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PRSE 2025 live: Krones expands multilayer tray and PET bottle recycling

PRSE 2025 live: Krones expands multilayer tray and PET bottle recycling

At the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) 2025 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Krones is presenting its plastic recycling solutions. Through its advancements in PET tray and film recycling, as well as bottle-to-bottle processes, the company is responding to the market’s increasing demand for recycled materials.On the show floor, Packaging Insights talks to Nikolas Wolf, head of regional sales Europe at Krones, to discuss the company’s recycling strategy.
Global push for biodegradable packaging faces regulatory gaps and market challenges
Global push for biodegradable packaging faces regulatory gaps and market challenges
The push for biodegradable packaging solutions is gaining momentum. While regulatory support in the EU has accelerated the transition toward biodegradables and away from conventional materials, other markets still rely on consumer-driven demand, according to experts at Sulapac and Releaf Paper. Challenges in biodegradable packaging commercialization, financing, and infrastructure persist, but innovative materials and strong advocacy efforts help to overcome these hurdles.
Nextek CEO and founder: Addressing decontamination is a key step toward food pack circularity
Nextek CEO and founder: Addressing decontamination is a key step toward food pack circularity
Industrial recycling of post-consumer polyolefin films lacks a decontamination process that allows food-grade compliance, says Edward Kosior, CEO and founder at Nextek.  We discuss the challenges of flexible plastic recycling and how the company’s COtooClean mechanical recycling technology can solve this issue with Kosior.
Ready Meal revamps
Ready Meal revamps
Innova Market Insights data indicates that Ready Meal launches increased by 4% on average annually from 2020 to 2024. Flat Pouch (39%) was the leading packaging type for the Ready Meal launches in 2024, with Cup and Pot having the fastest increase for NPD. Recyclable (38%) is the leading environmental claim, with bio-based/plant-based packaging surging with 103% growth in the last five years.
PRSE 2025: Eastman talks local waste processing for European plastic circularity
PRSE 2025: Eastman talks local waste processing for European plastic circularity
Eastman highlights its molecular recycling technologies, processing PET waste into food-grade materials at this year’s PRSE. We discuss the company’s portfolio, including its polyester renewal technology, with Eric Dehouck, managing director for Eastman Circular Solutions France.
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In this edition you will learn more about:

  • Top 5 Trends in Beverages, Alcohol for a New Generation, Plant-Powered Preservatives, The Graceful Aging Movement, Compostable Packaging
  • Circularity in Drinks Packaging, Beverage Highlights, “Neo-Hedonism” in Future Food, Nutrient Labeling Systems, Protein from the Extruder
  • Natural Colors in Lifestyle Beverages, Citrus Supply Chains, Trends in Soft Drinks, Vitafoods Preview, Sugar & Sports
  • Beverages Redefined, Live Microbes, Seaweed Hydrocolloids, Mental Performance Drinks, Synbiotics & On-the-Go Nutrition
  • View from the Top: Patrick Niels, president taste, texture & health at dsm-firmenich

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Rigid plastic recycling: Packaging industry navigates regulation and contamination challenges
Man working on plastic recycling conveyor belt.
Separate collection infrastructure in the public space will be key to getting used items into the recycling stream and boosting rigid plastic circularity, according to Eamonn Bates, secretary general at 360° Foodservice, the EU association for the foodservice packaging value chain based in Brussels, Belgium. However, Bates warns that material-specific collections will be difficult to achieve with “the levels of ambivalence we see today from most governments.” 
ExxonMobil develops sustainable collation shrink films with Colombian partners
Water bottles in a plastic bag
ExxonMobil has partnered with Plastilene, a plastics converter headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, and PCR supplier Reciclene to develop collation shrink films that incorporate PCR content while maintaining performance standards and advancing circularity in the plastic industry.Plastilene had previously developed a solution entirely using virgin PE resin, leveraging ExxonMobil’s Exceed Stiff+ m 0238 metallocene PE to “deliver high value in holding force and shrink properties.” However, in alignment with sustainability goals and EPR regulations, the company decided to incorporate PCR content into its structure without compromising performance.
Tomra Recycling harnesses AI for aluminum scrap sorting
tomra AI metal sorting
Tomra Recycling has expanded its advanced metal recycling portfolio with the first application of its AI-based GainNext sorting technology. The deep learning solution can improve the purity of molded aluminum scraps, supporting processors and recyclers.Tomra says its GainNext solution can instantly recover low alloy cast from the wrought aluminum fractions while reducing alloying elements such as silicon, wrestling in “high purity fractions.”
Rockwell Automation elevates F&B packaging manufacturing with motor starter launch
motor starter
Rockwell Automation has launched the M100 Electronic Motor Starter to optimize productivity, reduce downtime, and improve safety in F&B packaging manufacturing. The motor starter can integrate “seamlessly” into intelligent motor control setups, providing a cost-effective, space-efficient option that improves automation performance. The electronic motor aims to simplify panel wiring, reduce component and engineering complexities, advance functional safety solutions, and refine motor starting capabilities.
Contempo Specialty Packaging unveils child-resistant box for pre-rolled cannabis
Several red cigarette boxes with white text
Contempo Specialty Packaging has introduced a child-resistant, cigarette-style box made entirely from paperboard for pre-rolled joints. This solution aims to address both safety and environmental sustainability concerns in the cannabis industry.Creating child-resistant cannabis packaging from paperboard has posed challenges in the past. Cigarette packs with flip-top designs often fail child-resistant testing due to vulnerable tear points, making them accessible to children.
Nasekomo hails “breakthrough” in insect bioconversion with AI-powered platform
Larvae production in the insect farming sector.

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Biotech company Nasekomo says its proprietary insect farming platform, developed in partnership with Siemens, has achieved a 25% feed conversion ratio (FCR) — a performance level that sets a new benchmark for profitability and scale-up within the insect bioconversion sector.
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March in review: Global waste exports, plastic “demonization,” Amazon greenwashing dispute

In March, we spoke to Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO and co-founder at Tipa, about why compostable packaging can solve continuing global waste exports. Meanwhile, Greenback Recycling Technologies told us why the “demonization” of plastic won’t solve pollution challenges. In big news developments, Amazon Basics was accused of “misleading” consumers and contributing to deforestation, and ChemSec raised concerns about the European Commission’s latest proposal to label potentially dangerous substances as “sustainable.” 

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Recycling in Australia: Chemical recycling expands amid plastic waste challenges

Australia’s chemical recycling is in its early stages but increasingly gaining in popularity as a complementary solution to mechanical recycling, according to Toby Manners, CEO of GPT Circular, a plastic waste management company based in Australia and Indonesia. To scale up these technologies, GPT Circular recently announced a “landmark” agreement with iQRenew, an advanced waste recovery company. The partnership aims to foster a new set of specification criteria for soft plastics in advanced chemical recycling in the country. Packaging Insights speaks to Manners about the country’s waste management performance, and how the partnership aims to transform locally collected soft plastics into high-quality recycled materials and tackle contamination in plastic recycling. 

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Recycling in Brazil: Gaia BioMaterials highlights infrastructure challenges and compostable solutions

Brazil’s land area poses logistical challenges for efficient and uniform country-wide plastic recycling infrastructure, according to Dr. Mércia Fernandes, commercial representative for Brazil at plastic fabrication company Gaia BioMaterials.Fernandes highlights the absence of waste collection and treatment policies as the main challenges to plastic circularity. Meanwhile, fluctuation in virgin resin prices often makes it the more economically attractive option, further discouraging the growth of plastic recycling.

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Emerging Packaging Trends in EuropeApr2025

F&B launches in Europe have grown from 2020 to 2024, driven by consumer concerns about preserving food quality. The UK leads in F&B launches, while Ireland has seen the highest increase. In su...

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Ready Meal revamps Apr 2025

Innova Market Insights data indicates that Ready Meal launches increased by 4% on average annually from 2020 to 2024. Flat Pouch (39%) was the leading packaging type for the Ready Meal launches in 2024, with Cup and Pot having the fastest increase for NPD. Recyclable (38%) is the leading environmental claim, with bio-based/plant-based packaging surging with 103% growth in the last five years.

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Fruit & Vegetable packagingApr 2025

Innova Market Insights data shows a rise in global fruit and vegetable product launches, with flat pouches being the leading packaging type. Among sustainable claims, "recyclable" was the most common, while carbon label claims saw notable growth.

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PRSE 2025: Eastman talks local waste processing for European plastic circularity

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