As part of the drive to increase the circular economy and tackle the problem of packaging waste, Veolia is launching a Sustainable Packaging Academy. Designed to close the link between producers and recyclers, it says this new initiative will provide businesses with the opportunity to better understand packaging circularity and future-proof packaging design.
BillerudKorsnäs has worked with Wilson to design a brand-new environmentally-friendly container for its iconic tennis balls.
Pro Carton’s TICCIT initiative has won the 2019 European Paper Recycling Award (EPRC) for Information and Education.
CEPI have started a project involving the entire fibre packaging value chain called 4evergreen.
ECMA has had a busy agenda in the past few months representing the carton sector in multiple consultations and workshops in Brussels concerning the Single Use Plastics Directive implementation and the Tobacco Products Directive.
There has been unanimous support among the members to the establishment of an ECMA Sustainability Committee.
On 3 December 2019 the ECMA General Assembly took place in Frankfurt, Germany.
