HomeBen MiyaresContributing Editor, Packaging WorldPackage DesignInsider Column: Market Challenges Trigger Creative ResponsesThese tough times are a laboratory for packaging innovation as brands and CPGs look for creative solutions to unprecedented hurdles.SustainabilityMore Cheering than was Warranted…The clapping and cheering of delegates attending the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) to end plastic pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024 was, if understandable, unwarranted.SustainabilityBold but Implausible Plan Pinpoints U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic WasteAmericans, we are told, generate more plastic waste both by weight and per person than any other country—42 million metric tons (MMT) yearly—or 287 pounds per man, woman, and child, at least as of 2016.SustainabilitySustainability by the NumbersIndustry veteran Ben Miyares shares a column that numerically maps the world of packaging, old and new, as it pertains to sustainability.
