In 2025, two major themes dominate the packaging industry: legislation and sustainability. The European Union’s new directives impose stricter requirements, while consumer expectations for environmentally friendly packaging continue to rise. Here are five essential aspects every business should know about food packaging in 2025. 1. Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) The Packaging and Packaging…
Ricoplaza Oy is a family-owned business from Helsinki, established in 1998, that handcrafts high-quality and fresh deli products for retail. Their products are sold under the Eat & Enjoy -brand in well-stocked K-group stores in the Helsinki metropolitan area, Pirkanmaa, and Turku regions, as well as in S-group stores and ABC stations in Pirkanmaa. Ricoplazas…
Food packaging is an essential part of our everyday life. Have you ever thought about how you would buy bread, oatmeal, or juice without packaging? It sounds impossible, doesn’t it?
When discussing environmental impacts, plastic often comes to the fore in a very negative light. Plastic is easily perceived as litter, and images of plastic plates in the sea come to mind. But the fact is that plastic is only a problem when it ends up in the environment. Up to 60% of marine litter…
What could be better than getting together with family and friends to enjoy the best of summer? Preparing and enjoying summer delicacies, especially barbecue food, brings a lot of joy, but it’s also important to remember to be environmentally friendly. Barbecuing generates a lot of waste, especially from different types of packaging, but with a little effort it is easy to recycle.
You can identify the material labels on packaging by a triangle of three arrows with a number inside and a combination of letters below. Although the labels may seem tricky at first, after a little research they will clearly show you how to recycle each type of packaging.
The Finnish Plastics Roadmap is a national programme whose main objective is to promote the circular economy of plastics and achieve significant breakthroughs in Finland by 2030.
Greenwashing is misleading marketing, where a company or organization creates the illusion of being environmentally friendly without taking real and significant green actions. For example, greenwashing is when a company advertises a particular product using misleading or inaccurate claims, such as “eco-friendly” or “sustainable”, without proper certification or proof. Greenwashing can mislead consumers and make it difficult to choose real sustainable alternatives.
Producer responsibility for packaging is a legal obligation for companies to organize the re-use, recycling and other waste management of products and to cover the costs of this.
Today, there are several types of disposable gloves available for various purposes. The most common ones are gloves made from nitrile, latex, and PVC (vinyl plastic). Gloves should always be chosen based on their intended use and the required level of protection. Gloves can be classified either as medical devices according to Regulation (EU) 2017/745…
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