How many kilos of industrial waste does a flexible packaging converter produce when performing trials of new materials in the machines? How many meters of paper packaging is wasted in paper printing companies, every time a new material is purchased? How many trials does the food…
European commision recently published a warning note to Member States, informing which of them is expected to comply with targets set by European Green Deal until 2025, regarding recyclability of municipal and packaging waste. According to Green Deal and legislations 2008/98/EC and 94/62/EC , two targets are required…
We are glad to announce that our laboratory has successfuly extended its accreditation scope of ISO 17025:2017. More specifically, the scope now includes also mechanical testing of materials and the parameters included are the below – Coefficient of friction (CoF) according to…
A new regulation is expected to be completed within 2023, which will replace the “older” directive EU / 62/1994 concerning packaging waste. Proposal of changes has been submitted to the European Commision at the end of 2022. The new regulation…
Plastic materials and circular economy. Research and statistics. For the last three years, circular economy and plastic packaging is one of the most discussed topics all around the globe. Following the lead of a more sustainable planet, European Union (E.U.)…
According to European legislation (EU) 904/2019 and its implementation in Greece with regulation 4736/2020, specific plastic products named as “single use plastics (SUP)” are gradually reduced in the market. Among these materials, production of plastic cutlery, plates and plastic straws…
Association of Hellenic plastics industries (A.H.P.I.) aims to highlight the advantages of plastic materials to the consumers and to correctly position them in the market, by scientifically supporting the plastics industry. Pack-Lab has recently become a member of AHPI, in…
In December 2020 regulation 2020/2151 was published, regarding the marking specification of specific plastic products as listed in Part D of the Annex of regulation 2019/904. These plastic products are: Sanitary towels (pads), tampons and tampon applicators Wet wipes Tobacco…
German environmental agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA) has recently published the 9 Principles for a circular economy. These principles update businesses and citizens in circular economy matters and explain the advantages of materials designed for the circular economy, depicts the importance…
At the beginning of September, the new regulation (EU) 1245/2020 has been published, amending the well-known (EU) 10/2011 on plastic materials intended to come into contact with food. This amendment contains many binding changes regarding migration testing on food contact…