The bioplastics market shows strength on the back of packaging sector, but feedstock may restrain demand

Plastic has become an indispensable part of our daily lives. We are using plastics made products on a daily basis. However, plastic waste is emerging a major threat for the environment, where the risk to the ocean life has been in the rise. We have seen some approaches to restrain plastics usage by applying charges
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Consumer electronics to provide renewed growth to corrugated packaging and particularly microflute

The growing online retailing has fuelled demand for electrical goods and supported demand for corrugated boxes for the shipments of these fragile goods. The consumer electronics sector has been using folding cartons, rigid boxes and corrugated packaging. More expensive and high-end devices are using rigid/set- up boxes, while folding cartons have now been replacing microflute
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The UK government’s 25-year environmental plan to impact the plastic packaging industry

The UK government has recently published a 25 Year Environment Plan (25YEP) showing its commitments to improve the environment. One of the goals is to minimise waste, mainly plastic and plastic packaging. It is estimated that nearly 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic have been produced globally since the 1950s, and with the expected demand growth
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Smart Packaging to Reduce Food Waste

Food waste is an environmental, social, and financial concern to the world but at the same time providing an opportunity for the packaging industry to develop smart packaging solutions. Around 25% of all food produced around the world ends up in landfills annually, implying that nearly 1.3 billion tonnes of food get wasted, Food and
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Jute Packaging Industry in Doldrums

In early December 2015, the Bangladeshi government banned the export of raw jute aiming to curb the surging domestic jute prices as well as to ensure ample supply for its own jute mills. One of the main reasons behind the price surge has been the severe shortage of jute in the domestic market due to
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China implements new standards for food packaging

China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) introduced the new ‘Food Safety Law’ in October this year and opened for public comments until 31st October 2015. It is essential for companies, who are involved in food and food packaging business with China, to be aware of these newly introduced changes. This new revised Food
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Ways to reduce plastic waste

Plastic waste can be found everywhere nowadays.  A very small percentage of plastic waste can be recycled whilst most of it ends up in landfills, beaches and oceans. The side effects of plastic waste to our environment and human health are acute. Commodity Inside believes that full involvement and commitment from both government and public
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