19 Sep 2019 --- The drive for increased environmental sustainability in packaging was once again top of the agenda at Packaging Innovations in London, UK. Private and public concern for the rising tide of global plastic pollution has prompted regulatory action, with the UK government set to impose a plastics tax on packaging containing less than 30 percent recycled content, in addition to an “all-in” Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) and reforms on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Packaging Innovations 2019 provided abundant evidence that packaging design is reacting to these changes, as the plastics versus plastic-free debate played out through a wealth of innovation on both sides.
