Recycling

Henkel, Amcor, and a collaboration of German companies design recyclable packaging

See a few examples of recyclable packaging from Henkel, Amcor, and a collaboration of German companies from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

November 10, 2025

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Flexibles

EPR at the Intersection Between Brands and Flexible Packaging Converters

As extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws take hold across the U.S., the Circular Action Alliance (CAA) is helping producers navigate their new obligations. Converters, though not obligated as “producers” under these laws, play a crucial supporting role, providing the data and packaging intelligence brands need to comply and reduce fees.

November 7, 2025

Package design

Creating Sustainable Packaging to Enhance Usability and Visual Impact

Rohrer Corporation

November 7, 2025

Flexibles

Why Consumers Don't Recycle Flexibles & What to Do About It

Many Americans think they’re recycling flexible packaging, but few do it correctly. New research shows confusion, misplaced confidence, and a possible path forward through consistent language and simpler education.

November 7, 2025

Flexibles

End Markets Will Decide Flexible Film Recycling in CA, Elsewhere

As California’s EPR law advances, experts say redesigning flexible packaging for recyclability and aligning those designs with viable end markets will define how producer CPGs meet new recycling mandates.

November 5, 2025

Flexibles

U.S. Flexible Packaging Keeps on Growing Through Headwinds

FPA’s Dan Felton reports steady growth and rising profitability amid a sense of watchful tension as new state EPR laws roll out that will directly affect how brands design and source packaging.

November 5, 2025

Bio-based

Compostable Packaging Finds Its Footing

Leah Ford of CJ Biomaterials discusses how compostable materials like PHA can gain credibility through proven performance, strict certification, and better education for both consumers and policymakers.

November 5, 2025

Reusable/Returnable

Wild Introduces Refillable Roll-On Deodorant to U.K. Market

London-based sustainable personal care brand Wild debuts a refillable roll-on deodorant product featuring a reusable metal case and a bio-based, compostable refill pack.

November 5, 2025

Recycling

Colgate & Amazon Turned Recycling Data into Insight; Now Other CPGs Can, Too

Pilots with Colgate-Palmolive and Amazon helped shape Glacier’s new DataStream platform, a subscription tool launched today that lets CPGs verify recyclability performance and close the loop between packaging design and real sortation and recovery outcomes.

November 4, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Kopu Water Brings Aluminum Bottles to Luxury Hotels

Kopu Water is helping hotels and resorts make a sustainable shift by offering a bottled water program that replaces glass packaging with lightweight, recyclable aluminum bottles and pairs it with a built-in recycling system.

November 4, 2025

Sustainable Packaging

With EMF’s New 2030 Plastics Agenda Targets, Signatories Pivot from Ambition to Scale

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s new 2030 Plastics Agenda, released today, turns lessons from earlier shortfalls into a pragmatic blueprint for scale. It aims to trade isolated ambition for collaboration, policy alignment, and systems change. Nearly a decade after setting (a maybe too) ambitious 2025 plastics reduction goals, global brands and CPGs are rethinking what real progress looks like.

November 3, 2025

Home

Nextloop Americas Receives FDA LNO, Develops AI Sorting

Nextloopp Americas gains FDA approval for food-grade recycled polypropylene and adds its first regional recycling partner as AI sorting moves into action.

November 3, 2025

Reusable/Returnable

Bold Reuse, Wype, and Tubex Design Reusable and Refillable Packaging

ThePackHub

See a few examples of reusable packaging from Bold Reuse, Wype, and Tubex from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

November 3, 2025