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News
| January 28, 2013

Nonrecycled plastics present huge energy potential for Canada, says study

Study shows the nonrecycled plastics landfilled in Canada each year could supply enough energy to fuel 600,000+ cars or power almost 500,000 households.
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The Infini bottle from Nampak Plastics Europe
News
| January 28, 2013

WorldStar Sustainability Award candidates announced

Packages on the WPO’s shortlist for the Sustainability Award include a lightweight milk bottle, a pallet that boasts a 40% improvement in everything, and an easy-crush PET bottle.
News
| January 22, 2013

The Bioplastics Council launches awards program

Competition will recognize outstanding innovation and unique application of bioplastics materials, products, or processes by a company.
Mac bags
News
| January 22, 2013

McDonald's launches new global packaging designs

Bags and cups to feature QR codes providing access to finding nutrition information.
News
| January 17, 2013

New consortium addresses PET recycle stream issues

Members, representing the entire value chain, consider multiple solutions to the problem of full-wrap labels in the PET recycle stream.
MSU Jamboree logo
News
| January 16, 2013

Michigan State School of Packaging to host Student Packaging Jamboree

March 21-23 event will include speeches from industry professionals, a showcase of innovative packages, and an opportunity to interact with experts through a panel discussion.
Materials Product Brief
| January 11, 2013

Eco-friendly carton, closure

The combibloc EcoPlus carton pack from SIG Combibloc, which generates less CO2, is now also available with the very lightweight and resource efficient combiCap screw cap--a packaging solution that combines environmentally-friendly features and convenience.
Feature Article
| January 4, 2013

Patient adherence goals drive Walmart's new compliance pack launch

Walmart and Sam’s 4,600 pharmacies add new sustainable calendar-style packs for select scripts in an effort to improve patient adherence to drug regimens.
Materials Product Brief
| January 4, 2013

Plug-seal closure for hot-fill, aseptic beverage packaging

The GreenLyte one-piece closure line from Portola Packaging is a new line of plug-seal, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) 38 mm closures for single and multiserve, hot-fill, and aseptic beverage packaging applications.
News
| December 20, 2012

AMERIPEN shares 100 cities survey data

The data gathered on best practices in residential recycling in the top 100 largest cities by household will be used by AMERIEPN to pursue projects to increase material recovery rates.
News
| December 17, 2012

AMERIPEN to share 100 largest U.S. cities recycling data

A free webinar on Dec. 19 will highlight some of the preliminary results of AMERIPEN’s survey of recovery activities in the 100 largest U.S. cities.
News
| December 17, 2012

Carton Council achieves 40% access to carton recycling in the U.S.

The ‘Faces of 40’ demonstrate the growing and diverse group of stakeholders helping to bring carton recycling to more communities, adding 26.9 million households since 2009.
Compostable film wrap for Free Trade chocolates.
Package Case Study
| December 15, 2012

Chocolate wrapped in compostable film

Alce Nero, an Italian consortium of organic producers and farmers, has chosen compostable material to wrap its range of Fair Trade chocolate.
Materials Product Brief
| December 13, 2012

Bioplasticizer eliminates phthalates

Derived from rapidly renewable feedstocks and certified to contain 99% bio-based content, PolyOne’s reFlex 300 bioplasticizer is a non-phthalate alternative that provides a one-for-one replacement for general-purpose plasticizers used in flexible vinyl formulations.
Materials Product Brief
| December 13, 2012

Sustainable shelf labelstocks

Utilizing Latex Impregated and Jetlaser Translucent paper-based face materials, UPM Raflatac’s paper-faced products for shelf labeling applications provide label converters and retailers with compelling, environmentally-preferable alternatives to traditional vinyl products.

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