Circular Packaging Design

Niels van Marle has been an packaging expert at the Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging (KIDV) since 2017. Niels used to work as an packaging innovation manager for companies like Philips, Mars, Hero and Jacobs Douwe Egberts. Overtime, sustainability became a more prominent part of packaging innovation. At KIDV, Niels develops tools and supports producers and importers of packaging materials to keep up with latest developments and make their packaging portfolio more sustainable. The Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging (KIDV) is founded in order to establish a circular economy for packaging, by developing and sharing fact-based knowledge with all partners in the packaging chain. This is vital while ‘closing the loop’ asks for cooperation by all parties, leading to new business opportunities, less dependency on raw materials and environmental gains.