Sustainable Packaging

Amazon invests $10 million in Closed Loop Fund to increase recycling

The company’s investment will divert 1 million tons of recyclable material from landfill into the recycling stream, eliminating the equivalent of 2 million metric tons of CO2 by 2028.

October 23, 2018

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Sustainable Packaging

New plant goes from PET bale to rPET packaging

New facility with an 80,000,000-lb annual capacity sorts, cleans, and purifies PET waste to produce rPET rollstock, thermoformed containers, and molded bottle preforms.

October 21, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Food-grade recyclable cups, containers

New foopack Bio Natura paperboard stock for hot cups and foodservice containers from Asia Pulp & Paper is recyclable, compostable, and biodegradable.

October 20, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Eco-friendly straws answer environmental complaints

Pakea (Booth #S-4375) has introduced a new spiral winding line for very small tube diameters, and has production capabilities of 60 meters of tube per minute.

October 17, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

New technology offers sustainable packaging

TIPA (Booth #E-9223) has introduced a new packaging that behaves like organic materials, increasing the degree of sustainability at which the company operates.

October 17, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Constantia introduces packaging with greater sustainability

Ecolutions reduces carbon footprint, focuses on recycle-ready solutions and decreases environmental impact while protecting products.

October 16, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Is your packaging truly sustainable?

Many beverage cups and packaging for other foods turns out to be non-recyclable.

October 16, 2018

Sustainability

Fresh-protein MAP, vacuum trays are more sustainable

Klöckner Pentaplast presents two tray systems, for MAP and vacuum skin packs, that use 100% and 97% PCR, respectively.

October 16, 2018

Flexibles

Focus on flexible packaging and sustainability

ProAmpac premiers its ProActive Sustainability brand mark at PACK EXPO International to reinforce its commitment to environmental stewardship.

October 15, 2018

Sustainability

Sustainable labels boost circular economy

Featured in the South Hall at the UPM Raflatac booth were two new developments aimed at bringing a new element of sustainability to the labeling space.

October 14, 2018

Sustainability

In-line tray thermoformer promises material savings

Material input reduction and sustainability are major trends this year at PACK EXPO, as brand owners look for ways to simultaneously improve their sustainability profile and save input costs. This in-line thermoforming machine from Harpak-Ulma all but eliminates scrap and reduces material input by nearly 40%.

October 14, 2018

Flexibles

Flexible pack behaves like rigid bottle

The winner of the Diamond Award in the 2018 Dow Awards for Packaging Innovation uses compressed air inflated into its edges to bring remarkable rigidity and ease of handling.

October 12, 2018

Sustainability

Reusable Packaging Association (RPA)

October 11, 2018