In 2024, the Netherlands saw strong packaging shifts across industries, driven primarily by sustainability targets and stricter EU regulations as well as rising consumer sensitivity to waste and microplastic concerns. Paper-based and recyclable mono-material packaging expanded rapidly in food, beauty and pet care as brands moved away from plastic-heavy designs.
This Packaging in Netherlands report offers insight into key trends and developments in the industry. The report also examines trends and prospect for various pack types and closures: metal packaging, rigid plastic, glass, liquid cartons, paper-based containers; flexible packaging.
Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.
This Packaging in Netherlands report offers insight into key trends and developments in the industry. The report also examines trends and prospect for various pack types and closures: metal packaging, rigid plastic, glass, liquid cartons, paper-based containers; flexible packaging.
Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.
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- Get a detailed picture of the Packaging market;
- Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
- Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
- Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.
Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY- Packaging in 2024: The big picture
- 2024 key trends
- Sustainability and portion control shape 2024 food packaging trends
- Regulatory push and sustainability drive growth of paper cartons and rPET bottles in non-alcoholic drinks packaging
- Metal cans gain share from glass bottles in alcoholic drinks packaging
- Sustainable and low-waste packaging leads beauty and personal care innovation
- Refill packs and recyclable materials drive the home care packaging market
- Folding cartons and larger value packs gain share in pet care packaging
- Mandatory attached caps on single-use plastic bottles
- Ban on disposable plastic cups and food packaging
- Expansion of deposit return scheme (DRS) and reverse vending systems (RVS) in the Netherlands
- Verpact’s quality-linked recycling agreements
- Dutch government invests in recycling initiatives
- Table 1 Overview of Packaging Recycling and Recovery in the Netherlands: 2022/2023 and Targets for 2024
