CEFLEX News & Events
A truly transformational time for packaging
On the journey towards CEFLEX’s ‘Mission Circular’, our collective understanding and actions is normally measured in small increments; but recent months have seen just the opposite.
Key issues shaping a global treaty to end plastic pollution – a guide to INC4 and flexible packaging
Governments, NGOs and businesses at the forefront of pushing for global rules to reduce plastic pollution meet for a decisive 4th round of intergovernmental negotiations 23-29 April in Ottawa, Canada.
Producer responsibility… without producers?
EU legislation happening now will be critical in shaping Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for decades to come – and international best practice and progress on EPR could be undermined, with fees allocated to ‘public revenue’ rather than directly supporting required collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure.
Achieving a deeper understanding of flexible packaging sorting with NIR – Q&A with Dawn Manjaji, NTCP, about CEFLEX’s extensive test programme
A process engineer at the Dutch National Test Centre for Circular Plastics (NTCP), Dawn Manjaji, shares insights from a recent industrial Near-Infrared (NIR) study conducted for CEFLEX, which shows how different designs of flexible packaging affect sortability
New NIR insights provide rigorous data for flexible packaging design and sorting – Sandra Beckamp, Institut cyclos‑HTP GmbH
Sandra Beckamp, Managing Director at Institut cyclos-HTP GmbH, discusses how a unique and in-depth Near-Infrared (NIR) study showed how different designs of flexible packaging affect recognition and sortability.
NIR test programme reveals factors influencing sorting flexible packaging materials
A major international collaboration to provide independent, scientific data linked to design, sortability and mechanical recyclability of flexible packaging has published its first report – with a focus on Near Infrared (NIR) technology.
A global opportunity? The UN treaty to end plastic pollution and flexible packaging
As negotiations begin to evolve from a focus on process to shaping final content, #MissionCircular looks at some key issues.
CEFLEX ‘Design Check’ tool to accelerate sustainable design
Online tool gives valuable guidance to designers, packaging technologists, customers and suppliers of flexible packaging – helping them collaborate and innovate throughout the design process.
Multi-country study setting new benchmark for detail and understanding of plastic packaging in European waste streams
CEFLEX and partners are conducting a multi-country compositional analysis to research the type and amount of flexible packaging and rigid plastic packaging in the post-consumer waste stream. The research is providing valuable data to understand the collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure needed in each country.
Plastic packaging circularity – an opportunity not to be wasted
Working together, legislation and industry can transform the plastics packaging value chain – making significant steps in recyclability and use of recycled content. Separate collection of packaging waste, product design, infrastructure and a strong internal market will be key.
A global treaty to end plastic pollution and accelerate circularity
CEFLEX is seeking harmonised and mandatory design criteria and sustainably funded systems for collection, sorting and recycling of plastic packaging that include flexibles from the outset.
UN Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution: INC-2 Recommendations for negotiators
The Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging (CEFLEX) delegation is bringing its technical expertise in flexible packaging and material circularity to help inform the negotiations and accelerate the global transition to a circular economy.
Can flexible packaging go circular worldwide?
Flexible packaging is recyclable and recycled using mechanical infrastructure used commonly and at scale around the world. Better design and infrastructure are providing a blueprint for new circular businesses, supporting entrepreneurs and helping local communities earn new income
Collectors, sorters and recyclers elect a new CEFLEX Steering Committee representative
Key part of the value chain selects Mike Baxter, External Affairs Director, Berry Global to support ‘Mission Circular’ vision for flexible packaging
EPR in the Global South. Part 2 – a deeper dive into countries and regions
Legislation is springing up across the globe. However, there are no two systems alike and implementation faces challenges. #MissionCircular explores the issues in Ghana, Chile, India and beyond…
EPR in the Global South – a framework for circular packaging and flexibles? Part 1: Tensions, trends and challenges
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation is springing up across the globe. However, there are no two systems alike and implementation faces challenges. #MissionCircular explores the issues.