EFSA European Food Safety Authority

PP RECYCLING Food-safe recycled polypropylene makes the grade on both sides of the Atlantic / ‘Game changer,' says industry rep	29.09.2025
RCS PET recycler invests in Croatian bottle recycler / Greater reach in Southeast Europe	24.09.2025
INEOS STYROLUTION Collaboration with Theo Müller to market rPS dairy packaging for Aldi Süd	27.08.2025
TITANIUM DIOXIDE European Court of Justice overturns ECHA carcinogen classification in final instance / EU committed “manifest error” / NGOs concerned about precedent	11.08.2025
PFAS Sustainable healthcare group warns of forever chemicals inaction / 150 European medical professionals write to EU Commission	10.06.2025
RIGID PLASTICS RECYCLING Polyolefins reclaim capacity growth stalls in Europe on lower demand / Challenges in collection, sorting systems persist / Extra capacity needed to meet PPWR targets	15.05.2025
TRINSEO Launch of rPS for food-contact applications	12.03.2025
PLASTICS AND HEALTH EFSA says styrene not gentoxic / First-ever food-contact migration limit expected / EuPC welcomes approach	27.01.2025
EUROPEAN PACKAGING REGULATION PPWR published in official journal of the European Union / Unresolved questions surrounding reusable transport packaging	24.01.2025
BISPHENOL-A EU bans use of BPA in food-contact materials / Transitional periods of up to 36 months	13.01.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING Future Resources Congress: Challenges resulting from PPWR for recyclate use, recyclability / European Packaging Register Network established	29.11.2024
SABIC Partnership with Oerlemans, Lamb Weston to create packaging from bio-renewable feedstock / Packs for frozen food hit shelves in UK, Netherlands	16.10.2024
PLASTIC PACKAGING Regulation, recession, recycling: Pressure on manufacturers is growing / Demand for industrial packaging notably weakened – FachPack trade fair	14.10.2024
BERRY GLOBAL Launch of cosmetics packaging made from PCR polypropylene / CleanStream recyclates get FDA approval	21.08.2024
JOKEY Cooperation with German waste disposal company on PP recycling / Closed-loop food packaging	21.05.2024
BISPHENOL A New EU regulations on the horizon / Public consultation in progress / “Health risk across all age groups”	20.02.2024
DRAVA INTERNATIONAL Blaze in Croatia destroys stores of PE, PET waste / Injuries reported	06.10.2023
DENTIS Significant PET recycling capacity expansion in Italy / New brand for food-grade recyclate	11.09.2023
EU LEGISLATION Regulatory changes for food-contact plastics to take effect in August / Updates for plasticisers / No new review for styrene	19.07.2023
INEOS STYROLUTION Partners to mechanically recycle PS food packaging / Greenfield plant to be built in Germany	11.07.2023
WINE BOTTLES “PET is the best and most environmentally kind material for bottle packaging” / Packamama founder and CEO Santiago Navarro talks about his rPET flat-packed wine bottles and global expansion plans	12.04.2023
CIRCULAR ECONOMY New EU requirements for recycled plastics with food contact	08.12.2022
NGR K 2022: EFSA, FDA food contact approval for rPET from LSP process	24.10.2022
CIRCULAR ECONOMY New EU regulation aims to pave way for recyclate use in food packaging / Interview with IK managing director Martin Engelmann	29.09.2022
BISPHENOL A FDA under pressure as Europe moves to revise TDI for BPA / Critics claim Americans are “overexposed”	02.02.2022