Sustainability

FIJI Water Unveils Multifaceted Plan to Reduce its Use of Plastic

Initiatives include the use of 100% recycled plastic in all its water bottles by 2025 and the introduction of 2.5- and 5-gal containers that will reduce its use of plastic by up to 76%.

October 25, 2019

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Beverage

Booklet-style Beer Label Provides Comic Relief

Available in Italy, Comic Beer features three comic strips by acclaimed Spanish illustrator Alberto Madrigal that are secured to a trio of beers via a booklet-style accordion label.

October 25, 2019

Beverage

The Dos and Don’ts of Beer Packaging

Troy Wade, co-founder and Strategy Director of brand design firm Brown&co, shares some of the biggest mistakes both heritage and craft beer brands make in designing their packaging and offers insight how to better appeal to consumers.

October 25, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

World’s Fastest Aseptic PET Lines with Dry Preform Decontamination

China’s Jin Mai Lang recently installed two complete aseptic PET lines, both leveraging Sidel’s dry preform decontamination system known as Aseptic Combi Predis™.

October 25, 2019

Sustainability

P&G Home Care Brands in Europe to Use Up to 100% PCR by Early 2020

P&G announces it will be making 300 million bottles per year for its Fairy dish detergent and Flash and Viakal surface cleaners out of recycled plastic by early 2020.

October 24, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Pizza Hut Tests Compostable Pizza Box

On October 23, Pizza Hut will introduce a limited-time test of a plant-based pizza topping served up in a game-changing round pizza box that is industrially compostable.

October 22, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Dove’s new initiatives will reduce the use of virgin plastic by 23,000-plus tons per year

Dove announces new initiatives as part of its 2025 commitment to reduce plastic waste, which include a move to 100% recycled plastic bottles, and plastic-free packs for its beauty bar.

October 21, 2019

Flexibles

Color Drives Graphics for Organic BBQ Sauce

New BBQ sauce line in a new, inverted pouch for Uncle Dougie’s requires packaging graphics that differentiate it on shelf while aligning with the company’s legacy bottled products.

October 21, 2019

Flexibles

Serendipity Strikes a Third Time with Sustainability

In analyzing the sustainability of the new inverted squeeze pouch for its BBQ sauce, Uncle Dougie’s is surprised to learn of its environmental impact versus glass jars.

October 21, 2019

Beverage

The Dos and Don’ts of Beer Packaging

Troy Wade, co-founder and Strategy Director of brand design firm Brown&co, shares some of the biggest mistakes both heritage and craft beer brands make in designing their packaging and offers insight how to better appeal to consumers.

October 19, 2019

Containers

Smirnoff Bottle Captures Symbolism of Day of the Dead

A limited-edition flavor uses graphic patterns, vibrant colors, and digital and hand-crafted illustrations to pay tribute to the Mexican customs and traditions that surround the Day of the Dead.

October 17, 2019

Sustainability

FIJI Water Unveils Multifaceted Plan to Reduce its Use of Plastic

Initiatives include the use of 100% recycled plastic in all its water bottles by 2025 and the introduction of 2.5- and 5-gal containers that will reduce its use of plastic by up to 76%.

October 16, 2019

Sustainability

Say ‘Good-Bye’ to Single-Use Hotel Toiletries in California

New bill restricts hotels and other lodging establishments from placing small, single-use toiletry bottles in sleeping room accommodations for a reduction of 500 million tiny plastic bottles/year.

October 16, 2019