Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Humanoid Robots, a Manufacturing Boom, and a Fresh Look at Plastic Bottle Production

PMMI Media Group’s chief editors, Matt Reynolds, Derrick Teal, Liz Cuneo are joined by ProFood World associate editor Casey Flanagan to discuss whether humanoid robots should look human at all, what the BLS projects for pharmaceutical packaging jobs, and the recycling process Suntory is testing on a much dirtier feedstock than Japan’s.

October 19, 2026

Sustainability: Page 2

Package Design

Colgate-Palmolive, BenBits, and Geração S Utilize Paper packaging

ThePackHub

See a few examples of paper packaging swaps from Colgate-Palmolive, BenBits, and Geração S from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

October 18, 2026

Package Design

From Snack Bags to Sports Drink Sachets: How PepsiCo Shares Packaging Science Across Foods and Beverages

PepsiCo’s Prasad Joshi and Lindsay Bridenbaker explain why today’s package has to deliver an experience, not just protect the product, and how the company’s foods and beverages teams share science to make that happen.

October 16, 2026

Bagging & Pouching

Understanding and Overcoming the Heat Seal Limitations of Sustainable Flexible Packaging Materials on Flow Wrappers and VFFS Baggers

Greener Corporation

PACK EXPO International presentation in Booth N-4570 on Oct. 18 details methods to quantify and improve performance. And visit Greener Corporation in Booth N-4618.

October 16, 2026

Recycling

The Missing Piece in Recycling Isn’t Collection, It’s Demand

Six years of household generation data shows a widening gap between packaging innovation and the system built to recover it. Cody Marshall, chief programs officer at The Recycling Partnership, explains what that means for brand owners.

October 16, 2026

Recycling

CAA Proposes 2027 California EPR Fees as CEO Fielkow Steps Down

It’s been a busy week for CAA. Its revised California EPR plan, built on post-June cost data and May producer reports, went to CalRecycle this week, and would count as approved even if conditions are attached. A day later, CAA said CEO Jeff Fielkow is moving on.

October 16, 2026

Sustainability

Dongsung Chemical

October 15, 2026

Recycling

Suntory Pioneers 100% rPET Bottles from Inconsistent Feedstock

The brand owner's flake-to-preform process has run in Japan since 2018 on the nation's unusually clean supply of collected bottles. But in Thailand, where incoming quality is far more variable, Suntory reordered the process to make it work. Production starts in 2028 at roughly 400 million preforms a year.

October 14, 2026

Recycling

Both a Brand Owner & Adhesive Supplier, Henkel Designs for Recyclability

Henkel’s consumer brands business and its adhesives business work with each other's rivals every day. Yet that unusual arrangement inside one parent company is speeding up the redesign of recyclable packaging and packaging lines alike.

October 13, 2026

Digital Transformation

CPG innovator: Matt Fitzpatrick of Saint-Gobain Helped Build a Packaging Specification Database

His work has helped the company strategically document needed data points and digitize packaging specifications.

October 13, 2026

Sustainability

End of the Line Video Series: Sustainability Updates from SPC, Pepsi's Financial News, and More

Listen in to hear about sustainability, EPR, and news from SPC Advance. Plus, Pepsi's financial future, and gearing up for PACK EXPO.

October 12, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: SB 54’s First Deadline, Refillable Wine Bottles, and PET’s Recycling Problem

PMMI Media Group’s chief editors, Matt Reynolds, Derrick Teal, Liz Cuneo, and Sean Riley are joined by Packaging World senior editor Anne Marie Mohan to discuss what producers are scrambling to figure out before SB 54’s January deadline, why return-on-the-go reuse is suddenly everywhere, and what’s happened to U.S. PET recycling capacity.

October 12, 2026

Sustainable Packaging

Five Takeaways for Packaging Professionals from SPC Advance 2026

California’s SB 54 provided a strong backdrop for discussions on source reduction, recyclability, recycled content, and reuse. Discover what the event revealed about the decisions packaging teams are facing now.

October 7, 2026