“Packaging Futures” – A Guided Industry Walk at interpack 2026

The “Packaging Futures” walking tour was a curated, one-hour guided experience at Interpack 2026 designed to bring industry representatives face-to-face with European Bioplastics members to gain insights into their most innovative biobased, biodegradable, compostable, and recyclable packaging solutions on the market. Led by a European Bioplastics expert, the tour navigated participants through up to five selected booths of EUBP members and consortium partners, spanning materials producers, converters, and brand owners active in both food and non-food packaging segments.

The tour featured contributions from ReBioCycle, together with other projects such as GRECO, Be-UP, BioSupPack, and MoeBIOS.

Each booth stop was structured as a brief 10-minute deep dive: a live product showcase, a short technical introduction by the exhibitor, and a focused Q&A. The tour connected the dots between individual innovations and the broader EU regulatory landscape, from the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) to biodegradability and compostability standards and design-for-recycling criteria, giving participants a coherent narrative rather than a fragmented trade fair experience.

The format targeted a small, qualified group of up to 20 participants, who were pre-registered to ensure relevance and engagement. Participants received a printed or digital tour map with booth locations, company profiles, and key product facts. The walk concluded with an informal networking moment at a designated meeting point, reinforcing connections made along the route.

Beyond its immediate value as an industry networking tool, the tour positioned European Bioplastics as a knowledgeable, trusted guide in the transition to sustainable packaging, translating scientific and regulatory complexity into tangible, market-ready solutions visible on the fair floor.

The document for the tour: https://zenodo.org/records/20138449