News and publications - Sustainable Food Packaging

Areas for improvement in Dutch beverage carton recycling

17 May 2022

Rejected bananas suitable as raw material for biodegradable plastics

06 April 2022

WUR starts Unpack your challenge - three packaging strategies unravelled

15 November 2021

Water-soluble polymer could make vaporized aluminium in food packaging unnecessary

01 July 2021

Less than one third of the plastic packages are well-recyclable

21 May 2021

Recycled plastics qualify as feedstock, but the leap forward is still ahead

09 February 2021

Accessible booklet about the current biobased plastics situation

17 December 2020

Consumers positive about smart shelf life indicator on packaging

14 December 2020

Theoretical limit in recycling rates for plastic packages scientifically established

10 December 2020

PET bottles can benefit from clean recyclates

04 August 2020

Six questions about sustainable packaging

- Overview - Consumers and brand owners have a great need for sustainable alternatives to existing packaging with a high environmental impact. Together with and...

Roadmap for more sustainable solutions for storing and packaging vegetables and fruit

- Other - What is the most sustainable alternative to my current vegetable and fruit packaging? This is a commonly asked question by packaging companies,...

Sustainability requirements call for a good packaging strategy

- Other - Plastic packaging is under fire. It will have to be less and more sustainable. Better recyclable, preferably made from renewable raw materials and...

Designing for safe reuse

- Other - Wageningen researchers are developing water-resistant, biodegradable coating for cardboard, allowing it to be disposed of and recycled with paper. In...

The packaging of food: how to minimalise environmental impact

- Longread - Plastic waste littering on the roadside, packaging on river banks, plastic ravaging the oceans and their inhabitants. Campaign groups such as the...