Iran War Drives Plastic Prices Up by Billions as Green Packaging Demand Triples in 2026

Iran War Drives Plastic Prices Up by Billions as Green Packaging Demand Triples in 2026

Plastic prices hitting four-year highs has achieved something that years of sustainability pledges and consumer pressure could not: it has made alternative packaging commercially attractive almost overnight. For FMCG brands still weighing the cost of switching, the Iran war has effectively made that decision for them. South Korean cosmetic packaging manufacturer Yonwoo, a supplier to … Read more

How West Bengal’s Cooperative Jute Mills Are Fighting the Plastic Bag Ban With a 200-Year-Old Fibre

How West Bengal's Cooperative Jute Mills Are Fighting the Plastic Bag Ban With a 200-Year-Old Fibre

In a humid shed along the Hooghly River, approximately 40 kilometres north of Kolkata, a woman named Rina Mondal feeds raw golden fibre into a carding machine that has been running, with repairs, since 1987. She earns around ₹320 a day. Two years ago, she earned ₹210 — and her mill was weeks from shutting … Read more