California regulators say the state’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for packaging under SB 54 remains on track to launch on Jan. 1, 2027, but producers, the state’s producer responsibility organization (PRO), and environmental advocates are increasingly warning that delays in rulemaking and data availability are compressing an already ambitious timeline.

Together for a strong circular economy: SCHÜTZ is pleased to welcome the Irish company Packaging Laundry as a new strategic RECOBULK partner. With this cooperation, we are expanding our reconditioning network to include another top address and can now offer our customers in Ireland an even more efficient service for their sustainable packaging cycles.

In a surprise move that could have industrywide repercussions, worries about a naphtha shortage due to the Iran war and a possible impact on ink production have led food manufacturer Calbee to switch to black-and-white packaging for some of its snacks.
“Calbee … will temporarily revise packaging specifications for certain products in response to supply instability affecting certain raw materials amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East,” Calbee said Tuesday.

Schreiner Group is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its production site in China, marking a decade of continuous growth and strategic expansion in one o

Making visible what was previously invisible. Detecting dangerous defects and foreign objects even in places where it was previously impossible. Making competent decisions about what is good or bad. And rejecting only what really needs to be removed: With HEUFT's deep learning AI for in-depth analysis of X-ray and camera images, there’s now simply more to be gained when it comes to deeper consumer and brand protection while sustainably reducing packaging and food waste! The new capabilities will be presented at interpack 2026 in Düsseldorf.