PMMI News

PMMI and AMERIPEN Release Collaborative Study: 2023 Packaging Compass

PMMI and AMERIPEN's collaborative report, 2023 Packaging Compass, identifies key package design and materials trends, and their implications for consumer packaged goods companies.

April 26, 2023

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Sustainability

Implementing Material Reduction Strategies to Maximize Cost-Effectiveness and Improve Sustainable Practices

In this episode of Sustainable Packaging Explained, learn about the practice of lightweighting and package design to use less packaging material.

April 26, 2023

Sustainability

RecycleReady Technology from Dow Receives RecyClass Recyclability Approval

Dow

Dow’s RecycleReady Technology is the first compatibilizer to obtain a Recyclability Approval. It was found to be fully compatible with the European flexible PE recycling stream.

April 26, 2023

Sustainability

Disruptive Bottling System Closes the Loop

The Boomerang Bottling System allows customers to sanitize, filter, fill, and cap single-serve water bottles on-site in reusable glass or aluminum containers that can be collected and refilled on-the-spot.

April 26, 2023

Sustainability

Purecycle’s Flagship Polypropylene Purification Plant Reaches Mechanical Completion

PureCycle Technologies

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

April 25, 2023

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

Robotics

Hai Robotics Equipment to be Used in New E-commerce Distribution Center

Hai Robotics

John Lewis' new e-commerce distribution center will have Logistex deploying an array of automated solutions, including Hai Robotics' HaiPick systems.

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