Ben MiyaresSustainabilityCollaborations Focus on Plastic’s Sustainability ProgressI considered making this column a call for the establishment of a new sustainability collaborative. But so many apparently capable ones exist, I've changed my mind. Here are some important ones to keep an eye on.November 29, 2022PEI 2022PACK EXPO International: Follow-ups Transform the FutureWhat will your packaging operations look like in 2032?October 27, 2022SustainabilityConsumer Preference, not EPR, Driving U.S. PackagingAccording to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a circular economy “reduces material use, redesigns materials to be less resource intensive, and recaptures ‘waste’ as a resource to manufacture new materials and products.”August 12, 2022Package 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.May 26, 2022SustainabilityMore 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.April 1, 2022SustainabilityBold 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.February 10, 2022SustainabilitySustainability by the NumbersIndustry veteran Ben Miyares shares a column that numerically maps the world of packaging, old and new, as it pertains to sustainability.December 1, 2021SustainabilityPackaging EPR: Idea Trending; Implementation MootExtended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging is trending. But it’s unlikely to work in the U.S. marketplace as we know it. Here’s why.October 4, 2021Materials & containersCollaborations Expand Paper Packaging’s Potentials“Imagine that all plastic packaging in your store one day has disappeared, and eventually all glass bottles and metal cans; that all packages are made of renewable materials that can be recycled or returned to nature without harm.”July 29, 2021SustainabilityInnovation/Supply in the Post-Pandemic Era (are we there yet?)Can the supply of/demand for recycled goods and bio-based materials replace geo-based packaging materials (metal, glass, plastics) without creating bio-based supply choke points?May 18, 2021Page 1 of 2Next PageTop StoriesSustainabilityGlobal Commitment Signatories to Miss 2025 Plastic Reduction GoalsA new progress report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation confirms that the 1,000 signatories to its Global Commitment will not meet their 2025 plastic reduction goals.RoboticsRobotic Automation Doubles Capacity for Dot’s PretzelsPackage DesignPair Eyewear Grows Up, But Retains its Joyful EnergyBusiness intelligencePackaging and Processing Seen As Ideal for AutomationWorkforceStudents Explore Packaging and Processing at PACK EXPO International
