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...

A special packaging design project dedicated to explore sustainability in relation to packaging was recently carried out by member agencies of the Pan-European Brand Design Association PDA. Sustainability is indeed a highly topical issue that currently dominates widely disparate areas. It is ...

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...

European glass manufacturers are on the move – in more ways than one. After some wide-ranging strategic reflection among industry leaders, and some major staff changes at its shopwindow in Brussels, the European container glass federation – FEVE – has now launched a major new commu...

  The Vision of EUROPEN   Sustainable development addresses economic, environmental and social objectives.  EUROPEN members are encouraged to develop and use packaging which contributes to achievement of the European Union’s Sustainable Development Strategy (1).  &...