Flexibles

PPC Flexible Packaging Launches Sustainability Portfolio

PPC Flexible Packaging, a manufacturer of custom flexible packaging for specialty food, healthcare, and horticultural markets, launches PPC Green, its new sustainability portfolio.

May 11, 2020

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Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable Package Reformatting on the Rise

According to a new report by PMMI Business Intelligence, over half of CPGs are changing product packaging to meet sustainability goals by moving from one format to another.

May 8, 2020

Flexible packaging

Printpack Continues to Build its Green Team

Printpack

Printpack has expanded its sustainability team, which will be led by Dave McLain, Sustainability Director. It will be challenged with developing product platforms of more sustainable flexible packaging and bringing those platforms to market.

May 7, 2020

Sustainability

Inhance Technologies’ Barrier Packaging Process Recognized as Recyclable

Inhance Technologies, an international manufacturer of polymer materials science solutions, announced its barrier packaging technology was recognized as fully recyclable by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE).

May 5, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

March/April Sustainability Update: COVID-19 Changes the Plastics Conversation, but CPGs Still Innovating

The coronavirus raises concerns about reusable packaging and deals a blow to recycling, but amidst the uncertainty, CPGs and associations still work toward greater packaging sustainability.

May 4, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Planning for Recovery Systems Change

There’s strong interest in implementing public policies for financing packaging end-of-life management, but are those proposals adequately addressing the real challenges?

April 27, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Material Innovation Key to Achieving Sustainable Packaging Strategy

The market will continue to see innovations in the selection of sustainable packaging materials, as more companies embrace sustainable options.

April 27, 2020

Sustainability

P&G Greatly Expands Eco-Box Portfolio

With more consumers than ever purchasing their household essentials online, Procter & Gamble is expanding its Eco-Box portfolio to include more of its Fabric Care brands.

April 22, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Animal Feed Producer Palletizes with Glue Instead of Plastic Shrink

For this animal feed manufacturer, even when pallet heights increased thanks to a new bagging system, it still turned out that shrink-wrapping would require more effort, space, and higher material and acquisition costs than the incumbent hot melt system.

April 21, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Top Five Functional Machine Improvements for Sustainable Packaging Operations

Packaging methods and machinery must not be overlooked as vital components to a sustainable packaging strategy.

April 21, 2020

Sustainability

Switching to Paper or Recycled Blister Packaging Without New Machines

Two companies have debuted packaging systems with sustainability features that don’t require the investment in new machinery.

April 20, 2020

Sustainability

P&G Debuts Paper Deodorant Tube

Procter & Gamble Beauty has announced that beginning this May at 500 Walmart stores in the U.S., both Old Spice and Secret brand deodorants will be introduced in all-paper, plastic-free, tube packaging.

April 20, 2020

Sustainability

O-I 3D Prints Face Shield Frames

Owens-Illinois, Inc.

O-I Glass, Inc. is using its 3D printing capabilities to make face shield frames for members of the Northwest Ohio medical community.

April 14, 2020