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Turning the tide on ocean plastics – a conversation with Raffi Schieir

April 23, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MB

“I believe that the word ocean plastic is an overreach of a statement.” Prevented Ocean Plastic’s founder Raffi Schieir speaks to Elisabeth Skoda about challenges and myths around ocean plastic and explains why prevention through high quality collection and sortation systems is key to solving the problem. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episo...

Returnable Packaging Systems: Achieving Net Zero with Safia Qureshi

April 17, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MB

"...The building blocks are moving, all the CPGs are developing this. They might not openly talk about it, but it's definitely happening behind the scenes."  Libby Munford chats with CEO and founder of CLUBZERO, Safia Qureshi, to catch up on the latest news behind the scenes of Returnable Packaging Systems. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an epi...

Paptic & Emerald: collaboration reflections from a start-up and VC

April 09, 2024 01:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MB

Tuomas Mustonen from Paptic and Fredric Petit from Emerald's sustainable packaging fund reflect on the long journey of a renewable flexible packaging start-up from spin-out to a fast growing business with a mix of VC and corporate backers, what (apart from a winning technology) makes a start-up an investable proposition, and the benefits of a diverse shareholder base. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy...

Reuse part 2: Scaling reuse in today’s regulatory landscape

April 02, 2024 08:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

In the second episode of our reuse two-parter, Victoria Hattersley speaks to Stephanie Northen, PhD Researcher in Microplastics and Research Associate for Revolution Plastics and the Global Plastics Policy Centre at the University of Portsmouth, about how reuse can be implemented on a wider scale within the current regulatory landscape and where collaboration can be most effective. For the university's full report on reuse, visit: https://plasticspolicy.port.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05...

Out of sight, out of mind? Waste management with Calvin Lakhan

March 26, 2024 11:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB

Bridging the gap between academia, industry and government in issues surrounding waste.  Libby Munford talks with Calvin Lakhan, co-investigator of "The Waste Wiki" university run research project, which uses evidence based and scientifically informed decision making to promote the principles of a circular economy and sustainable approach. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to s...

Bringing reuse and refill to mainstream retail

March 18, 2024 09:00 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MB

When it comes to the retail sector, what action is needed to scale up reuse and refill? Victoria Hattersley speaks with circular economy consultant Chris Baker who, in the course of his career, has worked with a wide range of organizations such as Terracycle, Algramo and, most recently, Fyllar.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode. For mo...

A deep dive into Pro Carton’s 2024 Consumer Study

March 13, 2024 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MB

Pro Carton commissioned a series of studies that explore consumer attitudes towards and perception of packaging, covering a wide range of topics around sustainability and other global concerns such as the economic crisis and war in Ukraine.  Pro Carton’s Winfried Muehling discusses insights and takeaways from the 2024 report with Elisabeth Skoda. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be su...

Exploring packaging career pathways with Peter Macqueen

February 28, 2024 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB

Many people end up in the packaging industry by chance, but what makes a career in packaging rewarding and exciting, and what are the options for getting into the industry?  Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Peter Macqueen, who is course leader for the Packaging Professional BSc at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK and explores pathways into the packaging industry, the landscape of packaging education, the trends shaping the industry and much more. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the lead...

Navigating the connected packaging landscape with Güneri Tugcu and Jenny Stanley

February 21, 2024 00:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MB

Güneri Tugcu, senior partner manager, Transparency at Amazon, and Jenny Stanley, managing director at Appetite Creative, sit down with Packaging Europe to discuss the connected packaging industry – its continual evolution, current roadblocks, how it might move forward, and who is responsible for driving change.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss ...

Sustainability Perspectives: MFC and the future of renewable packaging

February 19, 2024 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MB

The experts from Stora Enso Packaging Materials discuss microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) as an innovation that enables lightweight paperboard. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Kati Ekman, Tuomas Puonti and Mateo Saavedra del Oso about MFC, its role in lightweighting and how it supports the efficient use of fibres.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an ep...

4evergreen chair Sarah Price on progress in paper packaging circularity

February 13, 2024 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB

Newly elected chair of 4evergreen, the European platform bringing the entire fibre-based packaging value chain together to advance circularity, discusses the journey, opportunities and challenges for paper-based packaging in 2024. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode. For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packagi...

David Luttenberger & Tim Sykes discuss the packaging innovation landscape in 2024

February 06, 2024 14:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MB

With the global packaging Sustainability Awards and Dow's Packaging Innovation Awards opening for submissions, Mintel's David Luttenberger - the world's foremost Packaging Geek and jury member on both competitions - speaks to Tim Sykes about key trends on the innovation landscape, and the advances we hope to see emerging in the coming year. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to ...

Sustainability Perspectives: Tracing the life cycle of inks and coatings with Siegwerk

January 24, 2024 10:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

Printing inks and coatings not only add colour to product labels and packaging, but also ensure their functionality and safety. Siegwerk’s Alina Marm discusses the product journey and the material aspects that play a part in each step of the production process with Elisabeth Skoda, looking at innovations in the areas of ink and coatings with a particular focus on the company’s UniNATURE range. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, s...

Sustainability Perspectives: Unpacking circular packaging films with Hatzopoulos

January 22, 2024 10:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MB

Hatzopolous’s Eleftherios Kassianidis and Lefki Prountzou take a close-up look at the challenges and opportunities around plastic films that incorporate post-consumer recycled and bio-circular content, using the example of the company’s X-LOOP range.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode. For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia ...

Sustainability Perspectives: Cracking the USA market with Huhtamaki’s fiber-based egg carton

January 15, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MB

In our latest podcast, Huhtamaki North America’s VP for Sustainability and Communications Michael Hodges and Sales Account Manager Tyler Hodges discuss fibre-based packaging, and in particular fibre-based egg packaging in the US market, highlighting challenges and opportunities around sustainability and legislation. To learn more about Huhtamaki’s sustainable packaging offerings in North America, please reach to Michael or Tyler via email  [email protected] and tyler.hodges@huhta...

Sustainability Perspectives – Focus on packaging films

January 08, 2024 11:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

“The whole industry is working to improve the quality of recyclates, and we can only do that together without too much compromise.” Constantia Flexibles’ Achim Grefenstein talks to Elisabeth Skoda about challenges and opportunities around recyclability and using recycled content for packaging films and spotlights new developments and innovations.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be ...

Sustainability Perspectives – focus on packaging films

January 08, 2024 11:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB

“The whole industry is working to improve the quality of recyclates, and we can only do that together without too much compromise.” Constantia Flexibles’ Achim Grefenstein talks to Elisabeth Skoda about challenges and opportunities around recyclability and using recycled content for packaging films and spotlights new developments and innovations.  We have a new podcast coming out at least once a month. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss an episode. For more packaging news, interview...

The latest from HolyGrail 2.0

December 11, 2023 14:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB

Following the HolyGrail 2.0 member meeting just ahead of Packaging Europe’s Sustainable Packaging Summit and an insightful panel discussion at the event, Elisabeth Skoda catches up with Jan 't Hart, the European Brands Association’s project manager for the HolyGrail project, and Pranav Goenka, one of the Alliance’s senior advisors. Together, they look at the role that digital watermarking can play in increasing sorting and recycling rates, explore the final phase of R&D trials to prepare for...

Sustainability Perspectives: PPWR spotlight

November 29, 2023 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MB

Following the European parliament's adoption of amendments to the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), Tim Sykes speaks to Avery Dennison's policy specialists Emilie Bartolini and Alena Maran to get their take on implications for the value chain, challenges and opportunities and the company's actions to 'PPWR-proof' itself and its partners.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is n...

Sustainability Perspectives: New horizons with moulded fibre packaging

November 23, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7 MB

What is the potential of moulded fibre packaging? Hartmann Group’s Kati Ørskov talks about the company’s new Greenpack MAP packaging, a fibre-based tray for meat, with Elisabeth Skoda. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode. For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content visit Packaging Europe.

Trends and developments in corrugated packaging - a deep dive with Stefano Rossi

October 19, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MB

Stefano Rossi has been CEO of DS Smith's packaging division since 2014 and has some 35 years of experience working in the paper industry. He chats to Packaging Europe's Tim Sykes about key changes and developments in the industry, challenges the sector faces and strategies to address these, and looks at innovation opportunities in the areas of extended functionality, new applications and pushing the possibilities of what corrugated packaging can do.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring th...

Sustainability Perspectives: Labelling innovations and the circular economy

October 11, 2023 08:00 - 8 minutes - 6.2 MB

In our latest snapshot Sustainability Perspectives podcast, we take a closer look at how label innovation can support the transition to a circular economy, from reusable packaging to recyclability and food waste prevention. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to CCL Labels’ Marika Knorr and Checkpoint Systems’ Julien Thibult.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss...

Stay disruptive: A close-up look at packaging and brand design

September 27, 2023 08:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

The landscape of packaging and brand packaging design has changed remarkably over the last decades. Industry stalwarts David Hodgson and Andrew Eyles, co-founders of bluemarlin brand acceleration agency, share their insights on how the industry has transformed, discuss what makes this such an exciting industry to be in and take a glimpse at future developments.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is n...

Sustainability Perspectives: Focus on post-consumer recycled content

August 29, 2023 12:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

With increasing sustainability demands, companies have to find ways to make their packaging more sustainable without sacrificing functionality. Dirk Gabriel, COO Consumer Flexibles at Mondi, sheds light on how including post-consumer recycled content (PCR) can help companies reach their sustainability goals, and will discuss what challenges have to be overcome to reach this goal as well as innovations in the pipeline.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures ...

Recycling, recyclate and the consumer

August 02, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MB

In our latest podcast, we discuss how growing demands on packaging functionality can be tackled and how companies can honour both their own sustainability commitments and consumer demands with David Clark, vice president of sustainability at Amcor, and Jeremy Wallach,  partner at McKinsey & Company. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode. Fo...

Packaging and human rights

July 12, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MB

An issue that is often overlooked in discussions about packaging sustainability and sourcing recyclates is social injustice - and with it human rights abuses. Alina Marm is not only head of global sustainability and circular economy at Siegwerk, but also a PhD researcher at the University College London, and she has been looking into this issue in-depth as part of her doctorate. She discusses challenges and possible steps to address the problem with Elisabeth Skoda.  Packaging Europe's podc...

Sustainability Perspectives: Driving growth

July 04, 2023 08:00 - 10 minutes - 7.57 MB

In the first edition of our snapshot Sustainability Perspectives podcast, where we look at sustainability issues in a compact form, Alex Pitsinos, director of strategic planning at Matrix Pack, explores the current economic, business and packaging landscape and sustainability as a growth driver.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode. For m...

Sustainability Perspectives: Shining a spotlight on e-commerce

June 29, 2023 07:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

We take another in-depth look at the fast-moving and dynamic e-commerce sector with H.B. Fuller. The company’s global e-commerce manager Tania Montesi discusses recent developments, the impact of sustainability demand and changing legislation as well as innovations and future trends.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode. For more packagin...

Pathways through the decarbonisation maze

June 12, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB

In our latest podcast, we revisit the topic of decarbonisation from a packaging perspective – a topic that is becoming ever more relevant and urgent. Sarah Laidler, senior consultant at the Carbon Trust speaks to Elisabeth Skoda about the complexities around decarbonisation, the UN treaty to end plastic waste and how this ties in with carbon, the impact of different packaging materials and much more.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innov...

A deep dive into Extended Producer Responsibility

May 10, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

In our latest podcast, we take a closer look at Extended Producer Responsibility. EPR policies generally shift the waste management cost or physical collection partially or fully from local governments to producers.  Elisabeth Skoda explores recent developments, sustainability issues EPR can help to address and challenges it can pose to businesses, and how these can be overcome. with Gillian Carside-Wight, consulting director at Aura.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading inte...

How to create a circular self-adhesive label industry?

March 16, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MB

CELAB Europe is a collaboration across the self-adhesive label value chain, aiming to create greater circularity by promoting the recycling of release liner and matrix in Europe. Frances Butler speaks to Ophelie Gourdou, project co-ordinator at CELAB Europe, Herma's Ralf Drache, who is also chairman of CELAB Europe, and CCL's Marika Knorr of CCL, who is also communication WS leader at CELAB Europe, to find out more about the collaboration, achievements and challenges of current recycling sol...

Sustainability Perspectives: Key trends around packaging & labelling sustainability

February 28, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

What are the key sustainability challenges in packaging, and in particular labelling this year? What does the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Revision mean for the sector? What are the implications for reuse and refill packaging models and downstream demands for innovations, including the wash-off label space? Packaging Europe's Tim Sykes speaks to Avery Dennison's Adis-Sophie Frémont and Rob Groen in 't Wout, and Cory Connors, host of Sustainable Packaging with Cory Connors, to find out m...

Connecting the packaging sustainability dots – in Africa and beyond

February 09, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB

The world faces a plastic waste problem. Joint-up thinking is needed to address this considerable challenge. Clem Ugorji is the founder and lead advisor at Circularium Africa Advisory, a partnership which works to join up policies, programmes and partnerships to enable growth and sustainable development, and a consultant to the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP). He discusses problems and solutions to the challenges the world and the industry is faci...

Sustainability Perspectives: Trends in flexible packaging and adhesives

February 07, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MB

Flexible packaging offers great functionality, but also faces some sustainability challenges. Justine Hanlon, H.B. Fuller’s Global Marketing Manager for flexible materials, discusses the latest developments and innovations in flexible packaging and adhesives and takes a look at what to expect in the year to come with Elisabeth Skoda. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscri...

The brand owner's packaging perspective - KIND

January 12, 2023 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

KIND, part of the Mars family, has announced that it is utilising materials sourced from advanced recycling to package its snack bars, aiming to reduce the amount of virgin plastics in its packaging portfolio.  Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Liz Jacobsen, who is global technical sustainability director at KIND to discuss how the development of the material, the challenges and opportunities around creating recyclable packaging from recycled materials, and KIND's wider sustainability strategies. P...

Sustainability Perspectives: Flexible packaging and food waste

December 20, 2022 12:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MB

Martina Wagner, Constantia Flexibles’ Group Sustainability Manager, discusses the sustainability potential and challenges of flexible packaging and its role when it comes to preventing food waste with Elisabeth Skoda. We also take a look at the recently released Packaging Waste Directive.   Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode. For more pa...

Sustainability Perspectives: Spotlight on e-commerce packaging trends and developments

December 14, 2022 08:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB

As the e-commerce sector keeps growing, so are the demands on packaging. In our latest Sustainability Perspectives podcast, we look at the latest trends and developments in sustainability and beyond, the impact of changing legislation and consumer expectations and how this influences brands’ actions. We also explore concrete solutions and future developments. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Tania Montesi, who is Global E-Commerce Manager at H.B. Fuller.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the ...

Sustainability Perspectives: A deep dive into flexible packaging - from plastics to paper

November 30, 2022 09:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

Sustainability demands on flexible packaging, both plastic and paper, have changed over the years. In our latest Sustainability Perspectives podcast, Mondi Group's Fabio Peyer discusses how different requirements on packaging can be balanced, how to address the challenges of designing for recycling and incorporating recycled content, and how the company plans on reaching the goal of having 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable products by 2025.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the ...

Sustainability Perspectives: Focus on fiber-based technology innovation

November 28, 2022 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MB

In our latest podcast, we take a closer look at the latest technology and innovation advances in fiber-based packaging. We explore how these advances boost the material's functionality and enable it to cater for ever more sophisticated customer demands.  Packaging Europe's Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Francisco Galindo, Head of Technology in Huhtamaki’s Fiber and Foodservice business segment.   Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, su...

Paving the way for circular food-grade recycled polypropylene

November 02, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MB

NEXTLOOPP, the overall winner of Packaging Europe’s 2021 Sustainability Awards, set out to close the loop on polypropylene by creating food-grade recycled PP from post-consumer packaging. Professor Edward Kosior, the founder and creator of NEXTLOOPP speaks to Elisabeth Skoda about the project’s work, roadblocks to plastics recycling and the impact of regulations and shares the latest updates on trials with major brands.   Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figu...

Sustainability Perspectives: Flexible packaging - plastics vs paper

September 20, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

Sustainability is key when it comes to innovation and developments in both paper and plastic flexible packaging. Many consumers perceive paper as the go-to recyclable packaging material of choice. But is this perception based on facts? Dr. Achim Grefenstein, Senior Vice President of Group R&D at Constantia Flexibles discusses the role of material innovations and new guidelines can play to boost packaging circularity. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in...

Sustainability Perspectives: Exploring the potential of paper packaging with Koehler

September 16, 2022 12:00 - 10 minutes - 7.15 MB

In the latest podcast in our Sustainability Perspectives series, we speak to Alexander Rauer, Head of Business Development FlexTech at Koehler Paper, about the role of paper packaging in brands' sustainability efforts, and how to navigate the challenges and opportunities associated with making the transition to paper.  This content was sponsored by Koehler.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now ...

Sustainability Perspectives: Design for recycling - the role of adhesives

September 05, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

The plastic value chain initiative RecyClass has recently published a design book to support the plastics industry to design recyclable packaging, highlighting the importance of using proven technology and materials for designing truly circular packaging. Adhesives expert Bostik contributes to these efforts by providing proven bonding solutions.   Wladimir Moraes, global market manager at Bostik, and Fabrizio Di Gregorio, technical director of Plastic Recyclers Europe and head of Recyclass, ...

Accelerating sustainable innovation

August 18, 2022 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB

The world faces a range of complex sustainability challenges, and creative minds, as well as financial commitment, are needed to address these.  The 100+ Accelerator programme was founded in 2018 with AB InBev and it has set itself the goal to fund and pilot sustainable innovation by giving start-ups a helping hand. Elisabeth Skoda speaks with Carolina Garcia, who is is Sustainability and Innovation Director at AB InBev, and Co-creator of 100+ Accelerator, to find out more. Packaging Europe...

A deep dive into the power of smart packaging

July 12, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MB

Earlier this year, AIPIA (the Active and Intelligent Packaging Industry Association) and Packaging Europe entered a strategic partnership, aiming to accelerate the uptake of smart packaging innovation. A few months into the collaboration, Elisabeth Skoda catches up with Eef de Ferrante, managing director at AIPIA, and Andrew Manly, AIPIA’s communications director, to discuss the collaboration and the role that smart packaging can play when it comes to reducing food waste, brand protection, ...

Zooming in on cross value chain collaboration

June 14, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

Packaging Europe's Global Packaging Innovation Forum event helped spark a collaboration between Blue Box Partners and H.B. Fuller, which resulted in a series of dedicated sessions, the Innovation Academies. At these events, partners across the value chain work together on co-designing tomorrow’s packaging solutions.  Elisabeth Skoda explores the power of collaboration and takes a closer look at these co-designing events with founders Daphné Deledicq, Chief Innovation Officer at Blue Box par...

Mura Technology on the WWF chemical recycling principles

May 13, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

In this podcast, Hannah Cole speaks to Dr Geoff Brighty from Mura Technology about what the WWF's recently-released chemical recycling principles mean for the chemical recycling industry as it builds on current opportunities and challenges.  Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode. For more packaging news, interviews and multimedia content vi...

HFSS food rule changes and the packaging supply chain

May 10, 2022 20:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB

New rules governing the placement and promotion of HFSS foods (high in fat, sugar and salt) will come into force in the UK in October 2022, changing the way these products can be sold and promoted in-store. This will impact manufacturers, brand owners, retailers and packaging producers. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Mark Patterson, who is Vice President Global Packaging Solutions at DHL, to get his take on how this might affect the industry. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading int...

Discussing sustainability and more with UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe

April 11, 2022 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe represents the interests of consumers and producers of non-alcoholic beverages across Europe and has also set itself ambitious sustainability targets with its Circular Packaging Vision 2030. Elisabeth Skoda discusses progress made towards this vision, the state of the market today as well as plans and goals with UNESDA’s director general Nicholas Hodac. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability ...

Sustainability Perspectives: Fiber-based packaging for FMCG

March 17, 2022 09:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MB

Elisabeth Skoda explores the technology behind fiber-based packaging, a material that has been growing in popularity, looks at challenges and opportunities and discusses potential future developments with Herwin Wichers, Head of FMCG Category, Huhtamaki Fiber and Foodservice Europe-Asia-Oceania. Packaging Europe's podcast, featuring the leading international figures in packaging innovation, sustainability and strategy, is now weekly! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode. For mo...