Packaging Regulation

What the PPWR means for companies from 2026 - Dr Markus W. Pauly

10 November 2025

The new EU packaging regulation PPWR is changing everything: in this recording from Future Resources 2025, lawyer Dr Markus W. Pauly explains what obligations companies will face from 2026 - and why now is the right time to prepare.

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Recyclable design and new obligations under the PPWR - Gunda Rachut

10 November 2025

Recycling-friendly design, declarations of conformity and tight timeframes: Gunda Rachut from the Central Agency Packaging Register explains in the recording from Future Resources 2025 what challenges the PPWR poses for companies - and why much of it should have been implemented long ago.

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Increasing PCR shortage under the requirements of the PPWR - Matthias Giebel

10 November 2025

Time is running out: In the recording from Future Resources 2025, Matthias Giebel shows why Europe is unlikely to achieve its recyclate quotas by 2030 - and what companies need to do now to avoid falling behind.

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Plastics in the circular economy - Dr Christine Bunte, PlasticsEurope Germany

25 September 2025

Circular economy instead of plastic bashing? On FACHPACK TV, PlasticsEurope CEO Dr Christine Bunte talks about the reputation of plastics, the reality of recycling and the future of the industry.

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The best packaging of the year - Dr Natalie Brandenburg

24 September 2025

What moves the packaging industry: The talk with Dr Natalie Brandenburg from the German Packaging Institute is about the highlights of the German Packaging Award 2025, innovative solutions, curious winners - and why packaging can do more than many people think.

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Folding boxboard - a prime example of a successful circular economy? - Christian Schiffers, FFI

24 September 2025

How does the circular economy work with cartonboard? Christian Schiffers, Managing Director of the Folding Carton Industry Association (FFI), talks about sustainability, regulation and young talent at FACHPACK 2025.

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The challenges of PPWR - Sonja Bähr, Berndt+Partner Creality

24 September 2025

What does the PPWR mean for companies in concrete terms? Why is time now running out for many? And how is the packaging industry changing from the inside out? Packaging expert Sonja Bähr provides first-hand answers on FACHPACK TV.

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PPWR: Test of recyclability - Maresa Zimmermann, Henkel

24 September 2025

Maresa Zimmermann from Henkel Adhesive Technologies talks to FACHPACK TV about the challenges of developing recyclable paper-based packaging, technical hurdles and the requirements of the EU packaging regulation PPWR.

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Wood packaging and the EU deforestation regulation

23 September 2025

t FACHPACK, HPE representative Markus Kirchner explains what new regulations such as the EUDR mean for the industry - and how the association is responding to them. A conversation about opportunities, challenges and the future of wooden packaging.

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"Christstollen-Gate" and how an association is fighting against the madness - Karsten Hunger, IPV

23 September 2025

Karsten Hunger, Managing Director of the Industrial Association for Paper and Film Packaging (IPV), talks to us about the opportunities and challenges of flexible packaging in the current packaging industry.

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The PCR gap: Circular Packaging 2030 - Dr Jan Hendrik Kempkes, Interzero

23 September 2025

The use of recyclate is faltering: packaging should become more sustainable - but the necessary post-consumer recyclate (PCR) is in short supply in many places. In a new market analysis, Interzero shows where the causes lie and what companies can do now. In conversation: Dr Jan-Hendrik Kempkes, Head of Legal & Regulatory Affairs.

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How Rossmann is making packaging more sustainable - Helena Bomholt, Dirk Rossmann GmbH

23 September 2025

What is Rossmann doing about packaging? Project manager Helena Bomholt explains to FACHPACK TV how the drugstore chain is making its own brands more sustainable - from recycling quotas and the use of recyclates to microplastic-free formulas.

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AI, automation & packaging regulations - where does the packaging machinery industry stand?

20 March 2025

The packaging machinery industry is regarded as a key sector for sustainable packaging solutions. But how well positioned is the industry really when it comes to topics such as artificial intelligence, automation and the new EU packaging regulation (PPWR)? Interview with Martin Buchwitz, Packaging Valley Germany e.V.

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Packaging industry in transition: Thomas Reiner (dvi) at the German Packaging Congress 2025

20 March 2025

In an interview with Thomas Reiner, CEO of the German Packaging Institute (dvi), we take a look at current developments in the packaging industry.

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Circular Valley Convention 2025: Pöppelmann on the future of the circular economy

12 March 2025

At the Circular Valley Convention 2025 in Düsseldorf, Benjamin Kampmann from Pöppelmann talks about the strategic importance of recycling and recyclates for the company.

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