In this issue: the latest on the Circular Economy Action Plan how EU recycling of steel for packaging has increased by 2% in one year to 82,5% how a supermarket chain in Germany is increasing awareness of the benefits of canned food Interpack 2021 the...... Read more
Recycling of steel packaging in Europe has hit a new all-time high of 82.5%. This new record rate, which represents data from 2018, confirms steel as Europe’s most recycled primary[1] packaging material and means that more than 8 out of 10 steel items put on...... Read more
Chrome Free Passivation Alternative (CFPA) is an innovative, alternative technology developed by APEAL members as a replacement to the use of hexavalent chromium substances. CFPA is available now from APEAL members for both trials and full-production. Read more here.... Read more
“Separate collection is also essential for safeguarding the trajectory towards a more circular economy and the jobs and businesses that depend on secondary material supply” states the European Commission in a newly published document. Many essential economic activities, including waste management, are currently under pressure....... Read more
Packaging and its raw materials, such as steel, are essential for the continued flow of goods (particularly food, hygiene products and medicines) during the COVID-19 pandemic. APEAL supports the calls, from Europen (The European Association of Packaging and the Environment) for the European Commission to...... Read more
To achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal, an ambitious CEAP is vital and today’s announcement marks an important step by the European Commission to draw a final line under the linear economy and establish clear priorities for the packaging sector. Alexis Van Maercke,...... Read more
APEAL is delighted to support the upcoming EU Packaging Waste & Sustainability Forum in Brussels as associate sponsor for the 3rd year running. Alexis Van Maercke, secretary general, will discuss why choosing a packaging material that it really recycled is the right choice for a...... Read more
APEAL is delighted to announce today that it will host a stand at this year’s Interpack show in Düsseldorf, 7th – 15th May 2020. Alexis Van Maercke, secretary general, said: “Interpack is the global meeting place of the packaging industry. Sustainability has never been higher...... Read more
Tony Waite, APEAL President, will join an interesting line up of speakers at the 16th edition of Packaging and Converting Excellence forum, this coming 11-12th March in Vienna. The Packaging and Converting Executive (PACE) Forum brings together packaging, procurement and sourcing directors to discuss key...... Read more
Particularly in the Farm to Fork Strategy, action will be taken on food waste and packaging among others (cf. inter alia the European Parliament Resolution 2016/2223 (INI) in which is stated under article 125: “…stresses the positive contribution of food packaging materials and solutions to...... Read more