Reusable/Returnable

Video Show & Tell: Inside Clean Cult’s Redesign for Refill and Reuse

In this video, Packaging World takes a closer look at Clean Cult’s redesigned refillable packaging, now rolling out at Target with updated graphics, durable aluminum bottles, and widely recyclable cartons.

August 21, 2025

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Recycling

Community Poll: Confidence in Global Sustainability Efforts

Learn how confident your peers are in global sustainability efforts after the Global Plastics Treaty Talks ended with no consensus.

August 20, 2025

Recycling

Closing the Loop: Molecular Recycling's Role in Sustainable Packaging

At the Packaging Recycling Summit, the Consumer Brands Association made the case for molecular recycling as a necessary partner to mechanical systems—especially for hard-to-recycle plastics that stand in the way of a truly circular economy.

August 20, 2025

Bio-based

Metsä Board Awarded EcoVadis Platinum Rating

Metsä Board

The company has achieved the highest level rating every year since 2017.

August 20, 2025

Recycling

Stora Enso’s Billion-euro Investment in Renewable Packaging

Stora Enso

The investment Stora Enso's Oulu site converts former paper machines into board lines that produce food-contact-safe folding boxboard, kraftliners, paper bag material, and unbleached softwood pulp, while reducing fossil carbon dioxide emissions.

August 20, 2025

Contract packaging

Liquid Nitrogen Dosing for Single-serve Energy Gel Packs

Co-man INW Dallas One Solutions turns to Chart for the integration of liquid nitrogen dosing on its packaging lines to increase shelf stability of its products.

August 20, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Sustainable Packaging Trends at PACK EXPO 2024

Packaging World Editor-in-chief Matt Reynolds sits down with Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan to discuss trends in materials—paper, bio-based, and compostable— and machinery that they saw on last year's show floor.

August 19, 2025

Contract packaging

Contract Packaging Industry Report Now Available

The Contract Packaging Association’s 2025 State of the Industry Report, packed with insights about key areas of growth, is out now.

August 18, 2025

Sustainable Packaging

Global Plastics Treaty Talks End Without Consensus

Negotiators in Geneva wrapped up INC-5.2 without consensus on a global plastics treaty, leaving industry, NGOs, and governments urging compromise but pointing to progress that could guide the next round of talks.

August 18, 2025

Sustainability

Michelman Earns EcoVadis Gold Sustainability Rating for Third Consecutive Year

Michelman Inc.

Michelman ranks in the top 95th percentile globally for its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance.

August 18, 2025

Reusable/Returnable

Evian, L'Occitane en Provence, and ReBloom Care design Refillable Packaging

ThePackHub

See a few examples of refillable packaging from Evian, L'Occitane en Provence, and ReBloom Care from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

August 17, 2025

Contract packaging

What CPGs Want from Co-Packers Now

Brands are demanding partners who can scale with speed, protect integrity, and align with sustainability goals. Co-packers that can deliver will set themselves apart.

August 15, 2025

Sustainability

Survey: Cost Tops List of Biggest Barriers to Sustainable Packaging

According to Packaging World’s inaugural Annual Outlook Report survey, cost is the biggest challenge to adopting more sustainable packaging, followed by limited access to materials — with respondents also citing material reduction as a top design priority.

August 15, 2025