Marking the first-ever collaboration of three industry leaders, Taokaenoi Food & Marketing Public Company Limited, or TKN, a manufacturer of seaweed snacks distributed domestically and internationally, SCG Chemicals, or SCGC, a leading integrated polymer and solutions provider for sustainability, and Dow Thailand Group, or Dow, a global leader in materials science, have jointly announced the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to revolutionize the snack industry through the "Food-Grade Circular Packaging by Advanced Recycling Technology" project.

UK-based materials science company KluraLabs has raised £8 million in funding to accelerate the roll-out of its packaging technology solution across global retail supply chains.

The investment will support wider commercial deployment of the company’s packaging solution, which is designed to slow food spoilage, extend shelf life and significantly reduce waste.

Amcor and DCM introduce recycle-ready mono-PE fertilizer packaging with 35% recycled content, supporting EU circular economy goals.

Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, has partnered with Belgium-based De Ceuster Meststoffen NV (DCM) to introduce a new recycle-ready, mono-material polyethylene (PE) film for its fertilizer portfolio in Europe. The innovation replaces DCM’s previous multi-material packaging structure, which was not designed for recycling in existing recycling streams.

Many brand owners have already made meaningful progress. Across the market we are seeing packaging redesign, clearer labelling, and recycled content trials. These efforts matter, and they are building momentum.

The next step is to back that leadership with clear, nationally consistent settings across all jurisdictions, so responsible action is rewarded, and everyone is working to the same baseline.

Why reform matters now

PPG today announced that the SIGMA COATINGS™ brand by PPG has partnered with waste logistics provider FIRE-OFF and packaging manufacturer Dijkstra Plastics to launch Sigma EcoCollect, a nationwide initiative in the Netherlands enabling professional painters to voluntarily return plastic and metal packaging both from Sigma Coatings and competitor products for recycling. The Sigma EcoCollect initiative will help PPG achieve its ambition of increasing the amount of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic and metal content in its packaging.

75-year family-owned Wisconsin manufacturer aligns specialty paper, flexible packaging, and print expertise under one unified brand

Little Rapids Corporation announced that Shawano Specialty Papers and Nexxa have united under a single brand, Rapids Paper + Packaging.

Rapids Paper + Packaging will remain a division of Little Rapids Corporation, a family-owned specialty papermaker and flexible packaging company with more than a century of expertise.