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Non-Food News

Here you will find the latest information and trends relating to packaging solutions for non-food products such as household goods, electronics and textiles. Find out more about sustainable materials, innovative designs and new technologies that improve the protection and shelf life of non-food items. Stay informed about legal requirements and developments that are shaping the future of the packaging industry.
Woman holding bag of feathers

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

18.07.2024

Natural insulation from feathers

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Woman carrying multiple boxes

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

26.03.2024

Why ‘right-sizing’ your parcel packaging is good for the planet, and the bottom line
A compass lying on a tree trunk.

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

18.04.2023

Everything in crisis? The packaging industry before interpack 2023
Schubert opens educative training centre

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

16.01.2023

Training to overcome the lack of skilled professionals
The words

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

12.12.2022

Eventful times for the packaging industry
A delivery van showing many different parcels with different labels stacked inside.

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

17.11.2022

Packaging in the times of e-commerce
Extrusion system PowerCast XL by SML

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

17.11.2022

PCR in film production
White smoke coming out from factory grounds

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

26.09.2022

Reliably determining the carbon footprint of packaging machines
Drink cans and plastic bottles

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

26.09.2022

Life cycle assessments – a useful tool or greenwashing?
Three garbage bins next to each other and one garbage sack for different kinds of waste.

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

14.07.2022

Public obligations for recycling: Germany – a good role model?
Pulp moulded one-way pallet

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

24.06.2022

Hemp, a trending material?
A fully loaded container ship being towed into a harbour.

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

23.06.2022

What are the consequences of the strain on supply chains?
A collage showing the use of the waste compartment in the cigarette packet Input.

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

28.04.2022

Design students develop sustainable packaging
Paper is wrapped around a pallet stacked with water bottles.

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

03.03.2022

Mondi wraps pallets in paper, not plastic
Close-up of some cup plant blossoms; a bee has landed on one of them.

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

15.02.2022

Packaging made out of cup plant fibres – an eco-friendly alternative?
Two men discuss data and statistics on a piece of paper at an office table.

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

05.01.2022

Trends in packaging: All this and more in 2022
Cream cheese packaging with visible design and invisible digital watermark

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

23.11.2021

HolyGrail 2.0 and the digital recycling passport
Bins, bucket, crates for the home with a rug

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

15.03.2021

New products made from packaging
Mask on the floor with a waste bin and a woman’s legs.

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

27.01.2021

Hygienic disposal of masks
LUVE chocolate dessert with an edible spoon

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

08.01.2021

The Edible Spoon
Photo: LUSH

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

07.10.2020

Multi-use Gift Packaging
Foto: Deutsche Post AG

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

09.07.2020

What is conveyor technology 4.0?
Blue ALDI carrier bag

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

03.01.2020

Alternatives to plastic bags and single-use plastic packaging
Robot’s face

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

12.11.2019

Packaging 360 with cutting-edge technologies: a must for the packaging industry
Grafik: Messe Düsseldorf

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

29.10.2019

Number of the Month: Packaging market USA
3D printer

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

19.08.2019

Packaging 360 – how 3D printing uses old bottles
Tampon Book with tampons

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

15.08.2019

The Tampon Book saves VAT

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

02.07.2019

100% measurable: Augmented reality (AR) packaging
“Loop”, the joint initiative of Carrefour and TerraCycle, aims to improve recycling. Photo: Carrefour

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

06.06.2019

France Develops Loop System for Reusable Packaging
It doesn’t just look good: The Adidas FUTURECRAFT.LOOP is a running shoe that is 100% recyclable. Photo: ADIDAS AG

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

04.06.2019

Adidas Boosts Recycling with Trainers
From 20 May 2019 cigarette packaging and related product packaging in the EU must be marked with an individual ID code pursuant to the EU Tobacco Product Directive. Photo: Tim Reckmann@ flickr.com

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

07.05.2019

EU Tobacco Products Directive: Track and Trace for tobacco products
“The Modern Man

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

04.05.2019

Unboxing experiences for e-Commerce packaging
A paradise in light brown and grey. Not many online retailers use shipping packaging that does justice to their brands. Photo: #93753230, Paketdienst © Bumann, www.fotolia.com

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

23.11.2018

The unboxing experience as part of brand communication
This hazard symbol tells us that washing detergent must not be handled by children. Photo: 185630844 | Copyright: fotohansel, fotolia.com

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

23.11.2018

Packaging Symbols, Part 4: User safety
Forgot the tomato ketchup for your French fries? Order online and have it delivered by drone rather than collecting it in the car – this is more eco-friendly. Photo: Amazon

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

19.11.2018

Parcel by Drone: 13 minutes from the order to delivery
The Möbius loop tells us that the packaged product can be recycled. Photo: Wikipedia

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

09.11.2018

Packaging Symbols, Part 3: Recycling
The Möbius loop tells us that the packaged product can be recycled. Photo: Wikipedia

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

19.10.2018

Karaoke Packaging
Water from the bottle: the Solar Dripper makes for an optimum water supply for plants – from orchids to tomatoes. Photo: Solar Dripper

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

24.08.2018

Bottles instead of the Watering Can
Digitisation and augmented reality applications on packaging are increasingly blurring the distinction between the real and digital worlds.

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

26.07.2018

Gamified packaging
Illegal cigarette trade generates billions of tax losses for the EU. The introduction of Track and Trace systems is hoped to put an end to this. Photo: Domino

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

28.05.2018

Track and Trace for Tobacco Packaging
No plastics tax in the EU. Photo: Messe Düsseldorf, Constanze Tillmann

NON-FOOD PACKAGING

17.05.2018

No to plastics tax in the EU