Sustainability

Post-COVID Consumer Trends and Their Effect on CPGs Today | Digital Printing Lets Brands Promote Inclusion with Themed Short Runs

Today's Take Five Video: Brands are being asked to take a stance on environmental and social issues. Packaging is a great vehicle to promote those stances. Digital printing allows for short runs of timely, socially themed packs when these occasions arise.

April 23, 2021

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Sustainable Packaging

Nature Valley is First in Snack Bar Category with 100% Recyclable Film

General Mills’ new polyethylene-based film wrap for Nature Valley Crunchy granola bars is certified to carry the How2Recycle label for Store Drop-Off systems.

April 23, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Recycling on Everyone’s Radar

Recycling of packaging has been ubiquitous for decades, and yet, its systems have many moving parts, often confuse consumers, and could be more effective at recovering packages.

April 23, 2021

Sustainability

World Packaging Organisation, World Design Organization Collaborate to Support Sustainable Packaging

World Packaging Organisation (WPO)

WPO (World Packaging Organisation) and WDO (World Design Organization) announce their first joint initiative following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last year.

April 22, 2021

Flexible packaging

Pregis Joins The Climate Pledge

Pregis

Pregis, a manufacturer of protective packaging, has joined The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040—a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050.

April 22, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Nestlé Achieves ‘Paperization’ of Confectionery Packaging

Transitioning from plastic to paper for 419 SKUs of its Smarties brand chocolate candies requires extensive R&D in new materials, new package designs, equipment compatibility, and recycling potential for Nestlé.

April 21, 2021

Sustainability

CMG Plastics Expands In-mold Labeling Capabilities

CMG Plastics

A new high-speed Ilsemann Automation In-Mold Labeling System is now fully operational at CMG’s N.J. facility.

April 21, 2021

Beverage

AB InBev and Circular Packaging

In this exclusive interview with Mundo PMMI, AB InBev's Global Director of Packaging Innovation, Keenan Thompson, explains their recent development of a truly circular packaging for its beer six-pack using barley straw as a raw material.

April 20, 2021

Sustainability

Sakata INX, INX International Raise Sustainability Efforts with Foodservice Packaging Partner

INX International Ink Co.

Food service packager HAVI recommending Sakata’s Botanical ink brand EcoPlata and INX’s INXhrc inks as a natural, clean source and one of the constituent materials of food paper packaging.

April 20, 2021

Sustainability

Brand Owner & Retailer Briefing Hub Launch

ThePackHub

UK packaging innovation consultancy ThePackHub has launched a regular online meeting and information service for brand owner and retailer packaging professionals.

April 20, 2021

Flexible packaging

Michelman Joins the International Molded Fiber Association

Michelman Inc.

Michelman joined the International Molded Fiber Association (IMFA) to help advance fiber-based packaging in a circular economy.

April 19, 2021

Sustainability

Specialty Personal Care Brands Shift from Plastic to Aluminum Packs

Specialty shampoo, soap, and conditioner brands are embracing shatter-proof, recyclable aluminum packaging in a bid to attract sustainability-minded consumers with less price sensitivity.

April 16, 2021

Sustainability

Morton Salt’s Packaging-Based AR Experiences Seek to Erase Food Waste

Nine AR vignettes accessible through a QR code on Morton Salt’s culinary salt packaging prompts users to visit each scene, get tips, and collect recipes that use commonly wasted food items.

April 14, 2021