SUSTAINABILITY DEMANDS DRIVE ADVANCES IN PACKAGING CONVERTING
June 26th, 2023
High energy and raw material prices and wage inflation have been pushing packaging sector converters to reduce waste, and hence costs, with the added benefit of helping the industry meet growing sustainability requirements from regulators and consumers.
Sensing a market opportunity, many packaging converters were already targeting sustainability, developing innovative packaging materials and designs to cut packaging weight and promote re-use and recycling.
However, new legislation is now forcing the issue for packaging producers and their converting partners, ...
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