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Thomas Reiner
25. March 2022

Paperization with a new premiere: Mentos Pure Fresh Gum now in paper

A premiere in chewing gum: the Italian-Dutch confectionery group Perfetti Van Melle now offers its Mentos Pore Fresh Gum in a largely recyclable bottle made of 90 percent paper. Used only at Walmart in the U.S. for now, the new packaging stands as further witness to the unbroken momentum in substituting paper for plastic. Although […]

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Thomas Reiner
17. March 2022

U.S. Plastics Pact blacklists 11 materials

The U.S. Plastics Pact is a consortium formed by The Recycling Partnership and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s (EMF) global program. In its recently published list of problematic and unnecessary materials, the Pact has now listed 11 products and materials to be phased out by the end of […]

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Thomas Reiner
07. March 2022

100% circular: Henkel offers Pril in refill pouches for pump dispensers

Consumer goods giant Henkel now offers its hand dishwashing liquid Pril in a PET pump dispenser bottle made from 100 percent recycled material. The reusable dispenser can be reused with refill packs made of recyclable mono-PE. The refill concept is not a new invention in itself. But it is taking on a whole new meaning […]

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Thomas Reiner
04. March 2022

It’s going to be expensive: UK Plastic Packaging Tax comes into force this April

On April 1, 2022, the UK will introduce a “Plastic Packaging Tax” (PPT). It will apply to all plastic packaging containing less than 30 percent recyclate and must be paid by manufacturers or importers. The tax of £200 (around €240) per metric tonne isn’t exactly chicken feed. It could increase the price of affected packaging […]

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Jenny Walther-Thoß
23. February 2022

Overview 2022: What legislation will bring us this year

From now on, in our new POLITICS section, we will inform you regularly about ongoing and upcoming discussions, consultations and legislative changes related to packaging. The topic area of “sustainability” will play a major role in this for the foreseeable future. We will start with an overview of changes that are scheduled to come into […]

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Jenny Walther-Thoß

Present and future: Quo vadis ESG reporting?

The importance of environmental social governance (ESG) in corporate reporting is growing relentlessly. Regulators and investors have a clear goal of embedding sustainability risks with firm inclusion of ESG factors in reporting requirements and risk management. This is leading to growing requirements that are impacting a wide range of practices and functions across the enterprise. […]

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Jenny Walther-Thoß

Do or die. 5 recommendations for the climate year 2022

All-in for 1.5 °C: The pressure to meet climate protection targets and corresponding, verifiable measures is coming from all sides and is increasing at an unprecedented rate. The compulsion for companies to face these requirements is without alternative. But which measures are a priority? And which steps toward a climate strategy are sufficiently practicable and […]

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Karsten Beutner

Ka-ching for sustainability – and innovations

Many companies shy away from additional costs to make their packaging more sustainable. Yet numerous studies now show that consumers are willing to pay more for sustainable packaging. We have calculated what is in it for you and which scenarios can ensure that sustainable packaging can nourish itself. There is a lot at stake, because […]

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Karsten Beutner

Growth through differentiation: The expansion of the services business

Relatively interchangeable products on a sparsely differentiated market characterize the packaging industry. To counter the resulting cost pressure and the subsequently sinking margins, companies have to differentiate themselves visibly on the market. A promising approach here is to use product-related services. It is astonishing that the packaging industry has so far hardly recognized the added […]

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Julia Schober

Innovative new customer acquisition: added value through digitalization

Acquiring new customers is increasingly a major problem for companies in the packaging industry. As a result, important growth opportunities are missing – both acutely and prospectively. Previous, analog and cold forms of acquisition are losing their power and hardly yielding any results. The solution lies in digital and content-based new customer acquisition. An important […]

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