Operational Excellence

Coca-Cola, Nivea Top List of Multi-Category Sustainability Innovations

Regardless of product category, companies are focusing on earth-conscious packaging solutions.

February 3, 2023

Drinks, nonalcoholic: Page 3

Sustainability

Coke Europe Adopts Tethered HDPE Closure, Follows EU Directive

A new tethered closure on Coca-Cola bottles makes the closure less likely to be littered, and more likely to be recycled. The Proxima tethered closure format recently won a Technology Excellence Award for Sustainability from PMMI at PACK EXPO.

January 27, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Top 10 Articles of 2022 - #5: Coca-Cola Bottler Unveils ‘U.S. First’ Paperboard Multipack

Join us as we look back at the most-read Packaging World stories of 2022. At #5, we look at a paperboard packaging system that replaces the plastic ring holders on can multipacks, the first of its kind in the U.S.

December 30, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola’s ‘Recycled Records’ Connects Music Sampling, Recycling

The Coca-Cola Company teamed up with two legendary names in music sampling, Mark Ronson and Madlib, to bring a bold musical experiment to life with the launch of “Recycled Records.”

December 14, 2022

Home

Fiber Laser Prints on Metal Foil, Aluminum Substrates

The Smartlase F250 fiber laser printer from Markem Imaje serves the beverage, pharma, and confectionery industries by printing onto foil blister packs or alumunim cans.

October 31, 2022

Sustainability

Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, and Pringles Adjust Package Materials to Add Sustainability

ThePackHub

See a few examples of packaging material adjustments for sustainability by Coca-Cola and others from ThePackHub’s September Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

September 21, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Dasani Launches in 100% rPET, Sprite Switches to Clear Plastic

In pursuit of a World Without Waste, Coca-Cola introduces a new bottle made from 100% rPET for Dasani water and moves from green to clear plastic for Sprite to improve recycling of the bottle.

September 6, 2022

Sustainability

P&G, Coca-Cola, and McCormick Develop Innovative Recycling Practices

ThePackHub

See a few examples of recycling innovations by major brands including P&G, McCormick, and Coca-Cola from ThePackHub’s August Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

August 10, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola Bottler Unveils ‘U.S. First’ Paperboard Multipack

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages today unveiled a paperboard packaging system that replaces the plastic ring holders on can multipacks, the first of its kind in the United States according to the company.

August 9, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Bill Nye the Science Guy and Coca-Cola Teach Recycling in Fun, Accessible Video Short

Coca-Cola and Bill Nye (the Science Guy) team up to create a stop-motion video that aims to demystify recycling. In a unique twist, the actual materials used to model Nye and the set in the stop-motion animation are recycled or recyclable.

May 10, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola, Suntory Cross the 100% Plant-Based Bottle Finish Line

After more than a decade of rigorous R&D work and significant investments with their respective partners, Coca-Cola and Suntory each unveil first-of-their-kind beverage bottle prototypes made from 100% bio-based PET, ready for commercial scale-up.

April 25, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Live from Smithers' Sustainability in Packaging US: Paper Cap/Closures Soon to be a Reality?

It's unusual for PW to cover pre-commercialized projects. But at Smithers' Sustainability in Packaging US event today in Chicago, we saw a paper-based beverage cap application that's closer to in-market than we'd have thought.

March 10, 2022

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

New Blow/fill Line for Israel’s Tempo Beverages

A new one-way PET line for Israeli beverage producer Tempo Beverages combines a latest-generation stretch blow molding technology with a new filler.

March 9, 2022