INFOPACK NEWS _ 15/05/2025

Reusable packaging, requirements and trends to comply with sustainability legislation

Markets - Circular Economy

Reusable packaging, requirements and trends to comply with sustainability legislation


In recent years, sustainability in the field of packaging has become a fundamental pillar in the environmental policies of the European Union, especially after the recent approval of Regulation 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste. ( Read more... )


CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE
Goodbye to single-use packaging?

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Goodbye to single-use packaging?


The European Packaging Regulation establishes the progressive elimination of certain single-use packaging formats, which will particularly affect key sectors such as HORECA (Hotels, Restaurants and Cafeterias). Thus, from 2030, certain packaging will disappear from the market. ( Read more... )


CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene BRAND: ITENE
From sustainability to safety: the role of food assessment in recycled materials

Markets - Food

From sustainability to safety: the role of food assessment in recycled materials


It is because of this growing concern for sustainability that, as a consequence, the use of recycled materials for the manufacture of new materials in various industries, including the food industry, has become imperative. ( Read more... )


CATEGORY: Food BRAND: ITENE
How to evaluate and optimize the packaging of your products

Markets - Logistics

How to evaluate and optimize the packaging of your products


Economic dynamism, communications and changes in consumption have led to a boom in international trade operations. ( Read more... )


CATEGORY: Logistics BRAND: ITENE
Packaging faces the challenges of new European labelling legislation

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Packaging faces the challenges of new European labelling legislation


The packaging industry has a period of adaptation ahead of it until 2028 to bring packaging labelling in line with the requirements of the European Packaging Regulation and those of Directive (EU) 2024/825 on Environmental Claims, better known as the Greenwashing Directive. ( Read more... )


CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene BRAND: ITENE
From recent national legislation to the European Regulation

News - Circular Economy

From recent national legislation to the European Regulation


Packaging and packaging waste issues have historically been the focus of national and EU legislation. As is well known, at European level we had the Packaging Directive 94/62/EC (1), which has been a stable reference framework in this area for several decades and has allowed the consolidation of extended producer responsibility schemes for improving the collection and management of household packaging waste throughout Europe. ( Read more... )


CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE
A guide to understanding and adapting to the European Packaging Regulation

News - general

A guide to understanding and adapting to the European Packaging Regulation


The regulation that redefines packaging   ( Read more... )


CATEGORY: general BRAND: ITENE
Innovation in the service of the Packaging Regulation: How to turn the challenge into a competitive advantage

News - Packaging materials

Innovation in the service of the Packaging Regulation: How to turn the challenge into a competitive advantage


Innovation is positioned as a fundamental pillar for companies to adapt to the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, which seeks to drive the harmonisation of environmental targets in Europe ( Read more... )


CATEGORY: Packaging materials BRAND: ITENE
The Keys to Circularity in Pharmaceutical Packaging

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
BIONANOPOLYS: innovation in bionanomaterials for a more sustainable future

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