INFOPACK NEWS _ 09/12/2025

Markets - Perfumery and Cosmetics

Refillable and reusable packaging: Trends to improve sustainability in cosmetics

The global beauty industry produces more than 120 billion units of packaging per year. This produces around 70% of the waste generated by the sector, as most of it is difficult to recycle due to the mixture of materials involved or the product residues left inside. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Perfumery and Cosmetics BRAND: ITENE

News - Circular Economy

Advanced recycling processes: a key alternative for packaging waste

The growing volume of packaging waste is one of the main environmental and social problems today. The complexity of these materials, as well as their degradation or contamination when it comes to post-consumer materials, often limits the efficiency of conventional mechanical recycling processes, leaving large flows of waste without added value ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

Markets - Circular Economy

Recyclable single-material packaging: The key to more sustainable and efficient packaging

The packaging industry is undergoing a complete transformation. Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR) represents a turning point in the way packaging is conceived, designed, and managed ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

Markets - Circular Economy

Certified Compostability: A Sustainability Guarantee for New Materials

In the current context of the transition toward a circular economy, certified compostability has become a key criterion for validating the sustainability of new materials, especially in the packaging sector. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

News - Packaging materials

High-performance compostable solutions

Improving the functional properties of PLA bioplastic in the plastics industry ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Packaging materials BRAND: ITENE

Markets - Perfumery and Cosmetics

Sustainable and functional cosmetics: The role of valorized by-products in the beauty industry

In recent years, the cosmetics industry has begun a major process of transformation towards sustainability. Driven by greater environmental awareness, stricter regulations in Europe and increasingly demanding consumers, this industry has begun to integrate ingredients of natural origin, biodegradable and functional ingredients obtained from agricultural waste and agro-industrial by-products into its formulations ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Perfumery and Cosmetics BRAND: ITENE

Markets - Circular Economy

How the plastic packaging of the future can be more sustainable

Plastic manufacturing worldwide has doubled in the last two decades. This growth is due to its excellent properties, ease of processing and low cost. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

Markets - Circular Economy

New Sustainable Solutions with Advanced Performance

In Europe, plastic production reached 58.8 million tonnes (Mt) in 2022, of which approximately 21 Mt were destined for the packaging sector, according to Plastics Europe's report The Circular Economy for Plastics – A European Analysis 2024 ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

Markets - Circular Economy

Innovative solutions for improved barrier and recyclability in the food industry

Flexible packaging has established as an efficient solution due to its light weight, food preservation capacity and adaptability, representing a significant part of the total packaging market ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: ITENE

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

ITENE reinforces its commitment to companies in the packaging value chain at its 2025 General Assembly

On 19 June, we held the General Assembly, led by our President, Marta Codoñer, which was attended by representatives of the 280 associated companies and where we took balance of a particularly significant year for the technology centre: our 30th anniversary, which we are closing with new milestones of growth, innovation and sectorial impact. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene BRAND: ITENE