Recycling
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Containers & Closures
Top Articles of 2024, #1: Coke's ‘First in Decades’ PET Lightweighting Project
The #1 most clicked article of 2024: A new lightweighting project reduces the weight of 12-, 16.9-, and 20-oz PET bottles from 21 to 18.5 g. That'll help reduce PET by 3 million metric tons by 2025, but how will the supply chain react?
January 5, 2025
All small PET bottles in 12 oz, 16.9 oz and 20 oz will be lightweighted from 21 g to 18.5 g for all The Coca-Cola Company’s sparkling brands, Minute Maid Refreshments, and Minute Maid Aguas Frescas in the U.S. and Canada.
Containers & Closures
Top Articles of 2024, #3: Sprite Gets Naked, for Now
The #3 most clicked article of 2024: Coca Cola strips the labels from its Sprite on-the-go rPET bottles in the company’s first U.K. trial of label-less packaging.
January 3, 2025
In place of a label, the bottle will feature an embossed logo on the front, with product and nutritional information laser-engraved on the back.
Containers & Closures
Top Articles of 2024, #8: How Baileys Paper-Based Bottle is Made
The #8 most clicked article of 2024: An extraordinary network of inventors, developers, OEMs, and stakeholders emphasize ‘progress over perfection’ as they commercialize a breakthrough bottle.
December 29, 2024
Behind the latest paper bottle by Baileys.
Containers & Closures
Top Articles of 2024, #9: McDonald's Drops Plastic for Four-Flap McFlurry Cup
The #9 most clicked article of 2024: Paper flaps around the paper-based cup's neck will serve as a closure, replacing the plastic lid and reducing single-use plastic to advance McDonald's sustainability goals.
December 27, 2024
Both the Mini and Regular McFlurry will now be served in what stakeholders say is a more environmentally friendly, paper-based, four-flap cup.
Bio-based
Top Articles of 2024, #10: KDP Unveils Plant-based, Compostable Coffee Pod
The #10 most clicked article of 2024: These coffee pods use an alginate-based primary package material with some barrier properties. The system will employ recyclable secondary packaging with additional barrier. Many packaging details remain to be sorted.
December 26, 2024
The plant-based coating doesn’t dissolve into the coffee—it stays intact during the brewing process. So, after the K-Rounds are brewed, consumers will have to dispose of the remaining spent coating. It is expected to be certified compostable.
Recycling
Top Articles of 2024, #11: If Brands Need PCR, Why is Demand for rPET so Soft?
The #11 most clicked article of 2024: Brands made commitments to use more PCR, and rPET is a substrate with lots of packaging applications. So why is it so cheap, and why is demand so soft, especially heading into 2024's 'preform season?'
December 25, 2024
NAPCOR PET bottle collection and recycling rates.
Package Design
Duracell's All-Paper Blister Paves Way for New Walmart Battery Display
The new perforated paper blister replaces the thermoformed plastic tray with paperboard backing. Features include a flat bottom and messaging hierarchy on front and top of pack that enable a unique retail display and shopping experience at Walmart.
December 19, 2024
The paper-based blister packs are die-perforated for easy removal from the package.
Coding & Marking
"Tattooed" Fruits Grab Attention, Save Plastic with Laser Date Coding
Laser etching directly onto suitably thick-skinned fruits like mangos and avocados lets Westfalia Fruit eschew plastic price look-up tags with date codes, while standing out on the shelf. Possibilities for unique designs, even 2D codes, abound.
December 18, 2024
The original objective was to reduce plastic usage while maintaining the quality of the fruit. As the project progressed, Benard realized Westfalia could be creative with the information laser etched onto the fruit.
Recycling
Top Articles of 2024, #19: WM's Investment in AI Sortation
The #19 most clicked article of 2024: We sat down with Brent Bell, VP of recycling, to see how a billion dollar investment will be spent (hint: AI optical sorters and new facilities), and what it means for pack design and PCR supply.
December 18, 2024
Haulers feed the tipping floor at WM's new Houston West Side material recovery facility (MRF).
Recycling
AMP Raises $91 Million in Series D Funding to Revolutionize Waste
AMP Robotics
Latest investment to support expansion to process municipal solid waste and single-stream recycling at scale.
December 17, 2024
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Recycling
Vaseline, Pernod Ricard, and AN Avícola Introduce Recyclable Packaging Innovations
ThePackHub
See a few examples of recyclable packaging innovations from Vaseline, Pernod Ricard, and AN Avícola from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.
December 17, 2024
Vaseline's new pumps eliminate the conventional metal spring, allowing it to be accepted by more than half of all recycling facilities in the U.S. and Canada.
Sustainability
Bayer’s New Blister Pack Bids Adieu to PVC
The shift from PVC to PET, while helping the company meet its sustainability goals, was met with challenges, including concerns over usability.
December 16, 2024
The updated pack is a mono-material PET that aligns with the company’s long-term goal of moving away from using PVC.
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