In 30 days, the EU is going to start blocking packaging shipments that are missing one document most buyers have never heard of.
On 12th August, a new EU packaging law came into effect across all 27 member states. It is called PPWR…
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Most people in packaging have heard of EPR. Very few actually understand what it means or how differently every country is approaching it. đ
EPR stands for Extended Producer Responsibility. The idea is simple. If your brand puts packaging into the market, you are…
The worldâs most hated material is also why your food doesnât rot on Day 1
Plastic. Before plastic was accidentally discovered in 1933 and adopted at scale post-1950, food waste happened at an uncontrollable scale.…
A 70 year old professor from Madurai solved 2 of India’s biggest problems by turning plastic waste into roads.
And till now, 2,900 km of National Highways in India have already been made using this waste. (FYI, India does…
Not long ago, we discarded an entire production lot for a Fortune 500 FMCG brand because the color was off by 0.2% If you work in packaging long enough, you realize color is a business asset.
See the pattern? 1 slight color change = loss of millions and trust deficit. In our case, the batch passed…
A snack brand in Japan can actually get penalised if the food inside doesnât closely match whatâs shown on the packaging.
Even a few millimetres of difference can become a problem. And honestly, I find this fascinating because every country treats…
Without plastic lining, one âCoke Canâ could poison you with 4x the safe aluminium levels.
Thatâs because every can is coated with a thin layer of plastic. It doesnât exist for looks. It exists so…
This Indian city just built the worldâs 1st railway station that recycles all its plastic waste.
When I first read about it, I had to double-check if it was real. Because in a country where most…
The âPaper is better than Plastic” MYTH can cost our planet more than you think.
I spoke about this in my previous post, the answer isnât and shouldnât be simply “it’s better for the environment.”…
The material the world media loves to blame as ENEMY #1, is the same one humanity SURVIVED on!
Itâs plastic, and whether people admit it or not, it saved lives. – From N95 masks to syringes, IV bags…
These 2 INDIANS left Silicon Valley to build a startup that RECYCLED 10 Million KGs of plastic!
Meet Mani Vajipeyajula and Rajkiran Madangopal, the co-founders of Banyan Nation. While pursuing his MBA at University of Cambridge, Mani…
US and UK dump thousands of tons of TRASH in India while lecturing us about climate change.
In 2023 alone: â The US shipped 509,159 tons of aluminum waste to India â UK dumped 169,766 tons on…
We BANNED plastic bags to âsave the planetââbut their âeco-friendlyâ alternatives pollute up to 3X MORE.
A new study in Science of the Total Environment just flipped the script on everything we thought we knew: đč…
People call India a âthird-world countryâ but weâre beating the UK and Netherlands in their own game!
India is now using plastic as the raw material behind 40,000+ km of roads across India. While countries like đłđ±…
We were chosen by âNestlĂ©â in Maggiâs comeback after their nationwide ban in May 2015!
We all must remember the time when the FDA banned NestlĂ© India from selling their iconic Maggi noodles. They called…
You are WRONG if you think paper, aluminium or glass is better than plastic for packaging
While everyoneâs busy protesting plastic, theyâre missing a critical point: replacing plastic isnât as simple as it sounds. Hereâs the…
These NIT graduates turned 3.5 lakh kg of plastic waste into a âč1 crore business.
Vaibhav Verma grew up near Delhiâs Bhalswa landfill, where garbage piled up daily. Sonal Shukla, an electronics engineer, was always…
India (a DEVELOPING country) is now helping other developing countries solve their plastic recycling problem.
If that sounds ironic, itâs because it is. đ At the UN plastics treaty in Busan, India proposed a multilateral…
While the world DEBATES over banning plastic, India quietly passed a law that might just solve it.
Starting now, recycled PET bottles can officially be used to package food in India. Recycled plastic was never allowed for…
Switching from plastic to aluminium is a FAILURE at every level. Here’s why
â Environmental Impact -Aluminium cans produce 1,300g CO2 vs. plastic bottles at 633gâmore than double! -Cans weigh 50-60g, while plastic…