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Reusable/Returnable
Community Poll: The Potential of Reusable Packaging
Learn where your peers stand on reusable packaging's impact on a circular economy.
May 14, 2025
Recycling
Interview: Biffa's Roger Wright on Designing Packaging for Recyclability
Today at Rethink Materials, we sat down with Roger Wright. He has valuable advice for brands on their design for recyclability projects, given he's the Waste Strategy & Packaging manager at Biffa, the UK's largest Waste Management company.
May 14, 2025
Biffa has over 100 facilities all over the UK to support the sustainable processing of waste through recycling.
Bio-based
Live at Rethinking Materials: The Transition to Fiber-Based Packaging
As fiber-based packaging technologies advance, industry proponents say now is the time to replace plastic with recyclable, compostable alternatives—if policy, supply, and consumer clarity can keep pace. Is fiber the future of sustainable packaging?
May 13, 2025
(l. to r.) • Kevin Vyse of ProAmpac; David Walker of UB Forest Industry Green Growth Fund; Laura Smith of Ellen MacArthur Foundation; Sian Sutherland of A Plastic Planet; and Adam Leyland of The Grocer.
Recycling
Live at Rethinking Materials: Future of Regulation in Europe's Circular Economy
European brands, their suppliers, and downstream waste management systems have been working under EPR regulations far longer than most of the U.S. Here are some learnings from the other side of the pond, at Rethinking Materials today.
May 13, 2025
(l. to r.)Karolina D’Cunha from the European Commission; Claudia Mensi of FEAD - European Waste Management Association; Roger Wright of Biffa; Claire Shrewsbury of WRAP; Alice Rackley from Polytag Limited; and Anindya Mukherjee of the Global Organization for PHA (go PHA)
Recycling
Dole Food Company, Amcor, and Ambev Utilize Recyclable Packaging Materials
ThePackHub
See a few examples of recycling packaging innovations from Dole Food Company, Amcor, and Ambev from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
May 12, 2025
Weekly plastic reduction figures are expected to reach 7,920 kg for each fruit line, totaling more than 15,800 kg of plastic savings per week.
Reusable/Returnable
SC Johnson Brings Refill Station to new New Sustainability-Focused Store
A new concept store from Canada’s London Drugs features a hand and dish soap refill station from SC Johnson that advances the retailer’s commitment to reducing plastic waste through reuse.
May 9, 2025
A refill station enables London Drugs customers to replenish their SC Johnson Mothod and Mrs. Meyer’s products in reusable pouches.
Logistics/Supply Chain
Wooden Pallet Management Part 1 of 3: Specifications
Before expecting a pallet to carry the load, make sure that pallet has been properly specified.
May 8, 2025
Sterling Anthony
Bagging & Pouching
Scotts Grows Greener with Paper Sack
Scotts revives heritage brand O.M. Scott & Sons with a recyclable paper sack that’s built for performance, rooted in sustainability, and ready for modern lawn care.
May 8, 2025
Scott’s new O.M. Scott & Sons natural lawn care line is packaged in an open-mouth kraft SOS (self-opening sack) made from more than 90% FSC-certified paper with a thin OPP layer for barrier. Image courtesy of ScottsMiracle-Gro.
Bagging & Pouching
New Origins Sample Pack Swaps Foil for Paper
Estée Lauder brand Origins debuts a recyclable 80% paper sample sachet, replacing foil with a more sustainable format that meets repulpability standards and cuts plastic use by 76%.
May 7, 2025
The 80% paper packette features a simplified, two-ply, mono-dose structure of paper and a dual-purpose barrier and sealant layer and will be used for Origins’ skin care product sampling. Image courtesy of Arcade Beauty.
Sustainability
Community Poll: Commercializing Sustainable Packaging
Learn how effectively your peers are able to commercialize their sustainable packaging and innovations.
May 7, 2025
Recycling
H2R Launches Cal SB 343-compliant Store Drop-Off Label
The transition to the new label design is scheduled for August 2025, aligning with H2R’s upcoming July Guidelines for Use, which will incorporate findings from CalRecycle’s SB 343 Material Characterization Study.
May 6, 2025
The new label symbology with unambiguous icons. Store drop-off on the far right of the series.
Recycling
Mondelez International, Nestlé Dessert, and Blue Heron Botanicals Utilize Paper-based Packaging
ThePackHub
See a few examples of paper-based packaging innovations from Mondelez International, Nestlé Dessert, and Blue Heron Botanicals from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
May 5, 2025
The new design incorporates over 60% recycled cardboard and is fully recyclable in Australian curbside bins.
Workforce
Clemson's Robinson and Laster Receive Packaging Scholarships
Clemson University announces two Spring 2025 awards. Lyndsey Laster is the Robert Testin Outstanding Senior in Packaging Science winner, and Emilia Robinson becomes the Packaging World Outstanding Packaging Science Senior.
May 1, 2025
Emilia Robinson (l.) and Lyndsey Laster (r.) are recipients of spring 2025 packaging program scholarships at Clemson.
Wrapping
Mars' Kind is Next in Line with Curbside Recyclable Paper Wrapper
The repulpable paper used to flow-wrap these bars is a curbside recyclable, How2Recycle pre-qualified paper film supplied by Printpack. The move is more evidence of a growing global, now national trend toward paper films able to run on existing equipment.
May 1, 2025
The Kind Dark Chocolate Nuts & sea salt bars will be sold in singles in the paper wrapper at Whole Foods, so a consumer will not purchase a carton.
Sustainability
Amazon and Microsoft Redesign Packaging for a Circular Future
At SPC Impact 2025, Amazon and Microsoft share how they’re transforming packaging systems through curbside-friendly materials, automation, and cross-functional design.
April 30, 2025
Patrick Lindner, VP Mechatronics & Sustainable Packaging, Amazon
Package Design
Bridging Innovation, Commercialization in Sustainable Packaging
At SPC Impact, industry professionals from Kraft Heinz and Emerald Technology Ventures discuss how key partnerships are pushing packaging innovations forward, and which elements are key to scalability.
April 30, 2025
Tim Sykes, Brand Director, Packaging Europe, Neil Cameron, Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures, and Linda Roman, Director, NA R&D Fellow, Packaging R&D, Kraft Heinz Company at SPC Impact in Seattle.
Reusable/Returnable
Scaling Reusable Packaging Through Policy and Collaboration
At SPC Impact 2025, industry experts share how reuse can scale through a combination of supportive policy, infrastructure development, and collaborative partnerships.
April 30, 2025
Olga Kachook of SPC (l.) and Crystal Dreisbach of Upstream
Package Design
The Clear Can Conundrum
Although eye-catching from a marketing standpoint, beverage producers struggle to crack the code on a cost-effective and sustainable way to package beverages in clear cans.
April 29, 2025
Orka energy drinks are filled in a PET bottle with aluminum closures seamed on, and what appears to be a lightly printed, otherwise transparent pressure-sensitive PE label.
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