Plastic solutions for Friday, 25 September 2026

Today’s headlines about what is working against plastic pollution: new laws, recycling and reuse technology, cleanups and funding. Links go to the original publishers.

1. PaperFlex Consortium launched to accelerate paper-based flexible packaging innovationPackaging South Asia, 25 Sep
2. VIDEO | Achieving Recyclable Automotive and Lubricant PackagingPackaging Strategies, 25 Sep
3. How jute, Bangladesh's 'golden thread', could replace plasticThe Business Standard, 24 Sep
4. Pyramid Technoplast gets GPCB nod to recycle third-party industrial packaging wasteIndian Chemical News, 24 Sep
5. Mondi to highlight packaging innovations at PACK EXPO International 2026PULPAPERnews.com, 24 Sep
6. With BASF Ultramid® B3K, BOOXit Transport Boxes Meet the Demanding Requirements of Reusable Packaging LogisticsSustainable Packaging News, 24 Sep
7. University of Colorado Boulder Becomes First Colorado Campus to Launch Plastic-Free Reuse with USEFULLSustainable Packaging News, 24 Sep
8. Shift to sustainable plastic packaging faces regulatory and market hurdles, Rabobank reportsFreshFruitPortal.com, 24 Sep
9. B3K, BOOXit Transport Boxes Meet the Demanding Requirements of Reusable Packaging LogisticsBASF – United States, 24 Sep
10. Reusable, recycled, and recyclable: Waitrose unveils latest Universal Bag editionGreen Retail World, 24 Sep
11. Biffa urges manufacturers to review recyclability ahead of pEPR deadlinePackaging News, 24 Sep
12. Packaging, EPR and ZEVs: Inside This Year’s RCC Retail Sustainability Conferenceretail-insider.com, 24 Sep
13. Aussie's cheap Bali supermarket haul praised for plastic solution: 'No brainer'au.lifestyle.yahoo.com, 24 Sep
14. Less sorting coming to Airdrie Recycle Depot starting Oct. 1DiscoverAirdrie, 24 Sep
15. PPWR Is Here: What Packaging Teams Need to Do NowHealthcare Packaging, 24 Sep