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Topical reports | Faraday publications

We research and author a number of reports each year, providing you with a better understanding of topical issues to support your decision making processes.

Reports

Packaging Waste Management Roadmap 2010-2020

This roadmap documents how the UK’s waste management infrastructure will change over the next decade in response to legislative drivers and assesses how future global trends will impact on consumption patterns. The report is available in electronic format. Call +44 (0)113 8123309 to order.

Reports

Understanding the use of Biopolymers for packaging consumer products

This definitive, new report from Faraday documents the current status of biopolymers for use in the packaging industry. The report is available in electronic format. Call +44 (0)113 8123309 to order.

Reports

Plastic Electronics and the FMCG consumer

In the near future, it will be technologically feasible (and cost effective enough) to put a moving display on a packet of cornflakes. If you are a plastic electronics nerd you’ll already know that this could be possible. But whether we are nerds or virgins, paratroopers or bishops, movie stars or middle managers, we are all consumers and the question that’s so often overlooked is: so what?

Reports

Material Advantage: How packaging materials can make products more appealing

This report explores issues surrounding product packaging and outlines methods that can be used to understand what the consumer requires from packaging and how materials used in packaging can help in ‘designing for appeal’.

Collaborative Innovation

Understanding and Promoting Collaborative Innovation across Packaging Supply Chains of Fast Moving Consumer Goods

This report uncovers the current levels of innovation within packaging supply chains. Identifying the barriers and facilitators of innovation and what demands are put upon individual companies. It also outlines needs and opportunities for collaboration, offering some early views on good practice and improvements. It culminates in the feasibility of developing a set of audit tools to help overcome many of the issues raised.