The Packaging Cluster and the Foodservice Cluster, with the support of the Inèdit eco-innovation studio, are undertaking Circular Pack, a collaborative initiative to create a Decalogue of circularity for food packaging. This decalogue aims to help companies in the agri-food and packaging value chain to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the circular economy and eco-design.

This project will help companies to better prepare for one of the key challenges in the sector, such as food packaging waste, adapting them to new regulations such as the recent European directive on single-use plastics or future waste laws in Spain. and Catalonia, both in preparation. The decalogue also aims to help organizations generate business opportunities, as well as spread and increase knowledge about ecodesign and the principles of the circular economy among the business fabric, which will ultimately help minimize the use of resources and encourage reuse. and recyclability to reduce waste in a sector as key as food.

The decalogue aims to capture a vision of the life cycle of packaging systems, with the aim of specifying those aspects that affect the circularity of packaging, especially recyclability. These aspects may also include: format, materials, applications, environmental communication, etc.

With the Circular Pack initiative, the Foodservice Cluster and the Packaging Cluster, with the support of Inèdit, will provide a compass with which manufacturers or users of food packaging can orient themselves in times of change.

You can find the final report in this link https://media.timtul.com/media/web_foodservice/CIRCULAR%20PACK%20Informe%20Final_20230124100929.pdf

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Inèdit is a strategic eco-innovation studio, a spin-off of the UAB research park, which works for the transition towards a smart, prosperous and sustainable future. We join forces with the organizations of tomorrow, accompanying them to manage the change posed by the circular economy.

The Packaging Cluster's main objective is to help the competitive improvement of the companies that comprise it, to generate more and better business for the companies and entities in the world of packaging.

The Foodservice Cluster of Catalonia is an organization whose main objective is to promote and strengthen the competitiveness of the foodservice segment, stimulating and exploiting synergies between the members of the value chain to promote the development of transformative projects.