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South Africa’s draft National Waste Management Strategy 2026 sets out plans to cut waste, boost recycling and support circular economy goals over the next five years.

South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has published the Draft National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) 2026 for public comment, outlining updated national waste policy that could affect packaging waste management and extended producer responsibility (EPR) frameworks in the country.

Amazon works with IIT Roorkee to convert agricultural waste into biodegradable paper mailers, addressing stubble burning problems while creating sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging.

India generates 500 million tonnes of agricultural waste every year—but a collaboration between Amazon and IIT Roorkee is turning it into more sustainable packaging.

Mondelēz International, Inc. today opened applications for the 2026 class of CoLab Tech, the company’s global R&D tech accelerator program. The curriculum is designed to collaborate with entrepreneurs pioneering snack-forward technologies with high potential for commercialization and scale. This year’s focus is on technologies that can help advance Mondelez’s innovation agenda, including supply chain and agricultural resilience, consumer wellness priorities such as fiber and protein, operational efficiencies and sustainable packaging.

RRD has released its 2026 Integrated Packaging Report, revealing a substantial disconnect between industry ambi

Mindbodygreen has recalled more than 148,000 bottles of its Ultimate Multivitamin+ dietary supplement due to packaging that fails to meet federal child safety standards.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported the packaging does not follow child-resistance packaging, which creates a risk of injury or death from poisoning or swallowing the pills.

goplasticpallets.com, the responsible plastic pallet company, has further strengthened the portfolio of products it supplies to the UK waste management sector with the launch of two new UN-approved plastic pallet boxes. Both products incorporate secure closure systems to help organisations prioritise health and safety, operational efficiency and compliance when handling hazardous household and industrial waste.

A new cardboard and box packaging production site has opened in the Sumgayit Industrial Park, Azerbaijan.

Managed by “Baku Cardboard and Box Factory”, the facility occupies nearly three hectares within the industrial zone.

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening ceremony.

At the inauguration, Baku Cardboard and Box Factory head Kamran Salmanli outlined details of the plant’s activities to the head of state.

The company secured residency status in the industrial park in 2023 and has invested in technology sourced from Turkey and China.