by Piotr Pogorzelski | Oct 24, 2023 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
Voting on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, the EU Parliament’s ENVI Committee endorsed definitions of ‘recyclability’ and ‘high quality of recycling’ that still needs to take into account both scientific evidence and the practical experience of a...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Oct 23, 2023 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
Most research on cellulose has so far been carried by forest engineers, but an award-winning young researcher is part of a new generation of chemists taking interest in cellulose. The field of what can be done with wood-fibre, from which cellulose originates,...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Oct 16, 2023 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
Metsä Spring’s Muoto is a prime example of how paper packaging has caught up to fossil-based materials in terms of versatility and function. Pure, safe, sustainable, easy to use and recyclable. That is what the plastic-free Muoto 3D fibre packaging, developed by...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Oct 9, 2023 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
One year ago, Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper opened its first in-house recyclability testing laboratory in Frantschach, Austria with the aim to test the recyclability of paper and paper-based packaging using non-paper components such as coatings. It is...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Oct 3, 2023 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
The pulp and paper sector has already decoupled growth and CO2 emissions for several decades, but it remains energy-intensive. To go even further in its commitment to climate change mitigation it bets on breakthroughs in an array of technologies, which could reduce...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Sep 26, 2023 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
Together with the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, a coalition of European trade associations representing 20% of the EU’s manufacturing companies launched a debate on how a circular bioeconomy could enable a more competitive Europe, while at the same time...