Recycling

Live from Product Stewardship Institute's Forum: Dylan de Thomas on Laws Going Live, Key Deadlines, and Industry Guidance

States ramp up EPR laws with Oregon’s taking effect in 2025, followed by Colorado and California. As harmonization grows, producers are urged to register with the Circular Action Alliance to understand and meet new packaging compliance rules.

June 9, 2025

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Bio-based

Shell and Braskem Partner for Sustainable Polypropylene

Braskem

Shell Chemicals is supplying bio-attributed and bio-circular propylene feedstocks to Braskem to produce more sustainable polypropylene for various consumer markets.

June 9, 2025

Recycling

Starbucks, Marks & Spencer, and Lecta Switch to Paper-based Packaging

ThePackHub

See a few examples of the switch to paper packaging from Starbucks, Marks & Spencer, and Lecta from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

June 9, 2025

Containers & Closures

NaturDrops Packaging Goes Green for Man’s Best Friend

New Swiss pet wellness brand NaturDrops launches functional dog snacks in a 96% paper-based package, merging sustainability with pet health in every aspect of the brand.

June 6, 2025

Recycling

Nextloopp: Solving America's Polypropylene Recycling Puzzle

In this exclusive interview, Professor Edward Kosior shares how Nextloopp is building a collaborative, science-driven model to bring food-grade recycled polypropylene to scale in the U.S. and beyond.

June 4, 2025

Package Design

Does Your Packaging Need All That Performance?

Mars is asking a question of its packaging that might surprise its suppliers. 'Do we really need all of that performance? That barrier? That shelf life?' It had always been inexpensive and available, so there was no reason not to use high-performance film, for instance. But with sustainability emerging as a major KPI, brands are rethinking what they need.

June 3, 2025

Flexibles

Kraft Heinz Eyes Super-spatial Atomic Layer Deposition Barrier Tech

Kraft Heinz crowned Kalpana Systems—a Dutch technologist behind a ‘thin film with the precision of a single atom’—as the winner of Rethinking Materials’ recent Global Innovation Challenge. The emerging tech delivers advanced oxygen and moisture barriers to otherwise recyclable paper or mono-PE, without impacting recyclability.

June 3, 2025

Recycling

Community Poll: How2Recycle's Updated Label

Learn where your peers stand on the updated label's ability to provide clarity to the consumer.

June 3, 2025

Reusable/Returnable

L'Oreal, Liquid Death, and UpCircle Release Packaging Designed for Refills

ThePackHub

See a few examples of packaging designed to be refilled from L'Oréal, Liquid Death, and UpCircle from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

June 3, 2025

Recycling

CPGs Advance in PCR Use, Despite Missing 2025 Goals

An AMERIPEN study reveals that while packaging recycling rates and capacity are improving, meeting 2025 sustainability goals remains challenging due to persistent supply gaps.

May 30, 2025

Containers & Closures

Avantium Partners with the Bottle Collective to Launch Innovative Fiber Bottles

Avantium

This collaboration aims to fast-track the development of fiber bottles by leveraging PEF's superior barrier properties and mechanical strength, contributing to a more circular economy in packaging.

May 29, 2025

Bio-based

Eco-Products Named an Official Zero Waste Partner of the San Francisco Giants

Eco-Products Inc.

The partnership will implement compostable foodservice packaging at Oracle Park, aiming to enhance the ballpark's waste diversion efforts and support its composting program.

May 29, 2025

Bagging & Pouching

UPM Specialty Papers Invests Over 10 million Euros in UPM Tervasaari Mill

UPM Specialty Materials

The investment aims to increase capacity and improve production stability for glassines and flexible packaging papers.

May 29, 2025