OPINION

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Royal Decree on Packaging and Packaging Waste: implications for industry and next steps

On 27 December, the Royal Decree on Packaging and Packaging Waste was approved. We already informed of various drafts of this decree during 2022, which we have been analysing in previous articles. Thus, the entry into force, on 1 January, of the plastic tax established in the Law on Waste and Contaminated Land for a Circular Economy, is joined by this new regulation with many implications for the industry that uses or manufactures packaging ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

The three key objectives of the draft European Packaging Waste Regulation

The European Commission has taken a further step towards achieving climate neutrality by 2050, as set out in the European Green Deal, with the publication on 30 November of the draft European Packaging Waste Regulation. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

How to get exemption from the new Spanish plastic tax?

By demonstrating reusability or incorporating recycled material. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

ITENE will host in 2024 the 24th edition of IAPRI's World Packaging Conference

In 2024 ITENE will celebrate 30 years of activity and during the celebration of this event we will host the 24th edition of IAPRI's World Packaging Conference ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

ITENE gathers 450 professionals in a forum on the 5 keys of the Royal Decree

More than 450 professionals from 357 companies belonging to 18 industrial sectors met on 5 and 6 July in a hybrid conference on the future Royal Decree on Packaging and Packaging Waste that ITENE organised in Madrid with the collaboration of Hispack and that, in its online version, had more than 300 attendees connected synchronously in different sessions of the event. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

A master's degree for the new packaging experts that the industry needs

The new legislation on packaging, such as the Law on Waste and Contaminated Soil, the draft Royal Decree on Packaging and Packaging Waste and the draft Law on Prevention of Food Loss and Waste represent a paradigm shift in the field of packaging. ( Read more... )

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

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

We meet again at Hispack 2022

It has been four years since we last met at the Hispack trade fair. Four years that have brought about many changes in ITENE, which has continued to grow, and multiple transformations in the world of packaging, which has suffered, like everyone else, the vicissitudes of the pandemic and the current international scene. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

The King acknowledges ITENE's work and its commitment to innovation

Last February 22nd, ITENE received a recognition to its work since 1994 in the form of a visit: His Majesty the King visited our research centre to know first-hand the work that we do here for the whole value chain of packaging, transport and logistics. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Challenges 2022 for the packaging industry

I have spoken on several occasions on this platform about the importance of packaging as a key player in the industry ( Read more... )

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