
INFOPACK NEWS _ 15/05/2025
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... )

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... )

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... )

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... )

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... )

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... )

News - general
A guide to understanding and adapting to the European Packaging Regulation
The regulation that redefines packaging
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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... )

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... )

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... )
