Sustainable Packaging

PepsiCo Talks Packaging Strategy

Yolanda Malone, Vice President Global Foods Packaging for PepsiCo, talks about the company’s varied paths to more sustainable packaging.

May 24, 2023

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Sustainable Packaging

Walkers, Nestlé, and Sainsbury's Adjust Packaging Materials for Sustainability

ThePackHub

See a few examples of sustainable package material innovations from Walkers, Nestlé, and Sainsbury's from ThePackHub’s April Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

May 22, 2023

Robotics

Live at interpack: Syntegon Debuts Discharge Station for Gentle Handling of Baked Goods

Syntegon

This week at interpack, visitors saw Syntegon’s DCG (Distribution Continous Gentle) discharge station in action as it continuously discharged 400 sliced cakes onto a downstream packaging leg at 18 cycles/min.

May 4, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

PepsiCo Debuts New Customer Sustainability Platform

pep+ Partners for Tomorrow brings together PepsiCo’s broad sustainability capabilities into one platform to offer customers a customizable suite of solutions.

April 13, 2023

Flexible packaging

Frito-Lay and Quaker Go All In on Compostables

A new Greenhouse Learning Lab enables PepsiCo’s food divisions fast-track compostable packaging materials by enabling them to field test, measure, and analyze the materials on-site.

April 6, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Compostable Packaging Innovations from Laird Superfood, The Good Snack Company, and Jubiles

ThePackHub

See a few examples of compostable packaging innovations from Laird Superfood, The Good Snack Company, and Jubiles from ThePackHub’s February Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

March 6, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola, Kyocera, and Ocean's Halo Adjust Packaging Material to Increase Sustainability

ThePackHub

See a few examples of material adjustments for sustainability from Coca-Cola, Kyocera, and Ocean's Halo from ThePackHub’s February Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

February 19, 2023

Flexible packaging

BAR-U-EAT First to Offer BPI-Certified Compostable Bar Wrappers

The film structure is a lamination of a cellulosic-based film and a compostable sealant web with LLDPE properties. The commercially compostable plant-based materials come from a wood cellulose from FSC-certified, sustainably managed forests and corn.

February 9, 2023

Flexible packaging

R.A Jones Testing Sustainable Films on Its Pouching Equipment

R.A JONES

R.A Jones’ testing of sustainable films on its Pouch King equipment will help brand manufacturers transition to environmentally friendly packaging and meet consumer and industry demand.

January 25, 2023

Flexible packaging

Southern Recipe Small Batch Recognized For Packaging Design

Cyber Graphics

The brand's packaging, conceptualized by Cyber Graphics, was recognized in Graphic Design USA's American Package Design Awards.

January 24, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Walkers to Eliminate 250 Metric Tons of Virgin Plastic from Packaging

PepsiCo’s popular Walkers potato chip snack brand has switched from film to paper for its multipacks and has begun using stretch film made with nanotechnology to reduce film use.

January 11, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Connect Snacks Designs PFAS-Free Packaging for Microwave Popcorn

Connect Snacks removes the plastic, PFAS-based liner typically used in microwave popcorn packaging, eliminating the possibility of the ‘forever chemical’ from leaching into its product.

January 5, 2023

Robotics

Robotic Automation Doubles Capacity for Dot’s Pretzels

With no perceivable impediment to its growth other than capacity, Dot’s Pretzels, now a Hershey Co. brand, opened a new facility with a special focus on robotic packaging automation.

December 2, 2022