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Packaging Day was established in 2007 by the Polish Chamber of Packaging. Its aim was to spread awareness of the different types of packaging and to emphasise their role not only in everyday life, but also in the economy. Let us therefore take a moment to summarise the most important changes that have taken place in the past year in the packaging industry and beyond.

Will the universal USB-C charger unite or divide the market? How are businesses approaching this and what does it mean for the environment

The Polish deposit system, which will introduce charges for most beverage packaging, will be launched as early as 2025. Find out the deposit rates for bottles and cans

Despite the paper industry's deepening crisis, 2023 saw record paper recycling rates. Explore the full statistics

Modern paper production has many secrets, one of which is the origin of wood as a raw material for production.

BDO (Database on Products and Packaging and Waste Management) is an IT system that is used to collect and manage waste management data. It allows electronic reporting and waste record keeping. Who needs to make an entry in the register?

As of 31 July 2024, a decree from the Minister of Climate and the Environment came into force regulating the amount of deposits for all types of packaging that will be included in the deposit system.

The Interzero Waste Platform is a dedicated online system that enables comprehensive waste management for your company. With it, you can reduce waste management costs, automate waste records in BDO and increase revenue from raw material sales.

Are you a franchisee? You are obliged to ensure a recycling level or pay a high product fee for food packaging. Find out how to avoid it!

From 1 January 2024, the German Pfandsystem also covers selected milk and similar beverage bottles.

E-cigarettes pose an increasing challenge to our environment. The first problem is the generation of a significant amount of plastic, especially in the case of cartridges, which are designed for single use and made of plastics that are difficult to decompose.

W dniu 14 lutego odbyła się konferencja prasowa podczas której Wiceministra klimatu i środowiska Anita Sowińska opowiedziała więcej o rozwiązaniach w zakresie gospodarki odpadami, zmianach w systemie BDO, a także o planowanym od 2025 r. systemie kaucyjnym. Więcej o systemie kaucyjnym rozmawiano również podczas debaty "Kaucja już za rok, a system w powijakach" dla Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

We would like to remind you that 29 February is the deadline for payment of the annual BDO registration fee. Failure to pay the fee will result in removal from the register and the activity will be at risk of a financial penalty!

No coal-fired power station has been operating in Scotland since March 2016. At that time, the power station at Longannet, north-west of Edinburgh, which had been in operation since 1973, closed. This means that after 115 years, Scotland has ended the generation of electricity from burning coal.

The Made4Loop service involves the use of reusable cups and packaging, which customers rent against a deposit and then return in a deposit system. In this way, the packaging remains in a closed loop and is reused dozens, if not hundreds of times.