Packaging And Design

France Bans Plastic Packaging For Fruit And Vegetables

France has implemented a new law that bans plastic packaging for most fruit and vegetables, effective 1 January 2022.

Stora Enso Invests €23m In Board Production Site At Varkaus

Finnish packaging firm Stora Enso has announced an investment of €23 million at its Varkaus containerboard mill.

SPAR Austria Introduces Returnable Jars For Organic Yoghurt SKUs

SPAR Austria is offering returnable glass jars for 450-gram SPAR Natur*pur Bergbauern organic fruit yoghurt SKUs and the SPAR Natur*pur Bergbauern organic...

Continente Launches ‘Fora da Caixa’ Initiative To Improve Product Packaging

Continente has launched the ‘Fora da Caixa' (Out of the Box) initiative, which will allow customers to suggest improvements in the packaging of the r...

DS Smith Profit Surges Due To FMCG Demand, Online Shopping

Packaging firm DS Smith has posted an 80% increase in first-half profit and declared a higher interim dividend, helped by strong demand from FMCG businesse...

Tesco Cuts Plastic Use By Reducing Own-Brand Toilet Roll Packaging

UK retailer Tesco is reducing the size of its large multipack toilet paper SKUs by implementing a new way of winding the paper onto cardboard tubes.

Freshfel Europe Asks For More Time To Implement French Packaging Law

Freshfel Europe has called on the European Commission to secure more time and flexibility to ensure an orderly rollout of the new French plastic packaging...

Why Australia's Love Affair With Boxed Wine Endures

Boxed wine is one of Australia’s most extraordinary contributions to the wine industry, also known as cardboardeaux, bag-in-box (BiB) or more commonl...