Plastic solutions for Wednesday, 21 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. Preparing for a new era of packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR)Pinsent Masons, 20 Oct
2. Styrenics Circular Solutions Completes its Founding Chapter and Joins Forces With Plastics Europe to Accelerate Circular StyrenicsSustainable Packaging News, 20 Oct
3. Reusable packaging must earn its environmental advantage on every journeyInnovation News Network, 20 Oct
4. UNDP Launches Training to Help Nigerian Innovators Scale Solutions to Plastic PollutionUnited Nations Development Programme, 19 Oct
5. Eurobrillance, Plastigraf Trevigiana, NatureWorks, and Form iQ Collaborate to Advance Biobased Paperboard PackagingBusiness Wire, 20 Oct
6. Government urged to align packaging rules as costs riseThe Dirt Horticulture News, 20 Oct
7. An 18-Year-Old Invented a Biodegradable Plastic That Fights Microplastic Pollution as It DegradesThe Daily Galaxy, 20 Oct
8. Pack Expo International 2026 brings the future of packaging to ChicagoModern Materials Handling, 20 Oct
9. Mono-Material Packaging: Beauty’s Next Sustainability ShiftBeauty Packaging, 20 Oct
10. One recycling agent per country? Parliament votes to ease rule, capitals balkEU Perspectives, 20 Oct
11. CCT enhances thermal protection with right-sized recyclable cold chain packPackaging Insights, 20 Oct
12. Sege Beach Cleanup: Cenpower Collects 600 Tonnes of Plastic Waste in Two Weeks | News FeedModern Ghana, 19 Oct
13. Fibre-based packaging concept serves alcohol-free beer for every weekdayPackaging Europe, 19 Oct
14. Scientists uncover hidden risks of biodegradable plastics through fish bloodEurekAlert!, 19 Oct