Sustainability

New PET condiment packaging

Best Maid Products Inc., based in Fort Worth, TX, is a leading Southwest regional supplier of pickle/relish products and dressings for retail and foodservice markets.

September 8, 2010

Industries: Page 327

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable Packaging Symposium 2011 to take technical approach

Two-day conference and exhibit to focus on technical foundations of successful sustainability programs.

September 7, 2010

Flexibles

U.K. dairy introduces hook-and-loop closure in cheese

Focus groups find the closure is easier to open and reseal than other fasteners for cheese packaging on the market. Consumers lacking finger dexterity will benefit.

September 7, 2010

Flexible packaging

Multi-bag baler

Kliklok-Woodman’s Woodman Vantage™ Multi-Bag Baler is designed to produce multi-bag merchandising for single-serve, 100-calorie snacks, and variety packs for snack foods and low density products.  See it at PACK EXPO Booth #S-1601.

September 7, 2010

Containers

Champagne industry working toward a greener bottle

The industry sets an initial goal of reducing the packaging carbon footprint 25% by 2020, with a far more ambitious longer-term objective.

September 2, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Message in a bottle

The continuing flap over bottled water holds up a mirror to sustainability, from a number of angles.

September 2, 2010

Cosmetics/Personal care

Hain Celestial personal care line converts to 100% PCR PET bottles

360-deg switch from 100% virgin PET to 100% PCR PET yields a number of sustainability benefits, supports company’s green commitment.

September 1, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable packaging examples remain rare in beauty products

CPG companies seem to be focusing their innovative efforts on green formulations, but little overall attention has been placed on packaging’s footprint.

September 1, 2010

Consumer packaged goods

Breaking the color code in packaging

Color is a crucial brand communicator. Color selection requires not only savvy about your brand and your aisle, but also cultural differences. China offers some great insights.

August 31, 2010

Dairy

Falafel label design puts the fun in food

Falafel, a Middle Eastern cuisine, is a blend of chickpeas, fava beans, onions, and exotic spices.

August 27, 2010

Cosmetics/Personal care

Sugarcane-based HDPE is coming to cleaning products

Brazilian-based household cleaning products company Ecover announces that all of its bottles will use a minimum of 30% sugarcane-based HDPE by January 2011.

August 27, 2010

Flexibles

OFF THE SHELF: Pouches stand up and stand out

On a recent trip to a Walgreen's store, Packaging World editor Anne Marie Mohan found two varieties of stand-up pouches that really caught her eye. Hear her description of Dial's Eco-Smart Refill pouch and Rolaids Antacid Softchews.

August 27, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable packaging 'immune' to economic downturn, report says

A new report shows there was “impressive” growth in sustainable packaging in 2008/2009 and predicts the market will reach $142.42 billion by 2015.

August 26, 2010