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Whether you're responding to PPWR, evaluating alternative materials, introducing recycled content or developing more sustainable packaging solutions, access expert articles, presentations and technical guidance from Smithers covering the latest developments in packaging testing, materials and sustainability.

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Unpacking PPWR: How Brands Can Prepare for EU Regulation

Rob Outram explores what the PPWR regulation means in practice in the Smithers Insights Podcast.

Permeability of Coated Paper Packaging Materials

Smithers packaging experts explore the challenges around switching to paper-based packaging materials and how you can validate the performance of new sustainable packaging designs.

Video: Using Recycled Materials in Food Contact Packaging

In this expert presentation, Dr Alistair Irvine explains how PPWR, food contact requirements and EU Regulation 2022/1616 are shaping the future use of recycled plastics in food contact applications.

Understanding NIAS and Purity Regulations in Food Contact Materials

In this expert article, Smithers’ food contact specialists explore why low-level non-volatile NIAS can be challenging to identify and assess, and how analytical testing and risk assessment can help address these uncertainties in practice.

Understanding OTR and WVTR Testing for Packaging

Learn what OTR and WVTR testing measures and how permeability data can help evaluate barrier performance and support packaging material decisions.

Webinar: Minimising Risk in Recycled Food Contact Materials | A Beginner's Guide

In this webinar, Smithers food contact experts discuss how you can reduce risk when using recycled materials in food contact applications.

Why permeability and barrier properties are a critical consideration for sustainable packaging

Learn how oxygen and water vapour permeability testing can help evaluate barrier performance when packaging materials or structures are changed to meet sustainability objectives.

Webinar: Minimising Risk When Using Recycled Materials in Personal Care Packaging

Smithers experts share their unique insights into how brand owners and packaging manufacturers can minimise risks when using recycled materials in personal care packaging. With a continual drive to use alternative materials in packaging designs, this is becoming a critical factor in developing effective, compliant packs.

Sustainable beverage ring alternatives

Smithers experts discuss the various methods to collate bottles and cans together in the retail distribution environment, and how new sustainable options look good on paper, but need careful consideration and testing before implementing.

Packaging Testing for PPWR
Sustainable Packaging Transit Testing
Performance Testing for Sustainable Packaging
Safety of Recycled Packaging
Sustainable Packaging Resources

Justin Scott

Senior Manager of Distribution Testing, Materials Science and Engineering, UK

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Nicki Kessel

Senior Manager, Packaging and Materials Testing, UK

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Suguna Kulasekaram

Principal Chemist and Laboratory Manager - Food Contact, Materials Science and Engineering

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Reducing Packaging Failure Risks in Cold-Chain Distribution

Video: Using Recycled Materials in Food Contact Packaging