Brussels, 19 August 2009 - A change to packaging regulations in France risks negatively affecting consumers in that country and across the EU according to  EUROPEN - The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment. It also risks eroding industry supply chain effici...

Sustainability plays a role in 70% of today’s packaging decisions, as the PackagingCommunity survey conducted in 9 European countries (1) recently confirmed. Yet which sustainability factors do packaging decision makers perceive as being relevant, and how important do they consider each of...

BRUSSELS - 11 MAY 2009 – EUROPEN, The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment, has welcomed the release last Friday of a European Commission Communication on beverage packaging, deposit systems and free movement of goods[i].  The Communication long awaited by industry sinc...

A EUROPEN seminar, on 26 May in Brussels.   Today’s Sustainability agenda is putting pressure on packaging and packaged goods companies to voluntarily exceed compliance requirements for their packaging in response to increasingly demanding and diverse packaging requirements.   Pr...

Data released from the European Union contradicts widely heldperceptions that packaging has led to a mountain of waste across Europe. Despite 40% growth in GDP in the nine year period from 1998 to 2006, the amount of packaging placed on the EU market only increased11% while packaging going to l...