10 May 2019 --- This week in packaging, Coca-Cola launched its Signature Mixers in retro Hutchinson glass bottles in a nod to the silhouette of the first ever Coca-Cola bottle. With the demand for paper-based packaging on the rise, Smurfit Kappa invested in its Roermond Paper Mill in the Netherlands, while Stora Enso announced plans to start recycling used paper cups on a large scale at its Langerbrugge Mill in Belgium. Also this week, the University of Plymouth, UK, was forced to revise a study into the compostability of high street bags after widespread criticism of its failure to recognize that the “compostable” bags examined are only designed for industrial composting facilities, not the natural environment in which they were tested.
