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Packaging Insights reviews 2025: Tougher regulations, tariff uncertainty & greenwashing lawsuits
Packaging Insights reviews 2025: Tougher regulations, tariff uncertainty & greenwashing lawsuits
As another eventful year in the packaging industry comes to an end, we look back at the biggest events and highlights of 2025. The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) entered into force while DRS and EPR schemes expanded globally. Meanwhile, International Paper acquired DS Smith, Amcor and Berry Global Group merged, and Sealed Air announced its buyout. 
The Future of Steel Drums: Building Sustainability Into Every Component
The Future of Steel Drums: Building Sustainability Into Every Component
From the steel body to the closures and linings, Greif offers a configurable solution that helps companies advance carbon reduction, chemical safety, and operational performance in one integrated package.This Technical Paper is brought to you by Greif.
Fi Europe 2025: FoodChain ID highlights EU–US packaging compliance gaps and AI-driven R&D
Fi Europe 2025: FoodChain ID highlights EU–US packaging compliance gaps and AI-driven R&D
At Fi Europe 2025, experts from FoodChain ID shared insights into the evolving intersection of packaging compliance and digital innovation. We spoke to Stuart Held, the company’s VP of Sales and Robert Nieuwerf, FoodChain ID’s strategic account manager, about the key differences between EU and US packaging regulations. We also discussed how FoodChain ID’s Mentor AI R&D platform transforms and material development.
Packaging industry 2025: Most read stories
Packaging industry 2025: Most read stories
In 2025, packaging faced tightening regulations, rising scrutiny over environmental claims, and accelerated digitalization, with the integration of AI and connected platforms gaining traction. Meanwhile, cost pressures, consumer priorities, and legal risk led some major brands to scale back or rethink sustainability targets. We look back at the year’s top read stories.
The biopolymer business evolution: How can packagers buy a market stronghold?
The biopolymer business evolution: How can packagers buy a market stronghold?

In the second of circularity consultant Paul Foulkes-Arellano’s Insider Views on the biomaterials market for packaging, he looks at how the industry will grow through acquisitions, investment in manufacturing, and big-ticket mergers and alliances. He also looks at why a reluctance to invest competitively is causing Europe to fall behind other global markets.

Rabobank urges packaging industry to prepare for big changes amid incoming EU waste regulation
Rabobank urges packaging industry to prepare for big changes amid incoming EU waste regulation
12 Oct 2023 --- The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is set to trigger “significant changes” in the packaging industry and require producers to revise their product portfolios and sourcing processes to comply, according to a new report from Rabobank. The PPWR, which is still in the proposal stage, aims to reduce packaging waste and support environmental sustainability. The regulation sets targets for recycling, reuse, refill and waste reduction, outlining design criteria for higher packaging recyclability, and mandates the establishment of DRS for beverage containers made of plastic and metal.

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UK pEPR: Industry reacts to stricter PackUK Year 2 Illustrative Fees
UK pEPR: Industry reacts to stricter PackUK Year 2 Illustrative Fees
PackUK has published the Year 2 Illustrative Fees for the country’s packaging EPR (pEPR). We discuss the new document with Ecosurety, the organization responsible for compliance, and the UK’s Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA).According to PackUK, from Year 2 (April 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027), fees will be modulated “to drive a shift toward more environmentally sustainable packaging design,” with recyclability used as an indicator. “Packaging items are subject to higher or lower modulated fees based on recyclability assessments in line with the Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM).”
SEMICON Japan 2025 live: Researchers introduce nanoparticle tech for advanced...
SEMICON Japan 2025 live: Researchers introduce nanoparticle tech for advanced packaging
At SEMICON Japan 2025, researchers from the country’s Shimane University’s Fujita–Yoshida Laboratory are showcasing semiconductor nanoparticle-coated films with a single-crystal internal structure. 

At the event, we speak to professor Yasuhisa Fujita from the graduate school of natural science and technology at Shimane University to learn more about the latest film innovations and how these can be applied to advanced semiconductor packaging. The lab, which received the Academia Award 2025 at the trade show, introduces devices built from zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles that can be fabricated by a simple process of coating in the atmosphere. The technology for the growth of ZnO films can be applied to advanced semiconductor packaging. 
Canpack and Royal Swinkels bring tattoo art to limited edition can design
Canpack and Royal Swinkels bring tattoo art to limited edition can design
Canpack and the 8.6 brand of Royal Swinkels have introduced the 2025 8.6 Tattoo Limited Edition can design for 8.6 Original 50 cl can. The collaboration combines “technical innovation and creative vision,” aiming to deliver a product that is “visually striking and commercially scalable.” The partnership is said to allow the brand’s story to be told with “intensity, authenticity and precision.”
SEMICON Japan 2025 live: Merck highlights data-driven optimization for...
SEMICON Japan 2025 live: Merck highlights data-driven optimization for lightweight packaging
Merck presents its packaging material innovation, lightweighting, and reuse initiatives at the ongoing SEMICON Japan 2025, December 17–19, in Tokyo. Live on the show floor, Packaging Insights speaks to the German multinational science and technology company about its packaging reduction strategies and how it plans to develop “future-proof” packaging.
Majority of US and global consumers support DRS, survey finds
Majority of US and global consumers support DRS, survey finds
Most US consumers are in favor of DRS, with even greater support shown globally, reveals a new survey commissioned by the non-profit collaborative program Every Can Counts.The study included more than 16,000 participants from Brazil, the US, the United Arab Emirates, and 13 European countries. The results reveal 58% of US citizens support DRS, while 71% of participants from other surveyed nations express support for DRS.
Food Ingredients First reviews 2025: F&B innovation amid regulatory and supply...
Food Ingredients First reviews 2025: F&B innovation amid regulatory and supply chain pressures

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It was a year that tested the F&B industry’s resilience while accelerating its transformation. From geopolitical trade shocks and regulatory upheaval to climate-driven supply volatility and shifting consumer health priorities, the operating environment became more complex. Across every region, businesses were forced to make faster, more strategic decisions on sourcing, formulation, technology, and transparency, redefining what competitiveness looks like in a disrupted global food system.
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Packaging industry 2025: Most read stories
In 2025, packaging faced tightening regulations, rising scrutiny over environmental claims, and accelerated digitalization, with the integration of AI and connected platforms gaining traction. Meanwhile, cost pressures, consumer priorities, and legal risk led some major brands to scale back or rethink sustainability targets. We look back at the year’s top read stories.
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EU Environmental Omnibus sparks industry debate over PPWR...
The European Commission (EC) has published the new Environmental Omnibus to simplify environmental legislation in the circular packaging economy, industrial emissions, and environmental assessments. Packaging Insights speaks to Ecosurety, the European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN), and Zero Waste Europe, to explore how the Environmental Omnibus will affect the packaging industry, including the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
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November in review: Sealed Air’s US$10.3B buyout, UK pEPR...
Last month, Sealed Air entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by funds affiliated with CD&R for US$10.3 billion. The UK government introduced draft amendments to the country’s packaging EPR (pEPR) before the UK Parliament. In packaging lawsuits, P&G was sued in the US over its toothpaste packaging, and Ineos began to face a new lawsuit over the environmental and health impacts of its plastics facility in Belgium. 

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Sustainable packaging trendsJan2026

Innova Market Insights data reveals a rise in sustainable F&B packaging claims from October 2020 to September 2025. Consumers have shown a strong preference for sustainable packaging, with 65% sel...

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Next-gen glass circularity Jan 2026

According to data from Innova Market Insights, consumers view glass as a sustainable material for F&B packaging, with 34% of global consumers considering it to be very sustainable. In addition, 65% of consumers separate glass packaging in their household for recycling purposes.

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Packaging Insights’ sweet spot: Confectionery picksJan 2026

Confectionery launches showed a 2% year-over-year growth between October 2023 and September 2025, according to Innova Market Insights data. Nearly half of the launches occurred in flat pouches, and more than half were packaged in plastic. Meanwhile, launches featuring carbon labeling claims gained ground.

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Fi Europe 2025: FoodChain ID highlights EU–US packaging compliance gaps and AI-driven R&D

At Fi Europe 2025, experts from FoodChain ID shared insights into the evolving intersection of packaging compliance and digital innovation. We spoke to Stuart Held, the company’s VP of Sales and Robert Nieuwerf, FoodChain ID’s strategic account manager, about the key differences between EU and...

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SEMICON Japan 2025 live: Watttron talks heating tech for packaging and semiconductors
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