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Coca‑Cola Europacific Aboitiz Philippines (CCEAP), the bottling arm and official distributor of Coca‑Cola products in the country, has partnered with the City Government of Valenzuela to strengthen the city’s PET bottle collection and recycling efforts. The collaboration supports the Tapon to Ipon program, a flagship nationwide initiative by the Coca-Cola system in the Philip...

California has adopted new measures to strengthen in-state recycling and manufacturing of recycled PET through amendments to the state’s beverage container recycling programme.

Signed into law on 6 July as Senate Bill 166, the...

A full weekend in Shanghai – what a luxury. A Saturday appointment was postponed, giving me time to explore the vibrant city and let my tired legs recover. The hotel was located right at the Bund, on the eastern side of the Huangpu River, making everything easily accessible – on foot!

My favorite spot was Old Street, whose origins da...

Amcor is advising beverage producers to reassess their choice of closures ahead of the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and a market increasingly shaped by reuse and return systems.

The PPWR framework includes reuse targets for beverages, including a requirement that 10% of alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages are made available in reusable pack...

With turnover of €10.46 billion and exports exceeding €8.1 billion, the Italian packaging machinery industry has once again confirmed its position as the country’s largest machinery sector in terms of both revenue and export sales. Italy’s manufacturers of automatic packaging and packing machinery continued their growth trajectory in 2025, with industry turnover approaching €...