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The KIDV has made an initial comparison of the use of disposal logos on packaging in various European countries. Today, the KIDV publishes an overview of this comparison, which makes it clear to companies which logos are used in these countries, whether this is voluntary or mandatory and where companies can find information on the regulations that apply in these countries.

Germany is a frontrunner in the field of reusable packaging and reusable systems. How has reuse developed in Germany? What can the Netherlands learn from this? On 7 June 2022, the KIDV and co-host Mehrwegverband Deutschland (German Association for Reusable Packaging) held a webinar on this topic.

Today, KIDV published a series of fact sheets on the subject of food safety and packaging. They address the presence of, for example, mineral oils, heavy metals and microplastics in packaging, the risks and permissibility of these, and relevant legislation on so-called food contact materials.

France is a frontrunner in the field of reusable packaging and systems. What is the legal framework in France and how does the French reuse market operate? Which learning points are also important for the Netherlands? On 12 April 2022, the KIDV and co-host InOff Plastic held a webinar on this topic.

Today, KIDV publishes the so-called Sustainable Consumer Behaviour Tool. It is a set of three tools that companies - particularly in the food packaging sector - can use to look at sustainable packaging from the consumers' perspective. KIDV director Chris Bruijnes: "Although there is a lot of research on consumer behaviour, we see that companies find it difficult to combine this with sustainability when developing new packaging."

What can you change about a syrup bottle, a toothpaste tube or a squeeze bottle for liquid margarine, so that less product is left behind in such packaging at the end? Thirty students from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Hague University of Applied Sciences (HHS) and TU Delft got to work on this question this week during the Packathon 2022. The annual design contest of the KIDV once again produced refreshing ideas for combating this product wastage.

On Tuesday 5 April, forty students will be boarding the bus to Heerenveen, where they will be participating in the Packathon 2022 at the National Test Centre for Circular Plastics (NTCP). This is the annual one-day design competition organised by the KIDV, which this time focuses on product residues. In other words: the last bits of mayonnaise, syrup, margarine or toothpaste in a squeeze bottle, tub or tube, packaging that ultimately all becomes waste.

On 2 February, a final conference marked the end of MyPack, the European research programme to develop and commercialise new sustainable packaging technologies for food. KIDV and Wageningen University & Research participated in MyPack from the Netherlands. The research was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme and started in November 2017.

In the 2022 update of the KIDV Recycle Check for rigid plastic packaging, thermoformed PET packaging, such as PET trays, goes from 'limited recyclability' to 'good recyclability'. After various pilots and optimisations, the processing of this type of packaging is on the increase.

Today, The Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging (KIDV) published a new fact sheet on the subject of printing on packaging. In the fact sheet, KIDV provides insight into the use and impact of inks to help companies make informed choices about printing.

Earlier this year KIDV published the Recycle Check for Glass Packaging and recently an update of the Recycle Check for Paper and Cardboard Packaging was published. The English version of these publications is now also available.