Sustainability

Label-less Bottle Puts Focus on Wine, Not Waste

New wine brand Crate forgoes bottle labels to reduce packaging waste, creating a sparse but still eye-catching package that complements the brand’s sustainable positioning.

May 31, 2023

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Sustainable Packaging

Compostable Packaging: Innovation and Growth Driven by Brands and Consumer Demand

PMMI Media Group

Discover compostable packaging, its benefits and drawbacks, and its current applications. Expect this eco-friendly format to surge in popularity for brands of all sizes in the coming decade.

May 31, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Nestlé, Dr. Bronner's, and Meteor Brewery Introduce Refillable Packaging Solutions

ThePackHub

See a few examples of refillable and reusable packaging solutions from Nestlé, Dr. Bronner's, and Meteor Brewery from ThePackHub’s April Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

May 30, 2023

Sustainability

Nestlé Pilots Paper-Based, Home-Compostable Coffee Capsule

The new capsule, made of paper with a proprietary, compostable barrier film and lid, offers Nespresso consumers a compostable coffee capsule option.

May 29, 2023

Flexible packaging

New Date-Sugar Pouch Contains 50% PCR

In its quest to have as little environmental impact as possible, Just Date moves from a cardboard carton for its granulated date sugar to a flexible, resealable stand-up pouch with 50% PCR.

May 26, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

PepsiCo Talks Packaging Strategy

Yolanda Malone, Vice President Global Foods Packaging for PepsiCo, talks about the company’s varied paths to more sustainable packaging.

May 24, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Database-Backed QR Codes Minimize Recycling Confusion

The Recycling Partnership today launches a dynamic labeling program backed by a recycling capability database of most U.S. municipalities. Via the Recycle Check platform, consumers can scan a QR code on a package to learn if it's recyclable in their area.

May 24, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Tech Startups Share Solutions for ‘Rethinking Materials’

Twelve early-stage startups providing technology around the circular economy for materials present their innovations to attendees at the recent Rethinking Materials Summit in London.

May 23, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Mars, P&G, Amcor, and Delterra Commit $6M to Develop Circular Economies in the Global South

The partnership aims to tackle plastic pollution by transforming waste management and recycling systems in Indonesia, Argentina, and Brazil, with the potential to impact 10 million people.

May 23, 2023

Flexible packaging

S-OneLP ReEarth Compostable Films Earn TUV Certifications

S-OneLP

S-One Labels & Packaging ReEarth compostable flexible packaging films received both TUV OK compost Home and TUV OK compost Industrial certifications.

May 23, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Walkers, Nestlé, and Sainsbury's Adjust Packaging Materials for Sustainability

ThePackHub

See a few examples of sustainable package material innovations from Walkers, Nestlé, and Sainsbury's from ThePackHub’s April Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

May 22, 2023

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FOX IV to Debut Its All-Electric Linerless Label Print and Apply System at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

FOX IV Technologies

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Booth #SL-6301! FOX IV will demonstrate how its FOX IV L3904E all-electric, linerless label print and apply system is designed to take product and packaging labeling to the next level of sustainability.

May 22, 2023

Operational Excellence

Companies Implement ESG in Packaging

Executives at the 2023 Top to Top Summit highlighted ESG as a key focus for future packaging operations.

May 19, 2023