Policy and Regulation

US campaign calls for more domestic aluminium production to meet demand

The Aluminum Association has launched a new public awareness and advocacy campaign calling for action across the aluminium value chain to secure more domestic production to meet demand.  The ‘America Needs Aluminum’ campaign highlights aluminium’s “essential role” in the US...

IMDPA: Tariff uncertainty likely to continue to challenge US canmakers

Tariff policy is increasing costs and supply-chain uncertainty for US canmakers, while industry representatives pursue policy changes and supply diversification. Speaking at this year’s International Metal Decorating & Packaging (IMDPA) conference in Chicago, Illinois, Tim Ebner, vice president of communications...

UK DRS system shaping up with appointment of five waste management firms 

Exchange for Change, the UK’s deposit management organisation (DMO) has appointed five waste management companies to provide logistics and processing infrastructure for the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). The five companies that will support the rollout of the DRS from October...

Steel packaging tops recycling statistics in the UK

Provisional recycling figures for steel packaging show that the UK reached 88.5% in 2025, according to data released by the UK Government, up from 85.5% in 2024. Aluminium packaging reached a recycling rate of 65.9% in 2024, with the total...

MPE welcomes European vote to extend CBAM

Metal Packaging Europe (MPE) has welcomed the European Parliament’s vote to extend coverage of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to include metal packaging components. European Parliament yesterday (15 September) backed an extension of the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism...

Ardagh challenges judge’s order to halt sale of AMP

The sale of Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) by parent Ardagh Holdings S.A. has been prohibited, following an application from minority shareholders with interests in parent company ARD Finance, which owns Ardagh Group S.A. The order, made in the District Court...

MPs agree UK cross-party support for aluminium as a critical permanent material

UK members of parliament (MPs) have backed aluminium as a strategically valuable permanent material in a debate on aluminium recycling and local authorities, held in Westminster Hall, last week. MPs from the main parties in the UK agreed that aluminium...

India gives beverage producers until end of month to relabel ‘energy drinks’

Major companies including PepsiCo, Red Bull and Monster have been given a deadline by India’s food safety regulator to remove the descriptor ‘energy drink’ from relevant products, as part of action over what it considers misbranding and misleading claims. The...

MPMA warns that UK Government advice on canned foods is in conflict with packaging policy

UK Government advice for what to do in emergencies – including calling on households to keep fresh supplies of canned food and drink – is clashing with policies that threaten metal packaging. While welcoming the recognition that canned foods are...

MPMA urges new UK-wide DMO: ‘listen to us!’

The Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA) has hailed the decision to appoint Exchange for Change as the Deposit Management Organisation (DMO) in Wales. The decision means Exchange for Change will now become the UK-wide DMO for implementing the Deposit Return...

Accuracy of recycling data under threat in UK reforms, says Alupro

Aluminium industry body Alupro has expressed concerns that reforms to the Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) system could warp the national reporting of recycling data in the UK. Tom Giddings, executive director of Alupro, said the implementation of legislation including the...

Metal packaging associations welcome Europe’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) will now be applied across all 27 EU states and will also affect businesses selling to the bloc of up to 450 million consumers. The PPWR, which came into force on 11 February...

UK education reform could fill canmaking skills gap

The UK’s canmaking industry could benefit from educational reforms being introduced by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, which the MPMA believes is an important step towards addressing the UK's skills gap. The launch of new technical educational routes, which will...

US Congress discusses national recycling, composting and reuse framework

Policy and advocacy organisation for the packaging value chain, Ameripen, has welcomed the US Congress hearing on the Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act, which aims to establish a uniform federal framework for recyclable, compostable, and reusability claims on...

Aluminium and steel prices outlook – CRU Group

The apparent end to the Middle East troubles has brought aluminium prices back to pre-conflict levels, but higher Chinese output and an acceleration of projects means there is now a surplus, analysts have said.  In CRU Group’s ‘Mid-Year Commodity Outlook...

UK to introduce energy drinks ban for under-16s

The UK Government is preparing to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s from April next year in a move aimed at protecting children’s health. The legislation, under the Food Safety Act 1990, is being brought forward following...

Metal Packaging Europe warns over EU steel safeguards

Metal Packaging Europe (MPE) has warned that new EU steel safeguard measures risk undermining the competitiveness of downstream manufacturers, urging policymakers to balance support for steel producers with the needs of the wider manufacturing value chain. MPE President Paulo Sousa...

MPMA welcomes UK government’s revision of steel tariff-free quotas

The UK Government’s decision to refine its approach and bring packaging steel tariff-free quotas in line with other sectors has been welcomed by the Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA). The UK Government announced today (25 June) that it would allow...

Steel for Packaging Europe presses for permanent material recognition in Circular Economy Act

Permanent materials, such as steel and aluminium, are key to Europe’s ambition to create a functioning circular economy, a group of industry professionals told MEPs at a European Parliament event last week. Steel for Packaging Europe (SfPE) president Richard Lézé,...

Steel for Packaging Europe appoints sustainability manager

Industry association Steel for Packaging Europe (SfPE) has appointed EU policy expert Anna Dubowik as Sustainability & Public Affairs manager.  In addition to public affairs, she will lead the SfPE Sustainability Working Group, with a focus on the new Circular...
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Canmaking

World Seaming Conference returns to support quality in the seaming process

The Canmaker will present the long-awaited World Seaming Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, this November.  After the success of the first...