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105 episodes since 2020
Sustainability Perspectives: Navigating the green transition with data- driven strategies
The importance of sustainability is steadily growing, especially in in Europe, due to regulations like the European Commission’s CSRD-based ESRS. Mitja Brgant, Director of European Operations at sustainability analytics specialist Trayak talks ...
September 16, 2024
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45:37
Sustainability Perspectives: Tackling e-commerce challenges with adhesive tapes
The e-commerce sector is steadily growing. Adhesive tape producer monta’s Sylvia di Felice discusses e-commerce market conditions, challenges, the opportunities that come from choosing the right adhesive tapes, reducing CO2 emissions, recycl...
September 11, 2024
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15:00
Sustainability Perspectives: The machinery manufacturer’s view on flexibles
What are the key trends in the flexible packaging market right now? How does a machinery manufacturer tackle the sustainability demands on flexible packaging such as design for recycling and novel materials? How does collaboration help tackl...
September 02, 2024
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17:00
Using existing infrastructure for new materials with Solutum's Daniel Friedmann
Libby Munford chats with Daniel Friedmann, who has recently been announced as Solutum's Corporate Director and Board Member. Friedmann has been tasked with global scaling of company’s sustainable material with holistic End-of-Life ...
August 20, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 21
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28:24
Fashion for Good with Georgia Parker: Making fashion packaging more sustainable
What are the fashion and textiles industry's biggest problems when it comes to sustainable packaging and where do the solutions lie? To help answer these questions, Victoria Hattersley spoke with Georgia Parker, Innovation Director at
August 14, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 20
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46:04
Collaborative Strength: Three experts unify
Libby Munford chats with Marius Tent, Director & founder, ViaPackaging; Benoit Piette, Founder - Packaging Ecodesign and Circularity Consultant, Bluenote Pack; and Thibaut Mirieu de Labarre, Founder, InspireCo - to find out why they have un...
August 06, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 19
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26:38
The most talked-about mergers in packaging this year – and their potential impact
Like much of our audience, Packaging Europe has been following the ongoing news around Suzano’s...
June 25, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 18
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34:41
ASASE: Giving waste plastics value in Ghana and beyond
“Plastic is a problem when you make it a problem.” Dana Mosora and Hilda Addah set up ASASE Foundation to enable Ghanaian women entrepreneurs to cash in on the plastic waste in the country’s capital Accra to benefit their own communiti...
June 18, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 17
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44:21
Behind the scenes at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations with Magnus Løvold
What really happens at the Global Plastics Treaty INC negotiations, how did the most recent INC-4 unfold and what work is left to do before INC-5 in Busan? Victoria Hattersley finds out from Magnus Løvold of the ...
May 29, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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46:22
The tipping point for digital print? HP's Eli Mahal
On the eve of drupa 2024, HP's Eli Mahal discusses the landscape around print for packaging and labels, why advances in speed and productivity means digital print is poised to go mainstream, how HP is addressing packaging's sustainability deman...
May 22, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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37:10
Women in packaging – collaboration and breaking down barriers
Women are a prominent presence in the packaging industry, but face challenges in what sometimes still is a male-dominated sector. Elisabeth Skoda speaks with two women who have made their mark on the industry – Nerida Kelton, Vice President Sus...
May 14, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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38:27
Developing materials for a sustainable future
Libby Munford catches up with Koon-Yang Lee, Professor of Polymer Engineering at Imperial College London and Lead of the Future Materials Group - a dynamic research group consisting of scientists and engineers proficient in the developmen...
May 08, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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30:02
Scaling novel packaging feedstocks, with Fredric Petit
Why can it be so difficult to scale up some of the more novel or ‘niche’ feedstocks for packaging materials, what role can investors play and how can startups secure this investment? Victoria Hattersley explored these questions with Fredric Pet...
April 30, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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29:54
Turning the tide on ocean plastics – a conversation with Raffi Schieir
“I believe that the word ocean plastic is an overreach of a statement.” Prevented Ocean Plastic’s founder Raffi Schieir speaks to Elisabeth Skoda about challenges and myths around ocean plastic and explains why prevention through high quality c...
April 23, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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32:47
Returnable Packaging Systems: Achieving Net Zero with Safia Qureshi
"...The building blocks are moving, all the CPGs are developing this. They might not openly talk about it, but it's definitely happening behind the scenes." Libby Munford chats with CEO and founder of CLUBZERO, Safia Qureshi, to catch ...
April 17, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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31:26
Paptic & Emerald: collaboration reflections from a start-up and VC
Tuomas Mustonen from Paptic and Fredric Petit from Emerald's sustainable packaging fund reflect on the long journey of a renewable flexible packaging start-up from spin-out to a fast growing business with a mix of VC and corporate backers, what...
April 08, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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29:31
Reuse part 2: Scaling reuse in today’s regulatory landscape
In the second episode of our reuse two-parter, Victoria Hattersley speaks to Stephanie Northen, PhD Researcher in Microplastics and Research Associate for Revolution Plastics and the Global Plastics Policy Centre at the University of Portsmouth...
April 02, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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37:53
Out of sight, out of mind? Waste management with Calvin Lakhan
Bridging the gap between academia, industry and government in issues surrounding waste. Libby Munford talks with Calvin Lakhan, co-investigator of "The Waste Wiki" university run research project, which uses evidence based and scientifica...
March 26, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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27:28
Bringing reuse and refill to mainstream retail
When it comes to the retail sector, what action is needed to scale up reuse and refill? Victoria Hattersley speaks with circular economy consultant Chris Baker who, in the course of his career, has worked with a wide range of organizations such...
March 18, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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39:04
A deep dive into Pro Carton’s 2024 Consumer Study
Pro Carton commissioned a series of studies that explore consumer attitudes towards and perception of packaging, covering a wide range of topics around sustainability and other global concerns such as the economic crisis and war in Ukraine.&nbs...
March 13, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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22:35
Exploring packaging career pathways with Peter Macqueen
Many people end up in the packaging industry by chance, but what makes a career in packaging rewarding and exciting, and what are the options for getting into the industry? Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Peter Macqueen, who is course leader...
February 28, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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36:29
Navigating the connected packaging landscape with Güneri Tugcu and Jenny Stanley
Güneri Tugcu, senior partner manager, Transparency at Amazon, and Jenny Stanley, managing director at Appetite Creative, sit down with Packaging Europe to discuss the connected packaging industry – its continual evolution, current roadblocks, h...
February 20, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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32:56
Sustainability Perspectives: MFC and the future of renewable packaging
The experts from Stora Enso Packaging Materials discuss microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) as an innovation that enables lightweight paperboard. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Kati Ekman, Tuomas Puonti and Mateo Saavedra del Oso about MFC, its role in...
February 19, 2024
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24:07
4evergreen chair Sarah Price on progress in paper packaging circularity
Newly elected chair of 4evergreen, the European platform bringing the entire fibre-based packaging value chain together to advance circularity, discusses the journey, opportunities and challenges for paper-based packaging in 2024.
February 12, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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34:28
David Luttenberger & Tim Sykes discuss the packaging innovation landscape in 2024
With the global packaging Sustainability Awards and Dow's Packaging Innovation Awards opening for submissions, Mintel's David Luttenberger - the world's foremost Packaging Geek and jury member on both competitions - speaks to Tim Sykes about ke...
February 06, 2024
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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50:27