Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Highlights from the 2026 Packaging Recycling Summit

What were some of the biggest takeaways from the summit? Senior Editor, Anne Marie Mohan, sits down with representatives from Google, Nestlé, Kenvue, and Just Born Quality Confections to discuss paperization, sustainable design, and AI as EPR preparation tool.

June 23, 2026

Sustainability: Page 11

Recycling

Packaging’s Part in the Ultra-Processed Food Debate

They are a convenient, comforting, innocent indulgence, say the defenders of so-called ultra-processed foods. Critics trash them as health threats. Packaging is caught in the middle.

June 22, 2026

Reusable/Returnable

Starbucks, YesStyle, and Limppano Design Reusable and Refillable Packaging

ThePackHub

See a few examples of reusable and refillable packaging from Starbucks, YesStyle, and Limppano from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

June 22, 2026

Bio-based

New Liquid Milk Pouch from India Converts to Bioavailable Wax

Following four years of development, Indian dairy company Mother Dairy has introduced a pouch for liquid milk that microbes in soil can fully consume, leaving no plastic residue.

June 19, 2026

Bio-based

Community Poll: Best Use for Compostable Packaging

Answer to see where your peers stand on the best uses for compostable packaging.

June 19, 2026

Sustainability

Community Poll: Balancing Sustainability, Functionality, and Compliance

Answer to see which demand your peers find hardest to balance with sustainability.

June 19, 2026

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Refine Packaging Launches Packaging Optimization Initiative to Help Ecommerce Brands Reduce Fulfillment Costs and Improve Customer Experience

Refine Packaging

Refine Packaging's expanded offerings combine packaging design, logistics optimization, and sustainability considerations to support long-term ecommerce growth.

June 18, 2026

Workforce

Jane Chase, CPPL, to Retire After More Than 30 Years of Service to IoPP

Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP)

The PMMI Hall of Famer is retiring as executive director of the Institute of Packaging Professionals on July 31, after over 30 years of supporting the packaging industry.

June 17, 2026

Recycling

Live at PRS Day Three: Circularity Insights from WM, BPI, and ThePackHub

WM talks ideal packaging for MRFs, BPI highlights compostable packaging at venues, and ThePackHub emphasizes how sustainable innovation follows regulation at PRS day three.

June 17, 2026

Sustainability

CVS Pharmacy Swaps Plastic for Aluminum in OTC Product Packaging

The company will introduce the new package format on select wellness essentials.

June 17, 2026

Recycling

Live at PRS Day Two: Mars, Campbell's, General Mills, and More Share Recycling Strategies

General Mills supports flexibles recycling at scale, Mars gets positive consumer feedback from paperization, Campbell's touches on PCR and food safety, and more at day two of the Packaging Recycling Summit.

June 16, 2026

Recycling

PureFive Resin Qualifies as "Recycled Content" Following NJDEP Review

PureCycle Technologies

This designates PureCycle Technologies’ PureFive as a supply option for brands working to comply with New Jersey’s escalating recycled-content mandates for plastic packaging.

June 16, 2026

Workforce

Elopak Names Håkon Volldal CEO

Elopak

The Nel ASA executive is set to succeed interim CEO Bent Kilsund Axelsen by January, bringing extensive experience to support Elopak’s “Repackaging tomorrow” strategy.

June 16, 2026