Sustainable Packaging

The Flexible Packaging Association is actively engaged in research projects and the science of sustainable packaging, and we offer our members a number of enhanced publications and reports on sustainability.

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Borouge International announced investments to expand its European mechanical recycling capacity at its sites in Niedergebra, Germany, and Wildon,...

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Borouge International (NOVA Chemicals), announced that it has achieved its RC14001®:2023 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications for its Canadian...

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Two large consumer goods companies that As You Sow previously engaged to find alternatives to non-recyclable flexible plastic packaging have taken...

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Packaging design changes could help improve recycling outcomes, reduce plastic pollution, and support waste sector workers in low- and middle-income...

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Researchers at Virginia Tech have developed a novel approach to creating degradable, strong, flexible, oxygen-blocking packaging materials without...

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Walk into any supermarket and you will see hundreds of packages competing within a few feet of one another. For years, the industry has treated this...

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The US Flexible Film Initiative (USFFI) has awarded its first offtake contracts, to two California MRF operators and two film reclaimers, supporting...

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As of 12 August 2026, the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) generally applies to all its member states. It provides answers...

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Borouge International announced that it has started commercial operation of its specialty polypropylene compounding facility in Schwechat, Austria....

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Earlier this summer, the Flexible Film Recycling Alliance (FFRA) launched what it called the first-of-their-kind commercial recycling pilot programs...

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Nearly two years since becoming an official law, the European Union (EU) Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) entered implementation...

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Plastic plays a role in nearly every part of daily life. It protects food, cushions products during shipping and helps keep goods affordable and...

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