02 May 2022 --- Big European retailers have pledged to reduce their plastic consumption and are now searching for the right solutions to fulfill those pledges without exacerbating food waste, says Falk Paulsen, sales and business development director at Mondi Functional Paper & Films. PackagingInsights spoke to Paulsen at Anuga FoodTec 2022 last week in Cologne, Germany, about the rising demand for paper-based packaging from customers and consumers. He spotlighted some of the company’s latest paper-based innovations for food items and touched on the paper-based transition’s potential and current limitations.