Sustainable Packaging

UN Adopts Mandate for Global Plastics Treaty

The UN Environmental Assembly adopts a resolution aimed at ending plastic pollution through an international, legally binding agreement targeted at 2024.

April 7, 2022

Business Drivers/Specialty: Page 170

PMMI News

Clearing Out the Notebook

After two years of all-virtual conferences and exceedingly rare travel, it seems (to me at least) like the dam has broken almost overnight.

April 7, 2022

Contract Packaging

Budelpack Develops Custom ‘Co-Packing On-Demand’ Line for Meal-Kit Company

Netherlands food co-packer Budelpack engineers a new packaging line driven by a custom software system that delivers pouched meal-kit ingredients on-demand, with no pause in production.

April 6, 2022

Sustainability

Aptar, PureCycle Achieve Testing Milestone with Ultra-Pure Recycled Plastic

Aptar

AptarGroup announced its progress in testing and transforming PureCycle Technologies’ Ultra-Pure recycled (UPR) plastic.

April 6, 2022

Flexible packaging

Marie Samuelsson Appointed CEO of Ecolean

Ecolean

Samuelsson will assume the CEO role on June 1, 2022 following Peter L Nilsson’s planned retirement after more than 15 years with the company.

April 5, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable Packaging TODAY: Personal Care

Looking for sustainable personal care packaging available today? U.K. sustainable packaging expert Paul Jenkins of the PackHub and Packaging World’s Matt Reynold discuss real-world applications you can find on the shelf.

April 5, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Mars Petcare Retort Pouches use Certified Circular PP

For its Sheba brand wet cat food pouch, Mars Petcare uses polypropylene produced through advanced recycling; the film is both food-safe and retortable.

April 4, 2022

Sustainability

Sigma Plastics to Expand Production of its VANISH Film Powered by Smart Plastic’s SPTek ECLIPSE

Smart Plastic Technologies

Sigma Stretch is expanding production of its stretch film to all five of its production facilities across North America and Canada.

April 4, 2022

Sustainability

Unilever, Kao Corp., and Uni Devise Unique Reusable Body-Care Packaging Systems

Sustainability, ease of use, elegance, guaranteed lifetime use, and whimsical product dispensing are just some of the features found in four new reusable packaging systems for body care.

April 1, 2022

Flexible packaging

Void Technologies Opens R&D and Compound Manufacturing Facility for Flexible Packaging

VOID Technologies

Void Technologies, a materials science company, opened its first U.S.-based, plastic reduction research labs and compound manufacturing facility to help packaging manufacturers and brand owners transition to more sustainable plastics and packaging.

April 1, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

More Cheering than was Warranted…

The clapping and cheering of delegates attending the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) to end plastic pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024 was, if understandable, unwarranted.

April 1, 2022

Contract Packaging

OEM Supplier Survey Reveals Contract Manufacturing and Packaging Needs

More than a third of OEM respondents said that 10% to 25% of their sales come from contract manufacturing and packaging customers.

March 24, 2022

Sustainability

Uni Refillable Body-Care System Provides Guilt-Free, Luxury Experience

The new Uni line of high-performance, reef-safe body and hair-care products uses a two-part reusable packaging system made up of a simple elegant aluminum shell and an aluminum refill bottle, both created by renowned designer Marc Atlan.

March 30, 2022