Following a survey conducted by ITC Research among 500 packaging decision-makers in brand owner and retail companies in 9 European countries (France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Sweden), ThePackagingCommunity is able to deliver a representative view of who parti...

A Western Europe without packaging would lead to a 15-fold rise in food waste, argue EUROPEN and ECR Europe. This telling anecdote is contained in Packaging in the Sustainability Agenda: A Guide for Corporate Decision Makers, their newly released guide designed to help senior executives take decisio...

Ever since World War II, global food production has increased faster than population growth, and food prices have remained relatively stable. Now, however, we are seeing a reversal of that trend – and we face a world food shortage. Populations are starving and food prices have risen dramatical...

Is your waste a possible goldmine? Can you weed out root causes of waste? Joanne Hunter looks at ways to solve your waste problems through smart thinking and technology.   Waste material must be treated, transported and properly disposed of - all of which can be costly. Plans to avoid waste...

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...