Flexibles

Approaching a ‘Holy Grail’ of Food-Grade, Film-to-Film Recycling?

The MBOLD coalition is building a new ecosystem of stakeholders to support a circular economy for flexible packaging and films in the Upper Midwest.

November 1, 2022

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Contract Packaging

How General Mills Manages its CM/CP Suppliers on Sustainability, ESG

Mark McCullough, Director, Global Impact - Operations Integration, General Mills, spoke at the recent F4SS supply chain conference about co-manufacture/co-packer management techniques related to his company’s stated sustainability and ESG goals.

October 31, 2022

Sustainability

Planters’ New Peanut-Shaped Jar Uses Less Plastic, Too

A unique new package design for Planters’ 16-oz PET container for its Dry Roasted Peanut varieties results in 8% less plastic and another iconic asset for the brand.

October 31, 2022

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Recyclable, Long Shelf-Life Paperboard Foodservice Pack Used by Pret A Mange

ProAmpac's Fresh Food To-Go line combines recyclability, bilboard space, and a long shelf-life in a sealed, grab-and-go sandwich pack.

October 28, 2022

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Celebrate the 2022 Technology Excellence Awards Recipients

PMMI

PACK EXPO International Spotlight’s Best and Brightest in Industry

October 27, 2022

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Automated Paper Mailers for E-comm Market

Updates to Pregis' Sharp MAX-PRO 18 on-demand automated bagger, allow for consumer-friendly, curbisde recyclable, paper-based packaging for e-comm fulfillment via the Pregis EverTec mailer.

October 26, 2022

PMMI News

Parallel Trends Overlap, Intertwine at PACK EXPO

After a four-year, pandemic-induced hiatus, PACK EXPO International was back in Chicago in late October, 2022, and the top trends weren’t hard to spot.

October 26, 2022

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Flow Wrapper for Trayless Ground Meat Packaging

Debuting in the U.S., the FW3710B wrapper from Formost Fuji eliminates the non-recyclable PS tray from ground meat packaging, reducing shipping, labor, and additional packaging equipment.

October 25, 2022

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Recycle-Ready Progress

Amcor Flexibles at its PACK EXPO Booth S-3715 showed some of its recycle-ready advancements for PE-based films.

October 25, 2022

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Curbside Recyclable E-comm Mailers via Convenient Bagger

The Rollbag R3200 bagger simplifies e-commerce shipping in certified curbside recyclable paper bags.

October 25, 2022

Podcasts

Sustainability News from Mars at PACK EXPO

An ISBM jar for Mars brands and two new systems for pharma products were just a few highlights at the busy Chicago show.

October 24, 2022

Sustainability

SD Polymers Dedicated to Finding New Sustainable Solutions

SD Polymers, LLC

Consumers all over the world are becoming more aware of the need for a circular economy, and SD Polymers is committed to finding and implementing new solutions to reduce waste and help contribute to a closed loop system.

October 24, 2022

Flexible packaging

Dow Partners with Companies to Implement R-Cycle Digital Product Passport

Dow

Dow Packaging and Speciality Plastics is working with HP Indigo, Reifenhäuser, Cadel Deinking, and Karlville to implement the R-Cycle digital product passport into its pouch-to-pouch mechanical recycling concept.

October 24, 2022