Sustainable Packaging

Drive Profit Through Sustainability

Learn what attributes consumers value in sustainable packaging and their willingness to pay for those attributes to develop a strategy that results in profits.

June 30, 2020

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Sustainability

Recycling Takes Another Hit During Pandemic, Part II

The Coronavirus pandemic is creating a growing waste crisis even as we see images of the earth’s environment clearing from less pollution. A few months into the crisis, and the numbers are staggering.

June 29, 2020

Sustainability

Sustainable Packaging Symposium 2020—Virtual Event

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

The 2020 Sustainable Packaging Symposium virtual event, sponsored by AIChE, will be held June 29-July2.

June 26, 2020

Flexible packaging

Liquibox Launches New Website

Liquibox

Liquibox launches a new website as part of the company’s rebranding efforts.

June 23, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Amcor Extends Partnership Network by Joining World Wildlife Fund-led ‘ReSource: Plastic’

Amcor Flexibles North America

Amcor has joined the World Wildlife Fund-led activation hub, ReSource: Plastic, a global consortium of companies and organizations collaborating to keep waste out of the environment.

June 22, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

AIR Bottle for Personal Care Line Reduces Plastic by 50%

New personal care line, MyKirei by Kao, reflects the company’s Kirei, or ‘beautiful,’ Lifestyle Plan, with sustainable packaging that uses two pouches to create a ‘revolutionary’ rigid bottle.

June 22, 2020

Sustainability

Colbert Packaging Adapts TICCIT 2020 Program

Colbert Packaging Corp.

Schoolchildren sheltered-at-home can learn about the life cycle of paperboard containers due to the partnership of Colbert Packaging and the Paperboard Packaging Council’s “Trees Into Cartons, Cartons Into Trees” (TICCIT) program.

June 22, 2020

Sustainability

Perfume Carton the Result of Sustainable Thinking

New Finnish luxury fragrance brand selects a lightweight, durable paperboard for its new line of products that mirrors its brand concept and values.

June 19, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Proposed U.S. Legislation Puts Focus on Plastic Waste Reduction, Recycling

Key components include improving the global competitiveness of the U.S. plastics recycling industry, U.S. leadership in waste reduction and recycling research and in standards development, and an investment of $85M in 2021.

June 17, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Neste and Jokey Collaborate to Develop Rigid Packaging from Renewable and Recycled Materials

Jokey Group

Neste and Jokey, a manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging, have started collaborating to develop the market for rigid packaging from sustainable renewable and recycled materials for food and non-food applications.

June 17, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Tetra Pak Commits to Net Zero Emissions

Tetra Pak Inc.

Tetra Pak announced its commitment to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its own operations by 2030, with the ambition to achieve net zero GHG emissions for the entire value chain by 2050.

June 17, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Nespresso Coffee Capsule Made from 80% Recycled Content

Made of a thinner aluminum foil, each new, recycled-content Nespresso capsule is produced using 9.2% less aluminum material, making it 8% lighter as well.

June 15, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Report Highlights Ecolean’s Sustainability Ambitions

Ecolean

The highlights of Ecolean’s 2019 Sustainability Report include the company’s use of 81% renewable electricity at its packaging material production sites and filling line equipment manufacturing plant globally during 2019.

June 15, 2020