PPWR: the forces at work influencing its scope and direction
For reasons we are all too familiar with, sustainability is a hot topic and the packaging world is not immune to pressures to make changes in the face of climate change.
For reasons we are all too familiar with, sustainability is a hot topic and the packaging world is not immune to pressures to make changes in the face of climate change.
After a relatively buoyant few years, demand for corrugated and folding cartons has fallen off a cliff. So far this year, UK demand for corrugated is down by -10 percent and folding cartons by -3 percent; Europe isn’t far behind. Neil Osment, Managing Director of paper packaging industry analysts NOA, takes a look at why.
Neil presents an update on the corrugated market at the 105th SPA Conference.
Demand for paper-based packaging – both corrugated and folding cartons – has been on the up across Europe for at least the last two years.
Demand for folding cartons could grow by almost 5% in 2022, with supply still struggling to keep up, according to experts.
Pre-pandemic, waste collection points for cardboard and cartons comprised circa 10,000 retailers i.e., collection from the back of the supermarket.