2026 News Archive
Note: All articles listed below were originally published in the year specified.
January
- Brands rethink sustainability communication as packaging rules tighten
- Avery Dennison positions smart packaging and traceability as key to cut food waste
- Notpla receives EU funding to develop plastic-free coffee cups
- Burgopak collaborates with Placard to unveil bank card packaging for Emerge
- UK shoppers call for mandatory traffic light nutrition labels to tackle “obesity crisis”
- Dubai expands single-use plastics bans in line with national waste policy
- Testing news 13 Jan 2026
- Aimplas to research bioplastic from agricultural waste for packaging
- SABIC reshapes petrochemicals portfolio in US$950M sale
- Tetra Recart targets home-cooking trend with F&B carton innovation
- L’Oréal brands turn to Cosmogen for premium mini beauty formats
- Standardization of European food ecolabels can prevent consumer confusion, study finds
- Canada introduces front-of-package nutrition symbol for “unhealthy” foods
- CES 2026: Nuon Medical unveils tech-integrated cosmetic packaging ecosystem
- DS Smith equips Raymarine with fiber-based packaging for radar products
- Test Jan 08
- Global efforts to limit packaging waste pollution struggle at UNEA-7 but 2026 holds promise
- Malaysia launches reverse vending machines at transit hubs to boost recycling
- Aluminum cans offer viable alternative to glass for wine packaging, study finds
- Faerch drives sustainability with increased tray rPET supply for food packaging
- Aduro Clean Technologies tackles flexible plastic waste in Mexico
- UCanPack launches tall e-commerce boxes to cut transit damage
- US FDA requires tamper-resistant packaging for cosmetics
- Next-gen glass circularity: Why system change matters
- Florida bill seeks to push back local paper straw regulations
- Test Jan 06
- Returnity provides US retailer with reusable packaging to modernize backrooms
- AI and data optimization propel packaging material reduction innovation
- Japan urged to strengthen packaging circularity policies, shifting from disposal to design
- Lecta unveils recyclable metalized paper for frozen foods
- December in review: Global bioplastic developments, EPR in Southeast Asia, EU PPWR debates
