Once packaging leaves the consumer, it enters fragmented collection and sorting systems where contamination, infrastructure gaps, and market forces determine its fate.

What begins as an effort to protect products often results in excess materials, inefficient transport and mounting ...

Packaging may be designed in offices, but its real performance is decided by the people who handle and dispose of it every day.

Amazon is using AI to cut the amount of packaging materials it uses. Amazon ships 20 million packages a day in 19 countries, requiring an astronomical amount of paper, cardboard and plastic packaging.

Over the past few years, the world’s governments have clamped down on packaging waste due to the increased awareness of environmental issues. Although due to environmental protection, it can also be ...

At the recent Sustainability in Packaging US conference in Chicago, the urgency around improving recycling recovery rates and incorporating more recycled content into packaging was on full display.

As global environmental concerns like greenhouse gas emissions, plastic pollution, and soil degradation continue to intensify, innovators are stepping up to address these challenges head-on. Better ...

Labelling, marking and information requirements (e.g. on material composition or recycled content) should facilitate consumer sorting and consumer choices. pre-packed fruit and vegetables of less than ...

South Africa’s draft National Waste Management Strategy 2026 sets out plans to cut waste, boost recycling and support circular economy goals over the next five years.