CEFLEX welcomes the publication of the European Design for Recycling standard series EN18120, developed by the European Committee for Standardisation, CEN. These standards represent an important milestone in building a consistent, credible framework for plastic packaging design for recycling across Europe.
Dennis Bankmann, an independent scientific consultant to CEFLEX, shares reflections from work that generated over 1,700 data points – now available as open-access resources, including NIR, eddy current, metal detection, size and shape, and mechanical recyclability data at guidelines.ceflex.eu
Interview with Isabelle Jenny, Sustainability Manager, Amcor and a key advisor to the ‘Phase 2’ testing project.
Interview with Jean-Paul Duquet, Sustainability Director, Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) and a key advisor to the ‘Phase 2’ testing project.
Interview with Nikola Juhasz, Global Technical Director, Sustainability at Sun Chemical: a key advisor to the ‘Phase 2’ testing project and participant looking at inks, adhesives, barriers and metallisation in detail.
Interview with Adam Herriott, Senior Specialist at WRAP, a global environmental action NGO – and a key advisor to the ‘Phase 2’ testing project.
Researchers, laboratories and experts across Europe have recently completed a unique testing program of flexible packaging recyclability. Dennis Bankmann, scientific consultant to CEFLEX, tells us how they did it – and what it means for flexible packaging today.
Stakeholders across the value chain have collaborated to generate robust, independent data and improve flexible packaging design guidance. Q&A with Haulwen Nicholas, CEFLEX design testing program lead.
A process engineer at the Dutch National Test Centre for Circular Plastics (NTCP), Dawn Manjaji, shares insights from a recent industrial Near-Infrared (NIR) study conducted for CEFLEX, which shows how different designs of flexible packaging affect sortability.
