White Papers

The current revision of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive #PPWD, as well as the Waste Framework Directive #WFD review and the forthcoming framework on bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics all provide crucial opportunities to implement clear, coherent, and forward-thinking regulatory frameworks that drive innovation in decoupling economic growth from the use of fossil resources and recognising the substantial contribution of the #bioplastics sector to reaching the EU’s climate and waste targets. 

Standardized corporate plastic waste disclosures can meaningfully accelerate the transition to a circular and low-carbon economy for plastics. As business leaders better understand the environmental, social, and financial consequences of plastics used in their value chain, opportunities for improvement become easier to decipher.

Plastics are frequently criticized for everything from their toxicity to their contributions to ocean pollution, but they play an important role in enhancing use efficiencies and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Emerging Packaging Ecosystem in The Next Ten Years

As society continues to reckon with our packaging crisis it has become clear that we need a solution to the linear ‘take, make, waste’ model

This white paper discusses what testing is required at each step in the polymer production lifecycle from R&D to manufacture to recycling. It explores the analytical technologies that will meet those testing needs, and important considerations to help you select the instrumentation that will provide you with actionable and reliable data.

The white paper is overview by McKinsey & Company of the various different era’s the packaging industry has went through and what the coming focus areas should be sustainability and digitalisation.

The guideline is applicable to fibre-based packaging that is likely to be recycled in standard recycling mills, provided that product-specific regulations of the packaging are observed.