Market trends

The platform enables users to schedule waste collection, verify transactions digitally and receive secure payments, creating greater confidence for waste generators and collectors while improving traceability throughout the recycling value chain.

The findings underscore the urgency of accelerating innovation and development globally as fibre-based packaging moves from an alternative to a mainstream packaging solution for food applications.

The order covers specialty films that provide essential barrier protection against moisture, oxygen and light, properties that directly impact shelf life for packaged foods, pharmaceuticals and consumer goods.

The authority found that imports from China continued to rise at a substantial pace despite the existing duty, while Chinese imports continued to undercut domestic prices, affecting profitability and competitiveness of Indian producers.

All point-of-sale materials are now eco-designed, with ongoing supplier collaboration to measure and reduce carbon emissions across the value chain.

The Italian Trade Agency’s Dakar office director Alessandro Gerbino stated that the event was primarily an opportunity to bring Italian companies and Senegalese economic stakeholders closer together, adding that Italian expertise in industrial innovation could help strengthen local business competitiveness.

The BlueSky acquisition follows Berlin Packaging’s purchase of O.Berk Company, a century-old packaging distributor serving pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, beauty and personal care markets across the United States.

Greif explained that the paperboard increase reflects swollen raw material and freight bills paired with rising buyer demand.

The inclusion of printing and packaging companies alongside food producers reflects a strategic recognition that packaging is inseparable from food exports.

The new target measures what actually leaves the recycling facility to be made into new products, ensuring materials re-enter the economy.