Creating a ‘green by default’ agenda for packaging
Naomi Stewart from Packaging Innovations & Empack organiser Easyfairs, explains why the promise of a ‘sustainable future’ creates many questions that can only be...
The necessary shift within sustainable packaging
Although the public has widely supported the switch to sustainable forms of pack materials, more adoption of appropriate machinery is required to allow greater...
Why values are important to Scottish packaging companies
By Louise Findlay-Wilson, MD of Energy PR
When I first worked with packaging companies some 30 years ago, I was struck by the huge focus...
Listen to the consumer to beat ‘plastic pollution’
By Winfried Muehling, marketing & communications director, Pro Carton
WORLD Environment Day, on 5th June 2023, is a worldwide campaign calling for global solutions to combat...
New regulations: are they on your radar?
Steve Davis, global director of product management at Industrial Physics, discusses the development in EU packaging and waste regulations as well as the possible...
The revolutionary potential of the circular economy
By Sandy Dhesi, commercial manager at EcoveritasÂ
The #CircularEconomy is in full swing — no longer a niche, fuzzy concept. Everyone is looking into it:...
Packaging is key to a cleaner future
By Iain Gulland, chief executive at Zero Waste Scotland
AS we continue to take steps back to normality following the pandemic, Scotland’s rural and green...
From creativity to reality: the technical expertise underpinning paper packaging renaissance
By Genevieve Scullion, senior technical specialist at James Cropper Paper & Packaging
PAPER has been a vessel of creativity for thousands of years. Poems, plays,...
Food label verification: a future shaped by data
By Dr Russell Sion, director, JentonDimaco
IN any business world, data is reshaping the landscape. Food processing is no exception. If we consider the next...
Navigating the transition away from ‘forever chemicals’
Peter Tindale, European sales director at Selig Group, discusses the move away from packaging containing PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals, and what Scottish producers can do...
