Esbe Plastic is addressing the growing regulatory and material sourcing challenges in the plastic industry while working to make its confectionery trays more recyclable. At the ongoing ProSweets trade show in Cologne, Germany (February 2–5), Adrian King, the company’s deputy sales manager, says that the German and EU regulations and rising demand for recycled content are “not easy to deal with.”Speaking to Packaging Insights, King shares how Esbe is navigating these hurdles while enhancing the recyclability of its thermoform plastic trays for chocolates and biscuits.
