Sustainability

Purecycle’s Flagship Polypropylene Purification Plant Reaches Mechanical Completion

Production of pellets at the Ironton, Ohio recycling facility is currently expected to start in the second quarter of 2023.

April 25, 2023

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Sustainable Packaging

EPR for Packaging Update

AMERIPEN’s Dan Felton looks at the implementation of EPR laws for packaging in Oregon, Maine, Colorado, and California.

April 25, 2023

Sustainability

Ball Aerosol Packaging Achieves ASI certification

Ball Corporation

Ball Corp. announces received the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) certification for the Performance and Chain of Custody Standards for its Global Aerosol Packaging division.

April 25, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Peeling Back the Layers on Monolayer Materials

Monolayer materials use multiple layers of just one type of material, resulting in packaging that’s much easier to recycle.

April 24, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Continental Tire, Maison Perrier-Jouët, and Nucao Adjust Packaging for Sustainability

ThePackHub

See a few examples of sustainable packaging adjustments from Continental Tire, Maison Perrier-Jouët, and Nucao from ThePackHub’s March Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

April 24, 2023

Sustainability

interpack Takes Stand Against Food Waste

Members and partners of the SAVE FOOD Initiative will demonstrate how food can be safely processed and packaged, how its shelf life can be extended, and how any food waste that occurs can be sustainably repurposed.

April 24, 2023

Operational Excellence

Recycling Infrastructure Expands for Flexible Plastic Films

Innovations like artificial intelligence and chemical recycling could solve challenges with recycling flexible plastic film.

April 21, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Biden Order Aims to Replace 90% Fossil-based Plastics with Bio-based Polymers

A new report from the White House details President Biden’s executive order on biotechnology and biomanufacturing, which will significantly impact petroleum-based plastics for packaging.

April 20, 2023

Containers & Closures

Clover Sonoma Dairy Pioneers 30% rHDPE Milk Jug

California dairy overcomes the challenges of sourcing and using recycled HDPE to introduce what it says is the first 30% recycled-content HDPE milk jug for liquid milk.

April 18, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

LVMH, Erewhon, and Bonnysa Innovate with Bio-Based and Circular Packaging

ThePackHub

See a few examples of bio-based and circular packaging innovations by LVMH, Erewhon, and Bonnysa from ThePackHub’s March Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

April 17, 2023

Sustainability

Tetra Pak UK Report Outlines Importance of Decarbonizing Food Systems in Reaching Net Zero

Tetra Pak Inc.

New research reveals businesses and consumers are determined not to lose sight of net zero ambitions, particularly those that can be achieved through the decarbonization of food systems.

April 14, 2023

Operational Excellence

Flexible Plastic Films Push for Recycling Expansion

Flexible plastic films could grow faster than plastics overall in the coming years, but recycling infrastructure improvements are needed to support these materials.

April 14, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

California Initiative Promotes Milk Jug Circularity

A consumer education campaign from the California Milk Advisory Board promotes the sustainability benefits of the HDPE milk jug and encourages consumers to ‘Recycle the Jug.’

April 14, 2023