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Material/Equipment Combo Allows for Tray Bundling with Paper

WestRock and Atlantic Packaging collaborate to develop Canopy, a new system that provides a curbside-recyclable replacement for PE film for tray bundling.

December 8, 2023

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Diageo & Bacardi's Circular Spirits Format Emerges by Land, Sea, & Casino

The big spirits brands and their channel partners seek to eliminate tons of single-use packaging waste in bars, casinos, and even cruise ships with the disruptive ecoTOTE and SmartPour reusable packaging format.

December 7, 2023

Recycling

Bunting Appoints New Director of Sales and Global Marketing Director

Bunting

Tony Rampino returns to Bunting and Mark Friesen fills the position held by Michael Wilks, who's retiring after 23 years with the manufacturer of magnetic technology products.

December 6, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

The Future of Plastic Recycling: Mechanical and Chemical Pathways

At the recent Advanced Recycling Conference, Dimitri Daniels of GreenDot outlined the company’s strategy for enhancing plastic recycling through mechanical and chemical processes.

December 6, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Superfresh Growers, Mont Blanc, and Tönissteiner Introduce Recyclable Packaging Innovations

ThePackHub

See a few examples of recyclable packaging innovations by Superfresh Growers, Mont Blanc, and Tönissteiner from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

December 5, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Column: Fairly or Unfairly, Unlocking Circularity Relies on Brands

CPGs bear an outsized responsibility for recycling due to their package design choices, the benefits that accrue to them alone via consumer perceptions of sustainability, and their unique connection with, messaging to, and influence over consumers.

December 5, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Free Packaging Recyclability Assessment Tool

The Recycling Partnership

The Recycling Partnership has launched a free tool to guide packaging designers, suppliers, brands, and retailers through a system-wide recyclability assessment of their packaging.

December 5, 2023

Recycling

Paper-Based Carriers Help Coca-Cola Bottler Replace Plastic Multipacks

This Coca-Cola bottler says it will replace 200,000 lb. of plastic a year with the addition of a paper-based mulitpack solution. Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages partnered with WestRock to replace plastic multipack rings with paper in this application.

December 4, 2023

Flexible packaging

Sonoco Acquires Inapel Embalagens Ltda.

Sonoco

Inapel will add to Sonoco’s existing flexible packaging operation in Brazil.

December 4, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Charting a Course for Chemical Recycling in Europe

At the recent Advanced Recycling Conference in Cologne, Germany, John Sewell of Chemical Recycling Europe outlines what’s needed to make chemical recycling a success story.

December 4, 2023

Contract Packaging

Value-added Services and Niche Capabilities

Outlook Group hones in on capabilities less common among contract services and adds upon them to benefit customers and streamline their supply chains.

December 1, 2023

Contract Packaging

What Co-packers Gain by Giving Back

Coregistics’s charity events build employee morale, brand reputation, and fulfill social sustainability requirements.

November 30, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability Awards 2023 Winners Announced

Here are the winners of the 2023 Sustainability Awards – the most prestigious global competition for sustainable packaging innovation.

November 30, 2023