What does the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Revision mean for the sector? What are the implications for reuse and refill packaging models and downstream demands for innovations, including the wash-off label space?Packaging Europe's Tim Sykes speaks to Avery Dennison's Adis-Sophie Frémont and Rob Groen in 't Wout, and Cory Connors, host of Sustainable Packaging with Cory Connors, to find out mor...

The world faces a plastic waste problem. Joint-up thinking is needed to address this considerable challenge. Clem Ugorji is the founder and lead advisor at Circularium Africa Advisory, a partnership which works to join up policies, programmes and partnerships to enable growth and sustainable development, and a consultant to the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP). He discusses problems and solutions to the challenges the world and the industry is facing...

Flexible packaging offers great functionality, but also faces some sustainability challenges. Justine Hanlon, H.B. Fuller’s Global Marketing Manager for flexible materials, discusses the latest developments and innovations in flexible packaging and adhesives and takes a look at what to expect in the year to come with Elisabeth Skoda.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe ...

KIND, part of the Mars family, has announced that it is utilising materials sourced from advanced recycling to package its snack bars, aiming to reduce the amount of virgin plastics in its packaging portfolio. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Liz Jacobsen, who is global technical sustainability director at KIND to discuss how the development of the material, the challenges and opportunities around creating recyclable packaging from recycled materials, and KIND's wider sustainability strategies....

Martina Wagner, Constantia Flexibles’ Group Sustainability Manager, discusses the sustainability potential and challenges of flexible packaging and its role when it comes to preventing food waste with Elisabeth Skoda. We also take a look at the recently released Packaging Waste Directive. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more p...

As the e-commerce sector keeps growing, so are the demands on packaging. In our latest Sustainability Perspectives podcast, we look at the latest trends and developments in sustainability and beyond, the impact of changing legislation and consumer expectations and how this influences brands’ actions. We also explore concrete solutions and future developments. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Tania Montesi, who is Global E-Commerce Manager at H.B. Fuller. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring th...

Sustainability demands on flexible packaging, both plastic and paper, have changed over the years. In our latest Sustainability Perspectives podcast, Mondi Group's Fabio Peyer discusses how different requirements on packaging can be balanced, how to address the challenges of designing for recycling and incorporating recycled content, and how the company plans on reaching the goal of having 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable products by 2025. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring th...

In our latest podcast, we take a closer look at the latest technology and innovation advances in fiber-based packaging. We explore how these advances boost the material's functionality and enable it to cater for ever more sophisticated customer demands. Packaging Europe's Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Francisco Galindo, Head of Technology in Huhtamaki’s Fiber and Foodservice business segment. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovatio...

NEXTLOOPP, the overall winner of Packaging Europe’s 2021 Sustainability Awards, set out to close the loop on polypropylene by creating food-grade recycled PP from post-consumer packaging.Professor Edward Kosior, the founder and creator of NEXTLOOPP speaks to Elisabeth Skoda about the project’s work, roadblocks to plastics recycling and the impact of regulations and shares the latest updates on trials with major brands. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figu...

Sustainability is key when it comes to innovation and developments in both paper and plastic flexible packaging. Many consumers perceive paper as the go-to recyclable packaging material of choice. But is this perception based on facts? Dr. Achim Grefenstein, Senior Vice President of Group R&D at Constantia Flexibles discusses the role of material innovations and new guidelines can play to boost packaging circularity.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures i...

In the latest podcast in our Sustainability Perspectives series, we speak to Alexander Rauer, Head of Business Development FlexTech at Koehler Paper, about the role of paper packaging in brands' sustainability efforts, and how to navigate the challenges and opportunities associated with making the transition to paper. This content was sponsored by Koehler. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is...

The plastic value chain initiative RecyClass has recently published a design book to support the plastics industry to design recyclable packaging, highlighting the importance of using proven technology and materials for designing truly circular packaging. Adhesives expert Bostik contributes to these efforts by providing proven bonding solutions. Wladimir Moraes, global market manager at Bostik, and Fabrizio Di Gregorio, technical director of Plastic Recyclers Europe and head of Recyclas...

The world faces a range of complex sustainability challenges, and creative minds, as well as financial commitment, are needed to address these. The 100+ Accelerator programme was founded in 2018 with AB InBev and it has set itself the goal to fund and pilot sustainable innovation by giving start-ups a helping hand. Elisabeth Skoda speaks with Carolina Garcia, who is is Sustainability and Innovation Director at AB InBev, and Co-creator of 100+ Accelerator, to find out more.Packaging Europ...

Earlier this year, AIPIA (the Active and Intelligent Packaging Industry Association) and Packaging Europe entered a strategic partnership, aiming to accelerate the uptake of smart packaging innovation.A few months into the collaboration, Elisabeth Skoda catches up with Eef de Ferrante, managing director at AIPIA, and Andrew Manly, AIPIA’s communications director, to discuss the collaboration and the role that smart packaging can play when it comes to reducing food waste, brand protection, fig...

Packaging Europe's Global Packaging Innovation Forum event helped spark a collaboration between Blue Box Partners and H.B. Fuller, which resulted in a series of dedicated sessions, the Innovation Academies. At these events, partners across the value chain work together on co-designing tomorrow’s packaging solutions. Elisabeth Skoda explores the power of collaboration and takes a closer look at these co-designing events with founders Daphné Deledicq, Chief Innovation Officer at Blue Box p...

In this podcast, Hannah Cole speaks to Dr Geoff Brighty from Mura Technology about what the WWF's recently-released chemical recycling principles mean for the chemical recycling industry as it builds on current opportunities and challenges. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content v...

New rules governing the placement and promotion of HFSS foods (high in fat, sugar and salt) will come into force in the UK in October 2022, changing the way these products can be sold and promoted in-store. This will impact manufacturers, brand owners, retailers and packaging producers. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Mark Patterson, who is Vice President Global Packaging Solutions at DHL, to get his take on how this might affect the industry.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading intern...

UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe represents the interests of consumers and producers of non-alcoholic beverages across Europe and has also set itself ambitious sustainability targets with its Circular Packaging Vision 2030.Elisabeth Skoda discusses progress made towards this vision, the state of the market today as well as plans and goals with UNESDA’s director general Nicholas Hodac.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and s...

Elisabeth Skoda explores the technology behind fiber-based packaging, a material that has been growing in popularity, looks at challenges and opportunities and discusses potential future developments with Herwin Wichers, Head of FMCG Category, Huhtamaki Fiber and Foodservice Europe-Asia-Oceania.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more p...

Certified B Corporation Mr Green Africa sets out to have a sustainable, long-term social, environmental and economic impact through the collection, conversion and selling of post-consumer waste. Dow recently invested in the company to enable further diversion of plastic waste and to help close the loop. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Dow's Adwoa Coleman and Mr Green Africa's Keiran Smith to learn more. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innova...

Trinseo has recently announced the launch of three of its STYRON™ polystyrene resins with renewable content. Elisabeth Skoda speaks with Julien Renvoise, who is Global Sustainability Marketing & Business Development Manager at Trinseo, to find out more about the new resins and the challenges that had to be overcome when it came to creating these new materials.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is no...

Daniela Dorner, Group eCommerce Director, Mondi Group sits down with Libby Munford, Editor, Packaging Europe to discuss how eCommerce is here to stay - but it must be sustainable. How can packaging be part of the solution?Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packaging Europe.

In the latest of our Sustainability Perspectives podcast series, Bostik’s Pascal Peroni discusses with Elisabeth Skoda how hotmelt adhesives can work as enablers for different sustainable packaging types, from recyclable, compostable to bio-based. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia co...

The success of initiatives set out to boost recycling rates hinges on recycling capacities and the availability of recycled plastics, so recyclers play a key role. Elisabeth Skoda discusses industry challenges, trends and solutions with Ton Emans, president at Plastics Recyclers Europe, and Paolo Glerean, chairman at RecyClass.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you...

The German packaging institute dvi sets out to connect players from across the packaging value chain with the aim to initiate innovative and sustainable approaches for creating what it describes as "good packaging". Managing director Kim Cheng discusses notable industry developments in the last year and takes a look ahead to the coming year with Elisabeth Skoda.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is...

Mitsubishi Electric's Malte Schlüter discusses with Elisabeth Skoda what terms like 'digital transformation’, ‘digitalization’ and ‘smart factories’ mean for the packaging industry, and how they can be used to boost productivity, consumer experience and sustainability.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews a...

How can packaging sustainability be increased, and plastic leakage be addressed? Elisabeth Skoda discusses this and much more with Erin Simon, who is head of plastic waste and business at WWF.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packaging Europe.

Avery Dennison’s Hassan Rmaile discusses with Elisabeth Skoda how innovations in smart technology, connectivity and materials can transform the packaging industry and boost sustainability. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packaging Europe.

Within the framework of the Holy Grail 2.0 project, major players across the value chain come together to improve packaging waste sorting accuracy through digital watermarking. We hear from Beiersdorf’s Sabrina Stiegler and All4Labels’ Michael Brocher about how the two companies collaborated to move digital watermarking from innovation to implementation.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! ...

Like many major brands, Nestlé Waters has worked to adapt to changing consumer requirements and market pressures around packaging, and to cater for the biggest challenge – sustainability. Philippe Gallard, who is Global Innovation Director at Nestlé Waters, discusses trends and recent developments from recyclability, reusability to different packaging materials with Elisabeth Skoda.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability ...

In the latest edition of our Sustainability Perspectives podcast series, Noemi Bertolino, VP for R&D EMEA at Amcor Flexibles, talks to Tim Sykes about sustainable flexible packaging solutions for healthcare, one of the most demanding markets for packaging applications. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, in...

Inks and coatings are an integral part of packaging, and can pose challenges and also be part of the solution when it comes to sustainability and circularity. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Alina Marm, head of global sustainability and circular economy at Siegwerk, to find out more.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, int...

Flexible packaging is lightweight and offers good barrier properties. However, currently only around 17% of flexible packaging is being collected and recycled in the EU. To address this problem, CEFLEX has developed a Quality Recycling Process (QRP) which sets out to capture the possibilities of existing technologies to drive the circular economy. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to CEFLEX’s Dana Mosora and Alec Walker-Love to find out more. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the lea...

Seven Fraunhofer Institutes have recently announced that they are pooling their expertise in the lighthouse project "Waste4Future", which aims to increase energy and resource efficiency in the use of plastics and thus pave the way for a chemical industry that requires fewer fossil raw materials and produces fewer emissions. Elisabeth Skoda talks to professor Peter Michel, who is Head of the Polymer Applications Business Unit at Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Sys...

Classic glass bottles have been the go-to packaging for wine for centuries. But in recent years, alternative formats such as bag-in-box, cans and flat plastic bottles have emerged. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Rob Malin, CEO at When in Rome Wine, to take a closer look at these alternative formats. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode....

EXTR:ACT, the European platform to improve and increase the recycling of beverage cartons and similar fibre-based multi-material packaging in Europe, recently reported that its various projects across the continent now allow roughly 50,000 tonnes of non-fibre components of beverage cartons to be recycled annually.Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Annick Carpentier, Director General at ACE, the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment, and Michael Brandl, Director General at EXTR:ACT, and dis...

Evertis' Sustainability Program Coordinator Juan Villamayor discusses the company’s regenerative approach to sustainability and talks about taking inspiration from nature when it comes to developing new packaging solutions with Packaging Europe's Elisabeth Skoda.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and mul...

According to some statistics, up to a third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. In this edition, we take a closer look at the issue of food waste and role packaging can play to prevent it. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Helén Williams, who is an associate professor for environmental and energy systems at Karlstad University in Sweden. Her research focuses on creating knowledge for innovative packaging development that contributes to sustainable development.Sponsored by: ...

Over two years after its introduction, what have been the effects of the German Packaging Act on the industry? Dr. Bettina Sunderdiek, head of communication and press at Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister, shares insights and into the nuts and bolts of the Act as well as recent developments.Sponsored by: Smurfit KappaNo.1 company in Europe producing corrugated packaging, container board and ‘bag in box'Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may ...

Why and how should we engage with polystyrene as a circular packaging material? The first in a series of three podcasts exploring sustainability and styrenics, Tim Sykes speaks with TRINSEO’s Julien Renvoise about the potential of polystyrene as an infinitely recyclable plastic – and the challenges we face in building a fully circular economy.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to ...

Innovation in plastic packaging has made great leaps forward in recent years. Elisabeth Skoda gains insights into key developments and challenges from Lorena Rodríguez Garrido who is Packaging Group Leader at Spain-based technology centre AIMPLAS, and Rosa Matilde González Leyba, who is Senior Researcher of the Packaging Group. Sponsored by: Smurfit KappaNo.1 company in Europe producing corrugated packaging, container board and ‘bag in box'Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate l...

Lucie Charbonnel, responsible for Sustainability at Amcor EMEA, explains not only why high-quality post-consumer recyclate (PCR) is so vital for the overarching goal of building a circular economy, but how this can be achieved in practical terms.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content v...

The term smart packaging covers a wide field, from antimicrobial packaging, nanotechnology to NFC and RFID technology and printed electronics. In the latest edition of the Packaging Europe podcast, we explore this dynamic industry with AIPIA - the Active and Intelligent Packaging Industry Association. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to the recently appointed new Advisory Board chair Stéphane Piqué, and the outgoing chair Dick de Koning. Sponsored by: Smurfit KappaNo.1 company in Europe prod...

Accompanying our Sustainability Awards 2020 and the Sustainable Packaging Summit, we are speaking to a range of thought leaders from across the packaging value chain to share their insights on major sustainability topics.This time around we caught up with Patrick Desies, chief sales and marketing officer at Taghleef Industries, to talk about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the company’s sustainability strategies.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in...

The 4evergreen alliance was set up by CEPI, the European association representing the paper industry to further boost the circularity of fibre-based packaging. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Eija Hietavuo, who is 4evergreen chair and also SVP sustainability and environment at Stora Enso, Jori Ringman, director General, CEPI and Alexey Vishtal, senior fibre-based packaging specialist at 4evergreen member Nestlé, to delve deep into the alliance’s work and the challenges and opportunities for f...

Competition around new packaging formats and pack designs can be fierce in the packaging world. But when does it make sense to protect these by trademark, and what are the challenges along the way? Elisabeth Skoda talks to Dr. Eckhard Ratjen, who is a certified IP lawyer focusing on trade mark law and copyright at the legal firm Boehmert & Boehmert to find out more. Sponsored by: Smurfit KappaNo.1 company in Europe producing corrugated packaging, container board and ‘bag in box...

Complementing the 2020 edition of Packaging Europe's Sustainable Packaging Summit, Tim Sykes discusses the technological and strategic challenges of building a circular economy with Taghleef Industries flexible packaging and labelling experts Mario Molinaro, Monica Battistella and Simone Baldin. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For ...

The problem of ocean plastics remains a crucial sustainability challenge for the plastics packaging industry. Elisabeth Skoda takes a closer look at Project STOP, which aims to address the challenge at the source, and gains insights from project founders SYSTEMIQ and Borealis.Sponsored by: Smurfit KappaNo.1 company in Europe producing corrugated packaging, container board and ‘bag in box'Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no e...

In this newest edition of the Sustainability Perspectives podcast series, a part of Packaging Europe's Sustainable Packaging Summit, Avery Dennison's Hassan Rmaile talks about the importance of accountability and transparency when it comes to sustainability. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews ...

In the latest edition of the Sustainability Perspectives series, a part of Packaging Europe's Sustainable Packaging Summit, Erik Lindroth, Tetra Pak's sustainability director, shares his perspectives of a wider look on packaging sustainability, and the positive impacts the company can make throughout the entire life cycle. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so yo...

Accompanying our Sustainability Awards 2020 and the Sustainable Packaging Summit, Packaging Europe is speaking to thought leaders from across the packaging value chain to share their insights on major sustainability topics. Amcor's sustainability director Gerald Rebitzer explains why he expects the climate crisis to move the sustainability focus from "good or bad" packaging materials to creating efficient, functional packaging. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading inter...

In the context of the ongoing debate about plastics packaging and sustainability, Elisabeth Skoda discusses recycling and recyclate goals and challenges, bioplastics, consumer behaviour and much more with Dr. Isabell Schmidt, the managing director at IK, the German plastic packaging industry association.Sponsored by: Smurfit KappaNo.1 company in Europe producing corrugated packaging, container board and ‘bag in box'Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, ...

What are the potential benefits of digital watermarking for recycling and beyond? On the occasion of the launch of the HolyGrail 2.0 project, Elisabeth Skoda speak to Michelle Gibbons, Director General at AIM, and to Gareth Callan, Sustainability Packaging Manager at PepsiCo and member of the HolyGrail leadership team to find out more. Sponsored by: Smurfit KappaNo.1 company in Europe producing corrugated packaging, container board and ‘bag in box'Disclaimer: This post contains aff...

Packaging is one of the key areas brand owners have been working on to increase their sustainability performance. Elisabeth Skoda catches up with Archana Jagannathan, senior director for sustainable packaging at PepsiCo, and explores how a collaborative approach helps the company to develop sustainable packaging solutions, from reusable to recyclable and compostable.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is...

As COVID-19 is changing the way all of us live our lives, Elisabeth Skoda talks to James Harmer, planning & innovation strategy leader at Cambridge Design Partnership about changing perceptions of consumer packaged goods, and the effects of the virus on consumer behaviour and packaging innovation.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For ...

Libby Munford speaks with Robert Garbett, founder and chief executive of The Drone Major Group, an independent drone advisory service, about the future of the drone industry and how packaging providers can work in tandem and take part in emerging developments.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multim...

As COVID-19 further channels consumer behaviour into online shopping, Libby Munford chats to leading expert, Brent Lindberg, founder of Fuseneo, to catch his curiosity on innovative packaging design for leading brands and Amazon in the e-commerce market.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia c...

Sail away in this episode with Emily Penn, co-founder and mission director of eXXpedition, the all-female sailing voyage and scientific research mission investigating the causes of and solutions to ocean plastic pollution.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packaging Europe.

NVC's Michael Nieuwesteeg speaks to Tim Sykes ahead of the launch of the PUMA manifesto, introducing a toolkit that aims to eliminate packaging as a sustainability issue.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packaging Europe.

Should we continue to use polybags in the fashion industry in light of sustainable alternatives?Ashley Holding, innovation manager at Fashion for Good and Adam Gendell, associate director of GreenBlue’s flagship project, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, discuss findings from their joint whitepaper.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For...

Tim Sykes caught up with David Katz, founder and CEO of Plastic Bank, and Philippe Blanke, head of innovation and sustainability, Henkel Beauty Care, to learn how they plan to stop ocean plastic by monetizing waste while improving lives.Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Pack...

Joe Franses of Coca-Cola European Partners chats to Tim Sykes about the different approaches the iconic brand is taking to eliminate packaging waste and reduce environmental footprintsPackaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packaging Europe.