Flexible packaging

Mono-PP Pasta Pack First to Use Advanced Recycled PCR

The sustainable material is derived from advanced recycling and converted into a biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film for this application, which is the first mono-PP pasta packaging material in the market containing 30% of PCR content.

May 2, 2023

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Operational Excellence

PCR Content Popularity Gains on the Horizon

Demand for PCR content in packaging far exceeds available supply, but emerging technologies could help increase production.

April 28, 2023

Protective/transport packaging

Do Marketing and Packaging Structure Go Hand-in-Hand?

A lot of attention is focused on packaging sustainability and packaging’s ability to perform other functions, from clearly demonstrating the product and its value-added benefits to delivering the product undamaged via e-commerce.

April 28, 2023

Sustainability

Food Lion Brand Demos Advanced Recycling-Based Circular System

Flexible plastic waste from the food supply chain is recycled and attributed to ISCC PLUS certified-circular polymers used for new food-grade packaging. First announced in April 2022, the first-of-its-kind project is now being evaluated for scalability.

April 27, 2023

Weighing/combination scales

MD Packaging Announces Its Partnership With Agyle Intelligence

MD Packaging, part of the Tessera Group

The new collaboration will provide sophisticated digitization and automated reporting solutions to both companies' North American customers.

April 27, 2023

PMMI News

PMMI and AMERIPEN Release Collaborative Study: 2023 Packaging Compass

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies

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

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