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Reusable/Returnable
CPGs Double Down on Recyclables as Reuse and Compostables Stall
The Business Intelligence Report reveals that CPGs are increasingly likely to adopt recyclable materials by 2025, but face ongoing barriers to scaling reusable and compostable options.
November 7, 2025
Reusable Materials
Flexibles
Why Consumers Don't Recycle Flexibles & What to Do About It
Many Americans think they’re recycling flexible packaging, but few do it correctly. New research shows confusion, misplaced confidence, and a possible path forward through consistent language and simpler education.
November 7, 2025
Proposed campaign to educate consumers on flexible packaging recyclability via Store Drop-off or other alternative collection method, even ahead of potential curbside collection.
Flexibles
End Markets Will Decide Flexible Film Recycling in CA, Elsewhere
As California’s EPR law advances, experts say redesigning flexible packaging for recyclability and aligning those designs with viable end markets will define how producer CPGs meet new recycling mandates.
November 5, 2025
Baled polyethylene film awaits processing. California’s EPR law is pushing investment in end markets and infrastructure to ensure that material like this finds a viable second life rather than landfill.
Flexibles
U.S. Flexible Packaging Keeps on Growing Through Headwinds
FPA’s Dan Felton reports steady growth and rising profitability amid a sense of watchful tension as new state EPR laws roll out that will directly affect how brands design and source packaging.
November 5, 2025
Dan Felton, FPA president and CEO, outlines the recovery challenges facing flexible packaging—including limited curbside access and lack of end markets—during the association’s 2025 State of the Industry presentation.
Bio-based
Compostable Packaging Finds Its Footing
Leah Ford of CJ Biomaterials discusses how compostable materials like PHA can gain credibility through proven performance, strict certification, and better education for both consumers and policymakers.
November 5, 2025
Paper-based containers coated with PHA provide a compostable alternative to conventional plastic linings, delivering grease and moisture resistance for foods like sushi, produce, and ready-to-eat meals.
Reusable/Returnable
Wild Introduces Refillable Roll-On Deodorant to U.K. Market
London-based sustainable personal care brand Wild debuts a refillable roll-on deodorant product featuring a reusable metal case and a bio-based, compostable refill pack.
November 5, 2025
Wild’s new refillable roll-on deodorant pairs a sleek, reusable aluminum case with a compostable, bio-based refill.
Recycling
Colgate & Amazon Turned Recycling Data into Insight; Now Other CPGs Can, Too
Pilots with Colgate-Palmolive and Amazon helped shape Glacier’s new DataStream platform, a subscription tool launched today that lets CPGs verify recyclability performance and close the loop between packaging design and real sortation and recovery outcomes.
November 4, 2025
Glacier’s AI system identifies a Colgate toothpaste tube on a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) conveyor line. The system uses optical and material recognition to distinguish HDPE tubes from other plastics, verifying how often they are captured in the recycling stream.
Sustainable Packaging
With EMF’s New 2030 Plastics Agenda Targets, Signatories Pivot from Ambition to Scale
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s new 2030 Plastics Agenda, released today, turns lessons from earlier shortfalls into a pragmatic blueprint for scale. It aims to trade isolated ambition for collaboration, policy alignment, and systems change. Nearly a decade after setting (a maybe too) ambitious 2025 plastics reduction goals, global brands and CPGs are rethinking what real progress looks like.
November 3, 2025
Under the 2018–2025 Global Commitment, participating brands reduced virgin plastic use, tripled recycled content, and cut 775,000 tonnes of problematic packaging — avoiding the use of one barrel of oil every second.
Home
Nextloop Americas Receives FDA LNO, Develops AI Sorting
Nextloopp Americas gains FDA approval for food-grade recycled polypropylene and adds its first regional recycling partner as AI sorting moves into action.
November 3, 2025
Logo Web
Reusable/Returnable
Bold Reuse, Wype, and Tubex Design Reusable and Refillable Packaging
ThePackHub
See a few examples of reusable packaging from Bold Reuse, Wype, and Tubex from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
November 3, 2025
The scheme eliminates the use of single-use beverage cups across all fan zones, clubs, and suites, replacing them with a closed-loop system involving more than 42,000 reusable cups.
Recycling
TerraCycle Launches Aurora, Ill., Operations Center
TerraCycle officially opens a new 100,000-sq-ft operations center in Aurora, Ill., transforming a historic factory into a hub for sorting and distributing hard-to-recycle materials from across North America.
October 31, 2025
(l. to r.) Tom Szaky and Jen Eichorst of TerraCycle and Aurora, Ill., Mayor John Laesch cut the ribbon at the grand opening of TerraCycle’s new North American Operations Center in Aurora.
Recycling
CPGs Tab Polystyrene as Public Enemy Number One for Next 3-5 Years
PMMI report highlights rising support for recyclable materials and sustainable packaging as a majority of CPGs plan to eliminate polystyrene use.
October 31, 2025
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Package Design
Krusteaz Streamlines Packaging Artwork Management
Moving from manual packaging artwork reviews to a digital workflow, baking mix company Krusteaz improves collaboration, speeds approvals, and ensures every label is accurate.
October 31, 2025
Krusteaz teams manage artwork approvals through WebCenter’s centralized platform, which tracks every task and ensures each packaging design meets brand and regulatory standards.
Recycling
WM Report: CPGs Can Find Brand Loyalty Through Recycling Commitments
Consumers are looking to brands for more recycling commitments and guidance, with many specifically looking to purchase products including recyclable or recycled material, a new WM recycling report says.
October 31, 2025
Most (64%) consumer respondents in WM's Recycling Report say they would be interested in recycling more if they knew more about what should and should not be recycled.
Reusable/Returnable
Reusable Cup Pilot at Portland Stadiums Relies on RFID
Bold Reuse is testing RFID-enabled reusable cups at Portland sports venues, using digital tracking to make large-scale reuse more transparent and efficient.
October 30, 2025
A reusable cup from Bold Reuse’s pilot program encourages fans to return it for cleaning and reuse at Portland sports venues.
Cartoning
Mondelēz Pilots 300,000 Cadbury Heroes Paper Tubs in Tesco
The international snacking company is testing the tubs for its mini chocolates as part of its broader push to cut virgin plastic and advance recyclable packaging across its brands.
October 29, 2025
The new paper tubs for its Cadbury Heroes assortment of miniature chocolates were developed in partnership with DS Smith over several years of R&D.
Digital Transformation
Walmart Uses ‘First-to-Market’ RFID in Fresh Categories
Walmart expands its use of RFID technology to fresh food departments like meat, bakery, and deli, introducing digital labels that boost inventory accuracy, reduce food waste, and streamline operations.
October 28, 2025
Walmart associate scans fresh meat products tagged with RFID-enabled labels.
Robotics
Griffith Foods’ Model in Colombia: Robots with a Human Touch
In its modern plant in the Antioquia area of Colombia, the global food producer integrates collaborative robotics to boost productivity, safety, and well-being—without losing sight of its human and sustainable character.
October 27, 2025
Griffith Foods’ robotic cell operates with two synchronized production lines capable of handling diverse SKUs reliably and efficiently.
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