A landmark partnership between the Wet’suwet’en First Nation and UBC is pioneering a made-in-B.C. solution to the global plastic crisis, turning local forestry waste into biodegradable foam packaging.

Inside a new facility at Main Street and Terminal Avenue, wood fibre is moving through a production line and emerging, transformed, as a block of lightweight “wood foam.”

For Dr. Feng Jiang, who first developed the material in his laboratory at the University of British Columbia, the moment is years in the making.

New CIJ solution helps reduce cleaning, service calls and unpredictable downtime while delivering bold, high-contrast codes for hard and soft pigmented applications

• Henkel Packaging Recyclab Shanghai has passed cyclos-HTP Institute audit, enabling EU paper packaging recyclability testing and EU-recognised external reports in Asia-Pacific.
• Exporters can test locally against CEPI/4evergreen and CHI protocols instead of sending samples to Europe.
• The service supports PPWR readiness across design, recyclability, EPR and market-access documentation.

Henkel has opened a new route to certified packaging recyclability testing in Asia-Pacific.

The company describes its new product as a high-performing solution for folding cartons, laminations, edge protectors, tubes and cores, and other speciality purposes; and hopes that it will help it to reach a broader range of paperboard and consumer packaging customers.

PaceSetter Ridgeline is made from 100% recycled fibre and contains at least 45% post-consumer recycled content. The solution is produced at Graphic Packaging’s Texas paperboard mill, and is available in 14- to 30-point calipers.

German textile businesses are voicing strong concerns as the European Packaging Regulation, which came into effect on 12 August, brings sweeping changes and administrative challenges across the sector.

Südwesttextil, the business and employers’ association for the regional textile and clothing industry, has warned that the regulation’s extensive new requirements are leading to a significant rise in “bureaucratic burden” and “legal uncertainty” for companies.

Protective packaging provider Sealed Air, Charlotte, N.C., shared that is expanding its paper cushioning portfolio with the introduction of the SEALED AIR ProPad Mini. The ProPad Mini is a compact system that grows the company’s scalable protective packaging strategy to space-constrained fulfillment operations.