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The third installment of our series on Circular Economies focuses exclusively on The New Plastics Economy initiative. In this article, we will review and quote extensively from the

Worldwide, experts have established 7 elements as key to the development of circular economies. These elements are prioritizing regenerative resources, preserving and extending what’s already 

Last year at the PDIT Conference in Mumbai, packaging designer Rob Vermeulen ended his presentation with a photography of the plastic strewn beach at Juhu outside his hotel.

The last decade of the twentieth century has seen the emergence of a strong interest in the environmental impact associated with the products that surround us and by which we obtain the many services that civilization relies on. This interest has been accompanied by the development of methods for environmental assessment of products (1-9). Environmental assessment of products includes all the processes needed for the product to run through its life cycle — from the extraction of raw materials through production of the materials which are used in the manufacture of the product to the use of the product and its disposal

The Elite Global Summit, spanning two days, serves as a barometer of change. An annual gauge reflecting the state of the global and national...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €20 million (around 220 million Swedish kronor) to Swedish sustainable-packaging company PulPac to tackle global plastic pollution....

Independent premium snack brand Awfully Posh has re-launched its peanut range in a 100% recyclable wrapper made from paper, replacing conventional nut packaging which...

Just Eat Takeaway's platform in Germany, Lieferando, is expanding its range of sustainable takeaway packaging by partnering with Huhtamaki to offer new plastic-free and...

UFlex India’s largest multinational flexible packaging company, has become the first Indian company to receive approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration...

Leaders from the packaging and allied industries have welcomed the income tax relief for the middle-class in the Union budget presented by finance minister...