28 Mar Mintel’s top global packaging trends for 2019 and beyond
Mintel, the world’s leading market intelligence agency, has today (26 March 2019) announced four trends impacting the global packaging industry in 2019 and beyond.
27 Nov The technology of food and drink in focus at fdt Africa 2019
food & drink technology Africa (fdt Africa) will return to Johannesburg next year, bringing with it an extended expo focus and thus much more value to exhibitors and visitors...
24 Oct ‘Time to find truth and balance’ in myriad anti-plastic messages
It is time to find truth and balance in the myriad calls for plastics to be replaced with alternatives or degradable versions. If we don’t, we risk setting policies, formulating regulations, enacting legislation and investing in technologies that will do more harm than good, asserts SA National Bottled Water Association executive director, Charlotte Metcalf.
24 Apr Labels, glues reduce recyclability of beverage bottles
A new study coming out of the US has confirmed what companies involved in food-bev packaging and recycling in SA have known for some time – despite the strides made in reducing the environmental impact of PET beverage bottles, the insensitive selection of other packaging...