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Will your compostable packaging truly break down? The Compostable Field Testing Program (CFTP) shares open-source data on product disintegration in real-world conditions. Explore key insights on field vs. lab trials, evolving methods, and tested materials. Plus, hear Emily’s unique take on making data accessible and why it matters for composters, manufacturers, policymakers, and brands.

Transitioning from single-use to reuse demands intentional eco-design. In this episode, Annie Legroux, Director of Innovation at Cambium, shares how collaboration with diverse stakeholders leads to practical solutions, from balancing standardization with adaptability to tackling challenges like traceability and designing for a thoughtful end-of-life.

Discover how to eliminate waste and toxicity from your products and facilities while unlocking value through sustainable materials and manufacturing. Join Paul Foulkes-Arellano as we redefine sustainability, tackle key challenges, and explore actionable insights for building a circular future.

Discover how Paris is leading the charge against single-use plastic with bold initiatives tied to the 2024 Olympics. Justine Laurent from Circulab explains the city's strategies to reduce, reuse, and refill, transforming urban sustainability. Learn from global strategies and examples of innovative solutions like free-water fountains and reusable containers in this inspiring episode.

Join us for an interview with Beatriz from Tocco, a biodesign leader creating the first AI-enabled B2B marketplace for regenerative and low-carbon materials. Discover how Tocco bridges suppliers and brands, provides comparable data, fosters innovation, and promotes transparency and trust. Plus, learn about their awards celebrating sustainability pioneers. Tune in for a cleaner tomorrow!

Unravel the intricacies of ISTA certification with packaging expert Victor Huart of Metropack. Explore its evolution, strengths, and future trends in transportation testing. Discover how ISTA safeguards products on their journey from A to B!

How do you determine what material goes into home and industrial compost? Can you explain what makes the difference and why it is important not to mix them up? What are the criteria to meet for biodegradation, disintegration, ecotoxicity and chemical characteristics? Let's discover what's behind the OK Compost Certifications. Join us in ep. 8 of 'Certifications Spotlight: Truths and Traps' series.

You've probably already seen a Möbius loop logo on the back of packaging. But do you know what it signifies in terms of recycling and material information? Gain insights into its meaning, application, grey areas, pros, and cons in just minutes with Anne-Laure. This audio clip complements the two previous ones about the Green Dot (Point Vert) and the Triman logo.

Delve into the enigma of the 'Triman' logo in the 6th episode of our “Certifications Spotlight: Truths and Traps” series. Learn about its design, its legal constraints, and its connection to information about sorting. Gain insights into its meaning, application, grey areas, pros, and cons in just minutes with Anne-Laure.

Unravel the mysteries behind the Green Dot logo (Point Vert in French) in the 5th episode of our “Certifications Spotlight: Truths and Traps” series. Learn about its connection to EPR and PPWR regulations. Gain insights into its meaning, application, grey areas, pros, and cons in just minutes with Anne-Laure.

How to determine if a bottle is truly reusable? If it is, what steps need to be taken both upstream and downstream to transform this concept into a practical reality? Let's discover what's the significance of a Reuse logo for consumers, producers, stores, collectors, and washing companies. Discover the deposit question too! Join us in ep. 4 of 'Certifications Spotlight: Truths and Traps' series.

Explore the transformative power of reusable packaging as a sustainable solution for brands. Learn from industry pioneer Jo-Anne Chidley about certifications, partnerships, modularity, and disrupting single-use packaging with numbers, shaping a future of circularity.

Unveil the potential guarantees and greenwashing behind sustainable forest certifications! Join Peter Wood as he uncovers standards and governance of the PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification). Our series “Certifications Spotlight: Truths and Traps” dives deep into packaging logos' meaning, application, grey areas, and pros & cons for informed decisions.

Think 'logging, wood, paper'—do Ancient Forests & Indigenous Rights cross your mind? Wondering about Forest Stewardship Council's role? Join our series “Certifications Spotlight: Truths and Traps” unveiling packaging logos' meaning, application, grey areas, and pros & cons; and starting with FSC certification and our guest Peter Wood.

Have you ever wondered if the environmental claims or logos on your packaging were completely legit and adequate? Did you dive into it? Welcome to our new series: “Certifications Spotlight: Truths and Traps”! We'll unravel the mysteries behind the logos, certifications, and declarations you find on packaging. • What do they really mean? • When and where are they applied? • Do they sometimes conceal key information? We'll weigh their pros and cons and explore the added value for everyone in the value chain, including end consumers. This series is the result of collaborations with experts who joined us with enthusiasm. Whether you're in the packaging or packaged goods industry, these episodes aim to equip you with knowledge and critical thinking to decipher what is too often put forward as foolproof guarantees. Today, as an introduction to many audio clips to come – with a focus on a certification or a logo in particular –, I invited Anne-Laure Bulliffon to globally explain • the communication challenges of packaging environmental declarations, • their different types, • and what you can or can NOT say around them.

Explore Myni's journey of reimagining products and packaging while reducing CO2, water usage, and toxicity. Discover their tablet solutions, wheat straw reusable bottles, and eco-friendly B2B collaborations. Join us in reshaping a cleaner and healthier world.

If you have been in contact with single-use plastic items, and even use some of them along your value chain, this episode is for you! Today’s textbook case is none other than the single-use plastic legislation! Boring? Not at all if you sharpen your pencils well, now that the schools go back after summer. Let’s come back together with sensitive rules and critical thinking to be able to read between the lines! How will we do that in this episode? Be ready to learn, • first, about the important role of legislation countering the inaction triangle, • secondly, about the worldwide context of this single-use plastic legislation, • and finally, about the 3 reasons why you shouldn’t make single-use plastic bans your new hobby horse… with a Canadian regulation as an exemplifying case study. The 3 points are: 1. What are we talking about? 2. Where does it happen? 3. What if we shift the conversation to solutions? The ice on the cake? As a revision sheet, you will have some past referral episodes and a promo code for our “Develop Circular Packaging Solutions” online training… that might be helpful to set off decision processes to address those kinds of legislation and take the lead!

Have you ever grasped the limits of our take-make-waste system and tooled you up for solutions? What if you could do that by playing? This episode is a summer special edition with Anne-France, the co-founder of the Circular Economy Collage. It is a workshop powered by collective intelligence to understand the issues of our existing global “linear” economy and the opportunities offered by the circular economy. In this interview, Anne-France explains with passion the Why, the How, and the What! Since 2020, the success of the Circular Economy Collage has had a huge impact on participants. And, before taking a break from broadcasting new episodes during the summer, I wanted to leave you with a perfect activity to experience no matter where you are in the world! It is a tool I enjoy using to educate toward impactful actions! And no later than a few minutes before I record this intro, a client told me that she was losing track of time because she was having so much fun with this playful and collective workshop. And I am pretty sure that will be your case very soon! Ready to discover how the cards are already in your hands?

Who hasn’t already used a paper bag/cup instead of a plastic one? Is it a (false) good idea? This is a crucial question to bring in the middle of the packaging Wild West! Luckily, in our series of «Wild W[a]st.e» audio clips, Mr & Mrs Recycling captured the paper and cardboard lobbyists' arguments for you: Are wood fiber-based packaging really • made entirely from natural and renewable materials, • lowering the carbon footprint, • and reducing waste thanks to a good recycling system? In this episode, we also touch upon the questions about coating and food contact. So, would the paper be your «wanted» material or not? We invite you to (re)listen to the other «Wild W[a]st.e» audio clips and balance the pros and cons of all the materials we have chased on the Unboxing Your Packaging podcast!