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Recycling
Extended Producer Responsibility: Are You Ready?
Do you know what EPR is, and why it matters to you? Read this quick Q&A to find out how EPR will impact brands in the United States, starting in 2025.
May 20, 2024
Dan Felton, Ameripen Executive Director
Containers & Closures
An Exemplary Model of Niche Business Capabilities
James Alexander has devoted itself to providing the best service in glass and plastic ampoules and a positive work environment.
May 17, 2024
JAC modifies equipment to fit its niche needs.
Sustainable Packaging
Vuori, Clarins, and Kaufland Introduce Reusable Packaging Innovations
ThePackHub
See a few examples of reusable packaging innovations from Vuori, Clarins, and Kaufland from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
May 17, 2024
Vuori expects to prevent the use of over 100,000 board boxes with its use of the Returnity Last Box.
Logistics/Supply Chain
Food Packaging, Shelf-Life Testing, and Expiration Dating
As soon as the packaged product comes into existence, the clock starts ticking. Here’s what has to be determined and communicated regarding its useful life.
May 17, 2024
Sterling Anthony
Machinery
ATS Corporation to Acquire Paxiom Group
ATS will integrate Paxiom Group into ATS' Products and Food Technology segment by Q3 2024.
May 16, 2024
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Recycling
MRF’s Polymer Center Network to Expand Access to Recycled Plastic
A first-of-its-kind facility from Republic Services allows the MRF to aggregate plastic from its regional facilities for further sorting and recycling, resulting in high-quality PCR material.
May 16, 2024
Republic’s new Las Vegas Polymer Center opened in December and is expected to produce more than 100 million lb of recycled plastics each year.
Recycling
Refresco to Disrupt with Mono-material, Aseptic, Food Contact HDPE/rHDPE Carton
Expected to be on shelves by Q3 is a game-changing new aseptic carton format. While brands swap plastic for paper, reZorce flips the script with circular, mono-material HDPE/rHDPE for paper. Finishing validation, CM/CP Refresco will be first to market.
May 16, 2024
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Perceptions of AI in Packaging and Processing
Packaging and processing executives are finding AI can be beneficial in areas like connecting disparate machine systems and uncovering unknown problems within operations.
May 15, 2024
Packaging and processing executives are finding AI can help to unearth previously unknown issues within operations.
E-commerce/D2C packaging
The Public Hears About Levels (For Once)
FDA addresses the safety of substances in foods and packaging.
May 14, 2024
Eric F. Greenberg
Containers & Closures
Revolutionary Detergent Washes Away Plastic Bottles in Favor of Soap “Tiles” Stacked in Cartons
Procter & Gamble’s Tide unveils dissolvable tiles that clean in cold water and are packed in recyclable cartons, cutting down on plastic waste, water usage, and transportation energy.
May 14, 2024
The fibrous tiles are made using a patented process to build six layers of “100% concentrated cleaning ingredients woven into each individual fiber.”
Containers & Closures
Q-tips Moves into its Second Century with Brand Refresh
Iconic cotton swab brand gets a facelift following its 100th birthday that balances brand equity with modernity and showcases the many ways Q-tips can be used.
May 14, 2024
The redesign, which includes more than 10 products, uses colors such as pink, orange, and gold (in addition to the updated blue logo lockup) to visually show the benefits of each, while making it easy for consumers to differentiate on-shelf.
Recycling
CAA Provides Deadline Schedule for Brands Affected by EPR
John Hite of the Circular Action Alliance provides a 10,000-foot view of EPR for packaging and CAA, along with important deadlines brands need to know to meet legislation requirements.
May 14, 2024
John Hite, director, Environmental Policy & Public Affairs at Circular Action Alliance (CAA)
Recycling
Sustainable Pack for Coffee
Private labeler Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee has added the Boardio pack format, an alternative to plastic, glass, and metal containers that it says delivers the same level of freshness and food safety with less waste.
May 10, 2024
A paper/foil lamination characterizes the pack. Rolls of laminated material are cut into four flat blanks that are sent to customers like Mother Parkers, and there at the customer’s plant the canisters are formed and filled.
Recycling
The Case for Chemical Recycling of Polyolefins
Plastic plays a vital role in protecting food products but chemical recycling is crucial for a long-term sustainable solution.
May 8, 2024
Mike Ross
Home
Top AI Applications in Packaging and Processing
Packaging and processing professionals are looking to leverage more AI in their operations, with the technology showing promise in areas from quality control to inventory management.
May 8, 2024
Executives at the 2024 Top to Top summit said they want to apply AI technology to areas like process optimization, predictive maintenance, and quality control.
Recycling
NPE 2024: First Day’s Focus on Automation, Education, and Plastics Circularity
Returning after a six-year hiatus caused by COVID, NPE: The Plastics Show highlights the changes that have taken place in the intervening years.
May 6, 2024
Michael Cicco, President & CEO at FANUC America Corp., presented the first-ever keynote address for NPE: The Plastics Show.
Recycling
Live at Waste Expo: Brands to Benefit from MRFs’ AI Robotic Sorters?
MRFs love their AI-based robotic sortation systems from the likes of AMP, Greyparrot, or Glacier. They're more accurate, safer, and always show up for work. But CPGs also may benefit from package design and recovery data they're are generating.
May 6, 2024
Brands and CPGs have their own sustainability goals to hit, and data telling them how practically recoverable their existing and future packaging design actually are, in the real world would be worth in gold. AI-based pick-and-place robotic sortation cells at MRFs can deliver that data.
Sustainable Packaging
Toyota, Marks & Spencer, and Água do Vimeiro Release Paper Packaging Innovations
ThePackHub
See a few examples of paper packaging innovations from Toyota, Marks & Spencer, and Água do Vimeiro from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
May 6, 2024
Toyota's new corrugated packaging requires no PP bands for assembly or securing.
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