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Sustainable packaging systems contribute to circular economy

Designing future-proof packaging means balancing multiple goals: reducing climate impact, increasing circularity, and maintaining product quality and safety. Circularity is important, but it doesn’t automatically mean sustainability. This can create dilemmas when future demands feel both conflicting and hard to achieve.

Common packaging dilemmas could be reducing food waste while using less packaging material, choosing recyclable packaging without compromising product protection or deciding between recycled and bio-based materials for packaging.
At RISE, we work directly with packaging systems, materials, design, functionality, and their role in the value chain. Our broad expertise and holistic approach bring together knowledge from multiple disciplines, enabling us to support packaging development from concept to implementation. With all our competencies gathered within one organization, we move quickly from problem definition to practical solutions tailored to your packaging challenges.

RISE - Your partner in sustainable packaging solutions

We offer a structured approach to help secure your packaging system for the future. Our experts start from your current situation and ambitions. Together, we explore opportunities, identify challenges and risks, and assess what can be improved, whether it's the packaging material, design, or system integration.

Through collaborative analysis and strategic guidance, we help you:

  • Clarify packaging-related dilemmas and driving forces
  • Prioritize actions based on packaging performance and sustainability goals
  • Develop a concrete plan for packaging improvements and next steps

Additional packaging support:

  • Support in developing new packaging materials or technical solutions
  • Help evaluating the performance and sustainability of existing packaging
  • Guidance in creating a new packaging strategy or circular business model

Webinar - The Future of Food Packaging – Navigating New Demands

RISE has extensive expertise in both food and packaging, and during this webinar we will go through the research front in these important topics:

  • Transitioning from plastic to paper-based packaging
  • Key regulations, including environment (PPWR) and food contact materials (FCM)
  • Detection of off-odours and aroma compounds in food packaging
  • Behaviour tracing with eye-tracking technology at the point of purchase
  • Hygiene and microbiology considerations

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  • Ann Lorentzon

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