Sustainable Packaging

PepsiCo-led Initiative Raises $25 Million for U.S. Recycling

All in One Recycling challenge raises $25 million to make recycling easier for more than 25 million U.S. families and support a circular economy with investments in infrastructure and education.

October 16, 2019

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Vegan Ice Cream Rebrands, Uses 100% Plant-based Packaging

New packaging for Coconut Bliss ice cream products uses graphics that reestablish the brand’s expertise in the category while pioneering a biopolymer-coated paperboard material.

October 13, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Diamond Award Finalist: P&G’s Liquid Tide Eco-Box

The Tide Eco-Box is the first product launch from P&G Fabric Care’s eCommerce Innovation Group. Dow’s Packaging Innovation Awards’ judges awarded the product a Diamond Award Finalist.

October 9, 2019

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Unilever to Cut Plastics Across Brand Portfolio by 2025, Commits to Circular Efforts

Unilever, owner of brands including Dove, Ben & Jerry’s, Lipton, and Omo has announced ambitious new commitments to reduce its plastic waste and help create a circular economy for plastics.

October 8, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola Unveils 25% Recycled Marine PET Bottle

On Oct. 3, Coca-Cola unveiled its first ever sample bottle made using recovered and recycled marine plastics, demonstrating that one day, even ocean debris could be used in recycled packaging for food or drinks.

October 3, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Dow Diamond Finalist: Truman’s Concentrated Cleaning Products

Truman’s products give even entrenched home cleaner consumers a convincing reason to make the pivot from retail display case RTU spray bottles to a more sustainable e-comm model that eliminates the need to 'ship water.'

October 2, 2019

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Dow Diamond Finalist: Amcor’s Paperly

Charcupac, a French meat and charcuterie slicing and packaging specialist in Ars-sur-Moselle, is among the first to commercialize a new thermoformable material from Amcor called Paperly.

October 1, 2019

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Plastic Handle Recycling Program Helps Close the Loop

Plastic multipack carrier producer PakTech launches its own recycling program to ensure the collection and recycling of its products.

September 25, 2019

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Collaboration Will Drive Development of Recyclable Pouches

Mespack and Dow partnership puts a hf/f/s machine at Dow’s Pack Studios to help develop and commercialize recyclable pouches.

September 24, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

New Variations in Flexible Mono-Material Packaging

PAXXUS, Inc. introduced additional variations of single-stream recycle-ready flexible materials.

September 24, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Panel Alert: White Paper on Smart Asset Technologies

Tuesday panel to introduce the new report on identification, monitoring and tracking of reusable transport packaging assets.

September 23, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Sainsbury’s Pledges to Halve Plastic Packaging by 2025

Strategies to achieve this goal include remove, reduce, reuse, and recycle initiatives, as well as collaboration with food manufacturers, packaging suppliers, the waste and recycling industry, and others.

September 21, 2019

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Coca-Cola European Partners to Eliminate 4,000-Plus Tons of Multipack Shrink Wrap

Replacing plastic shrink wrap with 100% recyclable paperboard for its multipack cans across Western Europe will help CCEP meet its Action on Packaging commitments.

September 20, 2019