The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) has released its newest sustainability report, a Flexible Packaging Path to a Circular Economy; the report explores the future of sustainability and flexible packaging through 2030 and contains roadmaps that were developed to advance sustainability and circular economy packaging efforts.
FPA partnered with PTIS, LLC, and Priority Metrics Group (PMG) on this research report that explores the future of sustainability and flexible packaging through 2030. It provides information related to flexible packaging and sustainability, circular economy, legislative trends, impacts to the industry, along with key outcomes and actions to enable the industry to align with circular economy principles.
A woman carries plastic bags at the Drottninggatan shopping street in central Stockholm, Sweden on Nov 10, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
Multiple European nations and companies have committed to slashing plastic waste as part of an initiative that aims to create a cross-border circular economy for the material during the next five years.
Large nations, including Germany, France and Spain, are among the signatories of the European Plastics Pact, which on Wednesday released a roadmap aimed at reducing single-use plastic and increasing recycling capacity by 25 percent by 2025.
Major food and drink companies, including Nestle and Unilever, have signed onto the pact, which also targets increasing the use of recycled plastic in packaging by 30 percent during the next half decade.
Ferrero unveils fresh commitments to sustainable packaging ahead of Christmas
After being criticised by green groups last year for producing heavy and hard-to-recycle plastic packaging, Fererro has joined new industry commitments aimed at reducing plastic use and improving recyclability.
As well as Ferrero Rocher, Ferrero owns brands like Kinder and Nutella
The confectionary giant received unwanted media attention in 2019, after the packaging for its namesake chocolates was found to be among the least recyclable on the UK market in a study by consumer group Which?. As of Christmas 2018, 89% of the packaging, by weight, used to house 359g Ferrero Rocher Collection boxes was not considered recyclable at kerbside.