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Digital Transformation

How Wakefern Uses Off-Pack Data to Serve Wellness-Driven Shoppers

By transforming product packaging into a source of structured, searchable data, Wakefern Food Corp. is helping health-conscious shoppers find items that align with their specific wellness goals, both in-store and online.

September 8, 2025

Coding & Marking

Sunrise 2027, Amazon’s Transparency Program Rewrite Product Packaging Rules

How 2D barcodes are giving CPGs a powerful edge in brand protection, supply chain visibility, and e-commerce integrity.

September 8, 2025

Nick Viskovich (left) and Michael Manley (center) of Amazon detail how on-pack 2D barcodes underpin anti-counterfeiting and validation efforts used by the company’s Transparency initiative in a panel moderated by GS1 US’s Andrew Moorhead (right).

Bridging the Gap: Building the Future Workforce of U.S. Manufacturing

The U.S. manufacturing sector is facing a widening talent gap, driven by an aging workforce and a perception that industrial jobs are "dirty, dark, and dangerous," despite the industry's shift toward advanced, digital technologies.

September 8, 2025

PRS 2025 Captures Pivotal Moment in Circularity

Packaging World’s 2025 Packaging Recycling Summit marked a turning point in circularity, as brands, policymakers, suppliers, MRFs, and industry organizations move from intention to implementation across systems, formats, and policies.

September 7, 2025

At the 2025 Packaging Recycling Summit, produced by Packaging World magazine and held in Dallas in June, the focus was on how to make recycling work through innovation and collaboration.

Baby Food Brand Tests Flexible Pouch Mail-Back Program

At the Packaging Recycling Summit, Once Upon a Farm shared how its mail-back pouch program is helping the brand test recovery strategies, build partnerships, and gather real-world data on flexible film recycling.

September 6, 2025

Madeline Tien, sustainability specialist at Once Upon a Farm, and Ryan Smith, CEO of Recyclops

Reusable/Returnable

Louis Vuitton, Graza, and Charles Beaudouin Design Reusable Packaging

See a few examples of reusable packaging from Louis Vuitton, Graza, and Charles Beaudouin from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

September 6, 2025

The debut collection centers on LV Rouge, a lipstick range consisting of 55 shades, symbolically aligning with the Roman numerals “LV.”

Operational Excellence

Two Ways End Users Measure Food Safety Sanitation Compliance

Exclusive data reveals how food and beverage processing and packaging end users measure sanitation compliance in their operations.

September 5, 2025

Contamination testing and adherence to third-party standards play a significant role in sanitation compliance.

Tums Switches to Bio-based Bottle

At the Packaging Recycling Summit, Haleon and partner Pretium shared how a switch to bio-based resin is helping Tums cut carbon while keeping its iconic bottle—and consumer experience—consistent.

September 5, 2025

Lisa Huett, director of sustainability for Pretium Packaging, and Nate McCrary, director of business development for LyondellBasell

Case/Tray Packing

Soules Foods Serves as Proving Ground for Breakthrough Robotics

When the packaging team at Soules Foods saw its new case packing system in action for the first time, the reaction was unanimous: this was not just another automation upgrade. According to the company, it was something different—more compact and more intelligent than anything they’d seen before.

September 4, 2025

Soules Foods’ line features Delkor’s compact EVO at the center of an integrated, end-to-end system.

Danone’s Holistic Approach to Packaging Innovation

At the Packaging Recycling Summit, Danone’s Kory Nook shared how the company is cutting carbon, improving recyclability, and designing packaging that makes it easier for consumers to recycle the right way.

September 4, 2025

Kory Nook, VP of packaging research and innovation for Danone

Contract Packaging

Radienz Living Adopts Paperboard Carton for Laundry Pods

Radienz Living and GPI will debut an all-paper, child-resistant carton for laundry pods, aiming to cut plastic, boost pallet efficiency, and meet safety standards in club-store and perhaps e-commerce channels.

September 3, 2025

Interior view of the CleanClose carton showing the specialty fold-and-glue structure and audible “click” closure for child resistance.

Community Poll: AI's value in Waste Management

Learn where your peers stand on the benefits of AI in waste management.

September 3, 2025

FFRA Tackles the Flexible Film Recycling Challenge

At the Packaging Recycling Summit, Kurt Kurzawa of the Flexible Film Recycling Alliance shared how the group is teaming up with other industry organizations to boost flexible film recycling through better data, smarter labeling, and a whole lot of collaboration.

September 3, 2025

Kurt Kurzawa, senior director, sustainability and packaging at the Flexible Film Recycling Alliance

Avery Dennison, Marks & Spencer, and Credo Beauty Launch Packaging Designed for Recyclability

See a few examples of packaging designed for recyclability from Avery Dennison, Marks & Spencer, and Credo Beauty from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

September 3, 2025

The RFID label maintains the functional benefits of RFID technology, such as inventory visibility, product traceability and loss prevention, while aligning with recycling infrastructure requirements.

Digital Transformation

AI’s Impact on Robotics in Packaging: Smart Automation Meets Real-World Productivity

AI-driven robots are transforming packaging lines—from smart AMRs to vision-guided cobots—helping brand owners tackle SKU complexity, labor gaps, and automation with newfound speed, flexibility, and intelligence.

September 2, 2025

Policy and Partnerships Drive Can and Bottle Recovery Efforts

At the Packaging Recycling Summit, speakers from the American Beverage Assn. and the Can Manufacturers Institute discussed how funding, policy, and partnerships offer the potential to drive real gains in capturing more cans and bottles for recycling.

September 2, 2025

(l. to r.) JD Ambati of EverestLabs, Megan Daum of ABA, and Scott Breen of CMI

AI Unlocks New Value in the Waste Stream

At the 2025 Packaging Recycling Summit, speakers showed how AI is helping both MRFs and brands get smarter about packaging material recovery, turning data into better design, stronger claims, and less waste.

September 1, 2025

Kristin Taylor, director, catalytic capital, for Closed Loop Partners, and Gaspard Duthilleul, COO of Greyparrot

MRFs, Markets, and the Business of Bales

At the Packaging Recycling Summit, a panel of MRF leaders broke down what really happens after the bin, why markets matter, and how brands can design packaging that actually makes it through the system.

August 29, 2025

(From l. to r.) Jim Marcinko of WM, Justin Davis of AMP, Joaquin Mariel of Balcones, and Jeff Snyder of Rumpke discussed the business of MRFs at the Packaging Recycling Summit.