Plastic solutions for Friday, 16 October 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. Packaging EPR: who pays across the fresh produce supply chain?Packaging Gateway, 16 Oct
2. Nippon Paper Reuses Used Beverage Cartons as Raw Material for New Cartons, Creating a Closed-Loop Recycling Prototype Through Integrated ProductionCircular Economy Hub, 15 Oct
3. Say goodbye to packaging guiltDaily Tribune, 15 Oct
4. First Recoup Plastic Assembly talks ‘complex’ circular transition plansMaterials Recycling World, 15 Oct
5. It’s a wrap: the art world implications of the EU’s new packaging regulationsThe Art Newspaper, 15 Oct
6. World Mushroom Day: From food to plastic replacementnews – Mongabay, 15 Oct
7. Designing Plastic Recycling for End MarketsWaste360, 14 Oct
8. Why packaging data has become a shared priorityPackaging Europe, 14 Oct
9. Bioplastics expand across packaging formatsPackaging Insights, 14 Oct
10. Pharma ESG rules set up a longer runway for food-grade recycled polypropyleneET Chemicals, 14 Oct