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FlexPack Ticker Week 41: Paper, EPR, Packaging Data and the Limits of Mono-Material
Tetra Pak is developing a paper-based ice cream wrapper, European associations are calling for more harmonized EPR rules and new software aims to simplify PPWR documentation and packaging optimization. At the same time, coffee pouches and a supposedly mono-PP closure show why functionality and recyclability still require a closer look. Tetra Pak tests paper-based ice…
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PPWR and Flexible Packaging: Recyclability Targets by 2030
What requirements does the PPWR impose on flexible packaging? What measures do film manufacturers and converters need to initiate today in order to continue offering marketable packaging in 2030? These questions were addressed in the web seminar PPWR and Flexpack A: Recyclability by 2030 – What does this mean for film manufacturers and converters? presented…
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FlexPack Ticker – Week 39: Mono-materials, green claims and new material strategies
Bayer launches a mono-PP blister, new EU rules tighten the requirements for environmental claims, and international consumer goods companies join forces to develop flexible paper packaging. These are the most relevant FlexPack news stories of the week. Bayer launches mono-PP blister for Talcid in Germany Bayer is switching the German blister packaging for Talcid to…
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Future Resources 2026: The PPWR Is Not Just Changing Packaging – It Is Transforming the Entire Packaging Industry
From functional paper-based packaging and new producer responsibilities to the Declaration of Conformity – three developments that manufacturers of flexible packaging need to understand now. For years, the packaging industry has been discussing the same questions. How ambitious will recycled content targets become? Which mono-material structures will prevail? Which barrier properties will remain essential? And…
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NEWS 8-26: PPWR Rollout, Raw Material Pressure and the Recyclate Gap
August 12 is here – and with it the moment the packaging industry has been working towards for months. The PPWR (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) replaces the 30-year-old Packaging Directive in all 27 Member States with immediate effect, without a transition period. Limit values for PFAS and heavy metals, labeling obligations for manufacturers and importers, the…
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The New Role of Manufacturers Under the PPWR: Implementing Obligations in Practice
With key requirements of the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) coming into force on 12 August 2026, many companies are faced with the question: Who is actually considered a “manufacturer” within the meaning of the regulation, and what specific obligations arise from this? Exactly these questions were the focus of the web seminar…
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19th Amendment to the Plastics Regulation: Transition Period Expiring – What Companies Need to Know Now
The transition period for the 19th Amendment to the Plastics Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 ends on September 16, 2026. In the Innoform web seminar “19th Amendment to the Plastics Regulation (EU) No 10/2011”, Heike Schwertke explained the impact of the new regulations on manufacturers, converters, and users of food contact materials. The focus was on…
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Between the Packaging Award, Recycling Reality, and the Digital Product Passport
Why material data is becoming a success factor Early August is the moment of the countdown for many in the packaging industry: in just a few days, the PPWR becomes effective, and the question is no longer whether companies need a declaration of conformity, but whether it will be ready in time. For the current issue of Flexpack News,…
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Paper-Based Flexible Barrier Packaging: Opportunities and Latest Developments
How can flexible packaging be designed more sustainably without sacrificing necessary barrier properties? This central question was the focus of our web seminar Flexpack made of Paper with Barrier – an Overview. Together with speaker Christian Lutze from KÄMMERER Spezialpapiere GmbH, it became clear: barrier papers are a dynamically growing field with great potential – and already today…
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Recycled content quotas are useless if the recyclers disappear – Interview with Anna Roeb, BVSE
Europe wants more recycling. The PPWR introduces mandatory recycled content quotas, Design for Recycling is becoming the standard, and hardly any sustainability strategy gets by without the circular economy anymore. So the mood in the recycling industry should actually be excellent. It is not. At the BVSE Altkunststofftag (plastics recycling congress) in Bad Neuenahr, one…