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 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...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Sep 19, 2023 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
The European social partners representing companies and workers in the printing and paper sectors, Intergraf, Cepi, UNI Europa Graphical, FEPE, and IndustriAll Europe, have issued a joint statement, expressing their concerns about the increasing promotion of digital...