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Inside India’s PET recycling: APR Bharat director general maps policy, capacity and export ambitions
Inside India’s PET recycling: APR Bharat director general maps policy, capacity and export ambitions
Legislation has successfully boosted India’s PET recycling industry, accelerating food-grade usage and recyclate exports. We discuss these developments with India’s Association of PET Recyclers Bharat (APR Bharat), a coalition of PET recyclers, manufacturers, and other stakeholders. Packaging Insights speaks to Goutham Jain, the director general at APR Bharat, about the coalition’s role in the country’s recycling efforts, the local regulatory environment, and the benefits and future outlook of India’s rPET recycling sectors.
Caps and closures shift from plastic to hybrid and fiber in circularity push
Caps and closures shift from plastic to hybrid and fiber in circularity push
Caps and closures are undergoing a transformative material shift away from conventional plastic. Manufacturers are innovating to harness the sustainability merits of bioplastics, fiber, and hybrid solutions. Closures are at the intersection of material design change and shifting regulatory and consumer demands. To gain deeper insight into the caps and closures landscape, Packaging Insights speaks to Great Earth and Blue Ocean Closures about how the industry is moving away from plastic solutions and embracing hybrid or fiber-based solutions. 
Tray circularity: Tomra Recycling talks cross-industry dipping challenges
Tray circularity: Tomra Recycling talks cross-industry dipping challenges
The recycled content in PET-based food trays typically comes from beverage bottles, diverting feedstock away from a closed-loop bottle recycling system, according to Tomra Recycling. But the company says that today, R&D has made tray-to-tray recycling a technologically and economically feasible option..Packaging Insights speaks to Valerio Sama, business development manager for packaging at Tomra Recycling, about the challenges with tray-to-tray recycling and emerging solutions. These include Tomra Recycling’s Autosort system that can differentiate between monolayer and multilayer PET trays, and Innosort Flake and Autosort Flake which further refine the stream.
Caps and closures circularity
Caps and closures circularity
Innova Market Insights data shows the widespread use of Caps and Closures in F&B packaging launches. Dairy accounted for 55% of these launches, followed by Soft Drinks at 27%. Among packaging featuring Caps and Closures, Responsible Source was the leading sustainability claim, followed by Recyclable.
Pressure-sensitive labels and their role in making packaging circular
Pressure-sensitive labels and their role in making packaging circular
Discover how pressure-sensitive labels are revolutionizing packaging sustainability. This Avery Dennison white paper highlights how innovative PSLs enable circularity, enhance recycling, and support reuse models. Learn how innovative labels help brands achieve sustainability goals, reduce waste, and improve traceability without compromising performance or production efficiency. Dive into the future of sustainable packaging now!This Technical Paper is brought to you by Avery Dennison.
Top Packaging Trends 2025: How can businesses navigate new sustainability regulations?
Top Packaging Trends 2025: How can businesses navigate new sustainability regulations?
Join us as we explore Innova Market Insights’ Top Packaging Trends 2025 in this exclusive webinar. The global market researcher’s senior analyst, Alisa Selezneva, shares exclusive insights behind this year’s leading trends, which are dominated by the intensifying regulatory and consumer demand for environmentally responsible packaging. We are joined by leading experts Edward Kosior, CEO and founder at Nextek, and Tey Bannerman, partner at McKinsey & Company, as they debate the packaging industry’s latest big developments, from the emergence of AI in waste management to innovation in sustainable materials and systems. 

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Recycling mixed plastic: Researchers develop world-first tech without sorting
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Korean scientists have unveiled a technology that can chemically recycle mixed waste plastics into raw materials, without the need for precise sorting or label removal from packaging waste. Dr. Young-Hoon Song, head of the program, says: “Through demonstration and commercialization, this [technology] will help solve both waste and carbon issues simultaneously.”
Mondi supplies Norwegian furniture company with paper-based mattress covers
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Mondi has equipped Ekornes with its re/cycle CompressWrap, a paper-based protective packaging solution that secures high-end mattresses during transport.The re/cycled CompressWrap incorporates Mondi’s FunctionalBarrier Paper 95/5 as the first layer. This ensures durability and vacuum sealing. The second packaging layer secures the mattress with an outer wrapper made from Mondi’s FunctionalBarrier Paper Reduce.
Tomra Food launches AI optical sorting for nut and IQF packagers
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Tomra Food has designed an AI-powered optical sorting machine targeting nut and Individual Quick Freezing (IQF) packaging companies. The Tomra 4C sorting machine, part of the company’s Chute portfolio, is pre-set and ready to integrate into any nut sorting line without complex setup or adjustments.Kristof Franckx, product manager for the Chute portfolio at Tomra, describes the 4C as the company’s “most advanced” optical sorting machine yet.
Henkel updates personal care brand Fa with new packaging and formulas
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Henkel’s personal care brand, Fa, has updated its packaging materials, design, and ingredient formulations to include recycled materials, bright colors, and natural formulas.The packaging design depicts Fa’s water wave image, emphasizing refreshment. The fragrance lines display “colorful” and “invigorating” designs.
Biodegradable PET alternative produced at “unprecedented” levels, study shows
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A research team at Kobe University, Japan, has developed E. coli bacteria to produce pyridinedicarboxylate (PDCA), a monomer for biodegradable plastics and an alternative to PET. The scientists have produced the compound from glucose at “unprecedented levels” and without byproducts.PDCA is biodegradable. Materials incorporating it show physical properties comparable to or even surpassing those of PET, which is commonly used in packaging and textiles.
Top food trends in Latin America: Health, indulgence & cultural authenticity
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The demands of Latin American consumers are changing fast, fueled by an increasing desire for health, indulgence, and cultural authenticity. While brands react to this trend, it is important to know what resonates across generations and lifestyles. We explore how Innova Market Insights’ top food trends for 2025 align with the LATAM region and the drivers behind them. Based on extensive global surveys, these trends offer a lens into emerging opportunities for innovation, differentiation, and deeper consumer connection across the region.
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Labelexpo Europe 2025: Industry experts highlight digitalization, sustainability and regulation as key trends

Ahead of Labelexpo Europe 2025, in Barcelona, Spain (September 16–19), we speak to five labeling and printing companies that will be exhibiting at the trade show about key labeling innovations, sustainability strategies, and regulatory challenges shaping the industry.The representatives of Flint Group, Fujifilm, Herma, Hubergroup Print Solutions, and UPM Adhesive Materials tell Packaging Insights about their solutions for recyclability, LED curing, digital printing, and resource efficiency.

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Drinktec 2025 preview: Industry to present next-gen beverage packaging, closure solutions and circularity

Next week, the world’s leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry, Drinktec, will open its doors to spotlight next-generation packaging and closure technologies. Highlights will include lightweight PET and glass designs, monomaterial sport caps, and advanced recycling-compatible labels and sleeves. “Grow with the Flow” is the motto of this year’s Drinktec. Over 1,000 exhibitors and approximately 50,000 visitors are expected to attend the trade show. The event takes place between September 15–19 in Munich, Germany. Exhibitors will also present innovations such as residue-free adhesive systems for glass, low-temperature washable labels for PET, reusable Tritan bottles, cups with RFID tracking, and compostable coffee capsules. 

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South Australia bans soy sauce fish containers, environmentalists demand wider plastic bans

The South Australian (SA) government has banned fish-shaped soy containers in the state’s latest round of single-use plastic bans to reduce marine and terrestrial pollution.The state has implemented bans on single-use plastics at the start of September each year since 2021, after the introduction of SA’s Single-use and Other Plastic Products (Waste Avoidance) Act 2020.

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Snack pack innovationSep2025

Innova Market Insights data indicates a 3% CAGR in global snack packaging launches between July 2020 and June 2025. Asia was the leading continent. Over half of launches featured Flat Pouches, and pla...

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Caps and closures circularity Sep 2025

Innova Market Insights data shows the widespread use of Caps and Closures in F&B packaging launches. Dairy accounted for 55% of these launches, followed by Soft Drinks at 27%. Among packaging featuring Caps and Closures, Responsible Source was the leading sustainability claim, followed by Recyclable.

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Circular Economy: Flexible plasticsSep 2025

Innova Market Insights data shows that there was a 4% average annual growth in global F&B plastic packaging launches with a Flexible claim, from July 2020 to June 2025. One in three of these launches were in Europe. Flexible materials (including plastics) were most used in Bakery and Snacks, but their use in Confectionery increased.

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SEALPAC M-Flex traysealer: highest quality standards, unparalleled flexibility

SEALPAC is renowned for its efficient traysealers that are capable of packaging large quantities of products quickly, safely, and fully automatically, even in the most demanding environments. Now, the space-saving M-Flex semi-automatic traysealer enables companies with smaller production runs...

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Bormioli Luigi highlights glass as standard in luxury packaging
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Sidel Mexico discusses returnable PET and glass bottle growth 
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Reedbut Group talks enhancing unboxing and recyclability in e-commerce packaging
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