A number of states operate deposit return schemes (DRS) to encourage more people to recycle beverage containers, such as bottles and cans.
Sustainable Packaging
Is There Such a Thing as Closed-Loop Recycling?
Considering the challenges with recycling, downcycling of materials, and increased competition for PCR materials, Tom Szaky explores what it takes to create a closed-loop recycling system.
June 2, 2023

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Sustainability
UPM Biochemicals, Selenis Partner to Develop Sustainable PETG
UPM Biochemicals
The partnership will help the packaging industry reduce its CO2 footprint and redefine the sustainability goals of its customers.
June 2, 2023
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Sustainable Packaging
Walmart Adopts Waste-Reduction Steps for its E-comm Packaging
Steps include transitioning from plastic to paper bag mailers, right-size packaging technology for shipping cases, order consolidation, and fulfillment closer to the customer’s home.
June 1, 2023
Moving forward, nearly all orders shipped in plastic mailers from fulfillment centers and stores and all marketplace items shipped with Walmart Fulfillment Services will arrive in recyclable paper bag mailers.
Sustainable Packaging
Five-Year Outlook on European Packaging Materials Released
A new report released at the Rethinking Materials Summit reveals those packaging materials European brands are moving towards—and away from—to become more sustainable.
June 1, 2023
The new study from Aquapak was carried out by Pure Profile, which gathered information from 150 sustainability and packaging experts across the UK, Italy, and Germany.
Sustainability
Dow, New Energy Blue to Collaborate on Developing Renewable Plastic Materials
Dow
The first-of-its-kind agreement in North America would create bio-based ethylene from renewable agricultural residues for Dow's U.S. Gulf Coast assets to produce renewable plastics.
May 31, 2023
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Sustainability
Label-less Bottle Puts Focus on Wine, Not Waste
New wine brand Crate forgoes bottle labels to reduce packaging waste, creating a sparse but still eye-catching package that complements the brand’s sustainable positioning.
May 31, 2023
By removing the label from the body of the wine bottle, Fourth Wave Wine has eliminated the paper, the adhesives, and the PET liner resulting from the label.
Sustainable Packaging
Compostable Packaging: Innovation and Growth Driven by Brands and Consumer Demand
PMMI Media Group
Discover compostable packaging, its benefits and drawbacks, and its current applications. Expect this eco-friendly format to surge in popularity for brands of all sizes in the coming decade.
May 31, 2023
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Sustainable Packaging
Nestlé, Dr. Bronner's, and Meteor Brewery Introduce Refillable Packaging Solutions
ThePackHub
See a few examples of refillable and reusable packaging solutions from Nestlé, Dr. Bronner's, and Meteor Brewery from ThePackHub’s April Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.
May 30, 2023
Nestlé U.K. is launching refill pouches for two of its instant coffee products.
Sustainability
Nestlé Pilots Paper-Based, Home-Compostable Coffee Capsule
The new capsule, made of paper with a proprietary, compostable barrier film and lid, offers Nespresso consumers a compostable coffee capsule option.
May 29, 2023
Eighty-two percent of the new coffee capsule is made from wood fiber, while the balance, which includes the inner film liner and the lid, is made from a compostable biopolymer material.
Flexible packaging
New Date-Sugar Pouch Contains 50% PCR
In its quest to have as little environmental impact as possible, Just Date moves from a cardboard carton for its granulated date sugar to a flexible, resealable stand-up pouch with 50% PCR.
May 26, 2023
The new 12-oz package for Just Date’s Organic Sugar is a flexible, stand-up pouch made up of HDPE, 40% of which is recycled content, and PET, made up of 90% rPET.
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
Yolanda Malone, Vice President Global Foods Packaging for PepsiCo
Sustainable Packaging
Database-Backed QR Codes Minimize Recycling Confusion
The Recycling Partnership today launches a dynamic labeling program backed by a recycling capability database of most U.S. municipalities. Via the Recycle Check platform, consumers can scan a QR code on a package to learn if it's recyclable in their area.
May 24, 2023
General Mills and Horizon Organic are planning to pilot Recycle Check.
Sustainable Packaging
Tech Startups Share Solutions for ‘Rethinking Materials’
Twelve early-stage startups providing technology around the circular economy for materials present their innovations to attendees at the recent Rethinking Materials Summit in London.
May 23, 2023
From l. to r., Mesbah Sabur of Circularise, Liz Corbin of Materiom, Claire Rampen of Reath, and Patrick Teyssonneyre of Xinterra, share their innovations during a Technology Showcase, ‘Digital Solutions Supporting Efficiencies in Materials,’ at the Rethinking Materials Summit.
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