News and publications - Sustainable Food Packaging
News
-
Areas for improvement in Dutch beverage carton recycling
-
Rejected bananas suitable as raw material for biodegradable plastics
-
WUR starts Unpack your challenge - three packaging strategies unravelled
-
Water-soluble polymer could make vaporized aluminium in food packaging unnecessary
-
Less than one third of the plastic packages are well-recyclable
-
Recycled plastics qualify as feedstock, but the leap forward is still ahead
-
Accessible booklet about the current biobased plastics situation
-
Consumers positive about smart shelf life indicator on packaging
-
Theoretical limit in recycling rates for plastic packages scientifically established
-
PET bottles can benefit from clean recyclates
Articles
-
Six questions about sustainable packaging
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Plastic waste littering on the roadside, packaging on river banks, plastic ravaging the oceans and their inhabitants. Campaign groups such as the...
Media
- 2 July 2021 - Researchers investigate water-soluble polymers as alternative to hard-to-recycle aluminum in food packets - Packaging Insights
- 7 June 2021 - How can the industry increase the rate of easily recyclable plastic packs?
- 26 May 2021 - Wageningen study: Dutch plastics recycling held back by unrecyclable packaging designs - Packaging Insights
- 8 March 2021 - Pack with Impact - Vakblad Voedingsindustrie
Wageningen World
Publications
-
Packaging : Sustainable versus political gain
Voedingsindustrie : vakblad (2023) - ISSN 2213-5758 -
Packaging between ideology and reality
-
Packaging in the eye of the storm
-
Mono-barrière-follies kunnen houdbaarheid grofweg halveren : Maakt ander consumptiegedrag recyclebare verpakkingen mogelijk?
Voedingsmiddelentechnologie (2022)6. - ISSN 0042-7934 - p. 22 - 23. -
Recycling van kunststofverpakkingen
-
Reusable packaging in Europe
-
Recyclebare mono-barrière-folies kunnen houdbaarheid grofweg halveren : Maakt ander consumptiegedrag recyclebare verpakkingen mogelijk?
Voedingsmiddelentechnologie (2022)6. - ISSN 0042-7934 - p. 22 - 23. -
Sorting plastic packages with 3D relief codes
In: Conference Proceedings The 23rd IAPRI World Conference on Packaging (IAPRI Bangkok 2022). - : Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research - ISBN 9789749534649 - p. 426 - 435. -
Packaging is the new raw material
Packaging is the new raw material, Vakblad Voedingsindustrie, 2022-07-04, Judith Witte, https://vakbladvoedingsindustrie.nl/en/article/packaging-is-the-new-raw-material;Verpakking is de nieuwe grondstof, Vakblad Voedingsindustrie, 2022-07-04, https://vakbladvoedingsindustrie.nl/nl/artikel/verpakking-is-de-nieuwe-grondstof -
Reusable packaging in Europe - between facts and fiction