INFOPACK NEWS _ 16/02/2025

Markets - Pharmacy and Parapharmacy

The Keys to Circularity in Pharmaceutical Packaging

The pharmaceutical industry faces the challenge of ensuring that its products are safe and effective, while minimizing their environmental impact ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Pharmacy and Parapharmacy BRAND: ITENE

Markets - Circular Economy

BIONANOPOLYS: innovation in bionanomaterials for a more sustainable future

How to make Europe the first climate neutral continent by 2050. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

Markets - Circular Economy

¿How to communicate that my packaging is sustainable?

In an increasingly environmentally conscious global marketplace, sustainability has become a decisive factor for consumers and companies both. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

Innovation - Flexible packaging

Bio-based conductive inks

Flexible printed electronics is a crucial innovation compared to traditional electronics, offering multiple advantages that expand the possibilities in the design and use of electronic devices. The combination of flexible printed electronics with bio-based inks represents a remarkable progress, not only by enabling more versatile and adaptable devices, but also by addressing the growing demand for sustainable and environmentally friendly technological solutions. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Flexible packaging BRAND: ITENE

News - Circular Economy

Guidelines for complying with the European Directive on single-use plastics

Over the last few months, in Spain there has been a change in the design of beverage containers, with the attachment of the cap to the neck of the bottle, motivated by a legislative obligation ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

Innovation - Printing and labeling

Odour problems in plastic packaging: causes and solutions

Growing demand for plastics, largely driven by the packaging industry, has led to a concerning accumulation of plastic waste in landfills. According to Plastics Europe, in 2022, 400.3 million tonnes of plastic were produced worldwide, with 58.8 million tonnes generated in Europe, 80% of which came from non-renewable fossil sources ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Printing and labeling BRAND: ITENE

News - Circular Economy

Pineapple, orange and rice for new biodegradable packaging materials

59 million tons of food are wasted annually in the EU. About 30% of this waste is generated during cultivation and processing, resulting in the accumulation of losses, residues and by-products (post-harvest plant biomass, pulps, peels, manure, whey, etc.). These types of feedstocks, due to their high potential, could be reused or recycled as substrates in new value chains ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

Markets - Circular Economy

Plastic waste: An urgent waste management challenge

Innovative processes for the recovery and reprocessing of delaminated plastics from multilayer packaging. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

Events - Journeys

IAPRI World Packaging Conference: Experts presents the innovations and trends that will shape the future of packaging

From new sustainable materials to packaging technologies or solutions for the safety of packaging systems, this event showed innovations to face the main challenges of packaging to experts, leaders and researchers of the sector from 17 to 21 June ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Journeys BRAND: ITENE

Markets - Perfumery and Cosmetics

How to obtain cosmetic and detergent packaging from waste: development of an advanced process for polyolefin decontamination

According to Plastics Europe, 400,3 Mt of plastics were produced globally in 2022, with 58,8 Mt in Europe, of which nearly 80% came from fossil and non-renewable sources. Polyolefins, particularly polypropylene (15,4%) and polyethylene (22,1%), are among the most consumed plastics. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Perfumery and Cosmetics BRAND: ITENE