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The microbead ban: what is means for the packaging industry
Earlier this year, a ban on the manufacture of products containing microbeads came into force in the UK. The tiny pieces of plastic are used to rinse-off products such as...
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May’s top news stories
Princes to use recycled content in more than 50% of its plastic bottles, Novolex to acquire Newell’s Waddington Group for $2.3bn, and Corona and Parley for the Oceans launch waste...
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Why are more and more beauty packaging companies investing in sustainability?
The past few months have seen increasing numbers of companies in the beauty and healthcare industries making sustainable pledges in order to help protect the environment. What is the reason...
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Discussing the packaging generation gap with Kantar TNS
While attitudes towards plastic packaging waste have begun to change, research from Kantar TNS suggests that different age brackets believe the solution to reducing unnecessary packaging lies in drastically different...
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April’s top news stories
The UK Government sets up a £60m fund to cut down plastic, Transcontinental to acquire Coveris Americas for $1.32bn, and RPC Bebo develops new thermoformed screw closure system. Packaging-gateway.com wraps...
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Inside Packaging: Issue 40
In this issue: We look at materials and innovation, the microbead ban and much more.
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Inside Packaging – Market Focus Special Issue – May 2018
In this issue: The latest research, insights and analysis from GlobalData, including smart and simple pack designs and how packaging can add value to toiletries and hygiene products
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Adding value through packaging: prepared meals
Prepared meals is a very popular and constantly developing category of products, open to all sorts of innovations. Using research from GlobalData, Eloise McLennan explores developments in convenient new packaging...
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No restrictions: capitalising on miniature products
The booming travel-size products industry shows no sign of slowing down, so it makes perfect sense that brands of all shapes and sizes are offering their best-selling, sweet-smelling goods to...
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A crucial role: packaging design within healthcare
Packaging design must be carefully considered across many industries, says Alan Davies, global design manager at Essentra. Take the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, where packaging is crucial because consumers are...
