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The Circular Economy for Kids!
5 March 2019
One of the great things about TICCIT is that it teaches children about the circular economy but without them even knowing it!
SUSTAINABILITY: Cartonboard & Cartons Life Cycle, Forest Management, Cartonboard & Carton Production, Recycling, Energy & Water Resources, Carbon Footprint.
Sustainability & Regulatory Affairs Update
4 December 2018
We have been following developments on the Single Use Plastic legislation moving through the European Commission and how it might impact on the carton industry.
Sustainability – a concept from yesterday or for tomorrow?
4 December 2018
At the Pro Carton/PROPAK Austria Marketing Event in October 2018, Fairtrade Managing Director Hartwig Kirner made it clear that the recycling economy of the future has already begun.
So what do shoppers really think?
4 December 2018
The results of Pro Carton’s European Consumer Packaging Perceptions study were first previewed in the latest edition of the Pro Carton magazine and at the ECMA Congress back in September. The printed research report now has been published and is also available for download from our website. The research clearly showed the enormous importance that […]
Just the Ticket!
23 September 2018
Pro Carton is excited to launch its latest initiative and to invite you all to participate in this rewarding opportunity. TICCIT is an educational outreach programme aimed mainly at children aged between 8-11 years that is all about trees, sustainability and the environment.
Sustainability & Regulatory Affairs
15 June 2018
The European Commission have suggested that national contributions to the EU's trillion-euro budget should be based in part on the amount of plastic packaging waste they produce, while direct payments to environmental projects under the LIFE programme increase by 50%, said last month as it unveiled proposals for the bloc's post-2020 seven-year budget.
Get your R’s into gear
15 June 2018
When I was a young marketer I remember learning about the 4 P’s – product, promotion, price and place - which make up the fundamentals of the marketing mix. I wondered though if there ought to be a fifth category – packaging?
EU governments approve new rules on waste
13 March 2018
EU ambassadors have given their support to the provisional agreement reached between the Estonian presidency and the European Parliament last December on new waste rules.
Pro Carton challenges draft EU plastics strategy
11 December 2017
The European Commission has been working on a Plastics Strategy to tackle the problem of plastic waste in the seas and on the streets.
From the desk of the General Manager
10 December 2017
Most of you will have seen on TV, or read about in the press, the problems that plastic packaging is causing, particular in polluting our oceans.
Carton Life Cycle Chart
22 September 2017
Pro Carton have developed a new infographic to show how cartons fit with the circular economy.
Update on Regulatory Affairs
3 July 2017
Pro Carton focuses on two Regulatory Affairs topics: the Circular Economy legislative package and LCA environmental policy.
Circular Economy
Pro Carton is following the progress of the European Commission’s Circular Economy package of proposed legislation, in order to assess its potential impact on the carton industry. Pro Carton acts together with other paper based packaging associations in Brussels, in order to minimise any negative impact wherever possi
