Sustainable Packaging

Ocean Spray Craisins Join Recyclable, Recoverable March with In-Store Drop-Off Ready Pouch

The packaging solution designed for Ocean Spray Craisins® dried cranberries will be available in both roll stock and pre-made stand-up-pouch formats, using a specialty high-performance polyethylene (PE).

May 25, 2021

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Inclusive Packaging

The Unilever brand Degree is introducing a new deodorant product line named Degree Inclusion that seems important to me, and I’ll tell you why.

May 24, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

100% rPET Water Bottle Reduces CO2 Emissions

Using Earth Day this past April as the occasion, Brands Within Reach (BWR), the exclusive North American distributor of Danone’s Volvic water, launched in the U.S. Volvic’s 100% rPET bottles, made from 100% recycled materials.

May 24, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

PepsiCo’s Jason Blake Drives Sustainability Agenda

Jason Blake, Chief Sustainability Officer for PepsiCo Beverages North America, shares how the company is incorporating sustainability in every area, with a focus on innovations in packaging that will help the company reach its carbon reduction goals.

May 24, 2021

Sustainability

E-comm Brands Adopt Durable Bottles with Subscription-Based Refill Format

In effort to improve sustainability profiles and avoid the no-no of ‘shipping water,’ many new D2C brands are adopting a durable pack starter kit format that is then replenished by light or concentrated replenishment. Learn more in this Take Five video.

May 21, 2021

Flexible packaging

Pregis Announces Global Sustainability Plan

Pregis

The Pregis 2K30 (2K30 = the year 2030) mission includes real, measurable goals, close cooperation with Pregis partners, vendors, and customers worldwide, and an open invitation for like-minded companies and individuals to join the company in doing better.

May 20, 2021

Flexible packaging

Morris Packaging Bag Featured on WorldStar Packaging Award Winner

Morris Packaging

Flex Films (USA) Inc. wins WPO WorldStar Packaging Awards featuring Morris Packaging bag.

May 20, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Plastic-Free Deodorant & Body Care Refill System Launched

A reusable aluminum case from Grove Collaborative is refilled with deodorant and body care balm sticks, also packaged in aluminum.

May 18, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Plant-based Food Companies Weigh In on Sustainable Packaging, New Materials, and Carbon Footprint

With sustainability a top concern for their consumers, these plant-based food leaders take packaging innovation seriously. Mike Loquercio, a VP at Greenleaf Foods, and Kailey Donewald, founder of Sacred Serve gelato, join PW's Matt Reynolds to discuss.

May 19, 2021

Sustainability

Greiner Packaging to Host Virtual Innovation Days

Greiner Packaging International

Greiner Packaging will host Innovation Days June 9 and 10, 2021. Speakers will present a wide range of keynote speeches, live talks, and material sessions focusing on various aspects of establishing a circular economy for packaging.

May 19, 2021

Sustainability

Cruz Foam Awarded a National Science Foundation Grant for Small Businesses

Cruz Foam

Cruz Foam, a bio-benign foam and plastic packaging alternative provider, was awarded a $1 million in non-dilutive funding with an NSF SBIR Phase II Grant in support of the development of its patented sustainable packaging material.

May 19, 2021

Sustainability

Unilever Will Launch Recyclable Toothpaste Tube

May 18, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Innovation/Supply in the Post-Pandemic Era (are we there yet?)

Can the supply of/demand for recycled goods and bio-based materials replace geo-based packaging materials (metal, glass, plastics) without creating bio-based supply choke points?

May 18, 2021