by Piotr Pogorzelski | Oct 9, 2023 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
One year ago, Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper opened its first in-house recyclability testing laboratory in Frantschach, Austria with the aim to test the recyclability of paper and paper-based packaging using non-paper components such as coatings. It is...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Oct 3, 2023 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
The pulp and paper sector has already decoupled growth and CO2 emissions for several decades, but it remains energy-intensive. To go even further in its commitment to climate change mitigation it bets on breakthroughs in an array of technologies, which could reduce...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Sep 26, 2023 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
Together with the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, a coalition of European trade associations representing 20% of the EU’s manufacturing companies launched a debate on how a circular bioeconomy could enable a more competitive Europe, while at the same time...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Sep 19, 2023 | Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
The European social partners representing companies and workers in the printing and paper sectors, Intergraf, Cepi, UNI Europa Graphical, FEPE, and IndustriAll Europe, have issued a joint statement, expressing their concerns about the increasing promotion of digital...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Jul 31, 2023 | Industry Statistics, Media Resources, Sustainability and Circularity
The latest report by the European Paper Recycling Council (EPRC) shows that paper value chain is still on track to reach a 76% paper recycling rate by 2030. Already outperforming every other material on recycling, and setting the standard for the rest of the world. In...
by Piotr Pogorzelski | Jul 31, 2023 | Sustainability and Circularity
The EPRC monitoring report 2022 is available here.