Soap Box

In her last column for Packaging News, Tracy Sutton outlines the key areas where a business can make the biggest sustainable impact.

André Salié, project development, digital technologies at chemicals specialist ACTEGA, says collaboration is the key to boosting water-based inks with printers and packagers.

With the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) coming into force, PN spoke to two representatives from design agencies about the challenges and opportunities.

Raffi Schieir, co-founder and director of Bantam Materials and the Prevented Ocean Plastic Programme, says the Plastic Packaging Tax should be the minimum standard the industry should work towards.

Risanni Retnaning Dwi, Global Category Manager at SIG, discusses why it is so important for food and beverage manufacturers to choose particularly sustainable packaging, especially for trendy water drinks.

Helen Davies, production and sustainability manager at design agency LOVE, asks can 2022 be the year brands and the packaging industry move away from limited edition sustainable packs and into wholescale mainstream adoption?

Conflict in the Ukraine means that energy prices are likely to stick, writes Raj Bhardwaj.

This month, PN columnist Tracy Sutton looks at education, skills and resource. Plus, a call for more development on the recycling of soft plastics.

Alice Rackley, chief executive of Polytag, insists a Digital Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) working with existing household collections should feature in a UK-wide DRS roll-out.

Suzy Harrold, divisional marketing executive, Smurfit Kappa UK, explains the differences between 3 ply and 5 ply cushion pads.

Mike Lammas, managing director of packaging print specialist, Herbert Walkers, discusses the need for greater clarity on recyclability throughout the delivery chain.

The successful development of a packaging portfolio requires a holistic approach, writes PN's regular columnist Tracy Sutton

Niall McRory, global key account manager, Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection Division, says this technology helps co-packers QA audits.

Josephine Coombe, managing director, Nulogy, Europe, says digitalisation helps mitigate the challenges of growing labour shortages and ‘the great resignation’.

Timo Kollmann, managing director of Hugo Beck, says its no longer a question of ‘can we achieve greater sustainability in e-commerce?,, but rather ‘how do we achieve it?’