Sustainable Packaging

​Recyclable toothpaste tube brings style to hygiene

Premium toothpaste manufacturer Twice’s signature product, called The Duo, uses the packaging itself to explicitly illustrate the importance of brushing teeth twice daily.

August 8, 2019

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Digital print on compostable barrier substrate

Digital printing news on the flexible film front comes from Ireland’s foxpak flexibles.

August 7, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Free software tool from Henkel evaluates the recyclability of packaging

Henkel shares with the industry its EasyD4R software, which provides an evaluation of how recyclable a package will be, given the various features of the design.

August 6, 2019

Flexibles

Justin’s new snack pouch contains 25% PCR plastic

Flexible package for new nut butter-covered nuts from Justin’s is one of the first commercial pouches to use such a high proportion of PCR plastic.

August 5, 2019

Sustainability

Natural Cosmetics Company Spruces up its Packaging

German company biana switches from a PE tube to one made from spruce wood and sugarcane for its line of four natural skin cream products made with grape seed oil.

August 3, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging strategies for an environmentally-attuned market

Pollution of our oceans and waterways is not a new problem.

August 1, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Back to the future, again

As Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan reported in July’s Greener Package coverage, the milkman-style Loop circular shopping platform was officially kicked off May 21 at the New York City offices of The World Economic Forum.

August 1, 2019

Sustainability

Sustainably-sourced chocolate packaged in equally green paperboard

Finnish confectionery selects lightweight paperboard with sensory properties from sustainably managed forests for its new line of premium chocolate bars.

July 31, 2019

Sustainability

Six trends driving the growth of the global bioplastics packaging market

Among the trends identified are the state of the plastics recycling business environment, increased demand for polymers from natural materials, and the introduction of new technologies.

July 16, 2019

Sustainability

Paper-based tray for food

REWE Group, one of the biggest retailers in Austria, is offering the premium cheeses in its organic brand Ja! Natürlich on patented paper trays that reduce the use of plastic by 70%.

July 12, 2019

Sustainability

Cartons’ place in packaging

Horst Bittermann, President of the European carton association Pro Carton, shares insights on the sustainability of cartons, their use in e-commerce, and new carton technologies.

July 11, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Syngas is the Key to Packaging Sustainability

University of Florida professor Bruce Welt, Ph.D., shares the main takeaways from the first meeting of the Industry Consortium for Advanced Recycling, which took place June 12-13.

July 9, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

The case for degradability’s place alongside the three Rs

Single-use plastics and plastic packaging are under increasing pressure today, as evidenced by the growing number of taxes or outright bans on everything from plastic bags to drinking straws.

July 8, 2019