E-commerce/D2C packaging

Amazon Invests in Fit-to-Size Boxmaking Equipment Company

Amazon expects that the technology could reduce the cubic volume for each box by 24% on average and reduce the use of approximately 1 billion plastic air pillows by the end of 2022.

November 8, 2021

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Sustainable Packaging

Adimax in Brazil integrates a minimum of 30% of post-consumer recycled PET

By incorporating Terphane films in the manufacturing of their packaging, Adimax —one of the largest petfood manufacturers in Brazil— integrates a minimum of 30% of post-consumer recycled PET, prioritizing high-barrier properties and food safety.

November 8, 2021

Sustainability

Ingredion’s Sustainable Barrier Starch Allows Manufacturers to Replace Fluorochemicals in Food Service Packaging

Ingredion

FILMKOTE 2030 barrier starch, sustainably sourced from corn, is an ideal replacement option for food contact packaging that requires effective oil and grease resistance from sustainable materials.

November 5, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Spirited Sustainable Packaging

Spirits company Diageo reports on the state of its “Spirit of Progress 2030” sustainability program, and their global ventures to increase sustainable packaging for their brands.

November 4, 2021

Sustainability

Eco-Products Earns Certification for its Plant-Based Packaging

Eco-Products Inc.

Eco-Products earned the GreenScreen Certified™ Silver designation for its Vanguard line of compostable plates and containers made from sugarcane.

November 4, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Recycled Content Packaging Innovations

ThePackHub

See five examples of innovative recyclable content packaging from ThePackHub’s October Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

November 4, 2021

Flexible packaging

Ecolean Works Toward Circular Economy

Ecolean

Ecolean is working to optimize the entire lifecycle of the raw materials it uses in its packages—from production to end-of-life package recycling—towards the circular use of resources.

November 3, 2021

Sustainability

Silgan Dispensing Receives Gold Sustainability Rating

Silgan Dispensing

Silgan Dispensing received EcoVadis’ Gold sustainability rating for environmental and corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance.

November 3, 2021

Sustainability

Graphic Packaging Completes Acquisition of AR Packaging Group

Graphic Packaging International

Graphic Packaging Holding Co., a vertically-integrated provider of sustainable fiber-based consumer packaging solutions, completed the acquisition of AR Packaging Group AB, Europe’s second largest producer of fiber-based consumer packaging.

November 2, 2021

Sustainability

Honeywell Introduces Plastics Recycling Technology to Drive a Circular Plastics Economy

Honeywell

Honeywell’s UpCycle Process Technology can reduce the need for fossil fuels in the creation of virgin plastics while enabling hundreds of cycles of recycling, with the goal of enabling a circular economy for plastics.

November 2, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Meal Kit Brand Tests Edible, Dissolvable Flexible Packaging

Meal kit pioneer Gousto Recipe Box trialed a pea protein-based film that exhibits many of the barrier properties that plastic offers. But instead of having to be discarded, the edible film dissolves harmlessly in hot water as the meal is cooked.

November 2, 2021

Sustainability

Michelman and CMS Industrial Technologies Enter into Strategic Partnership

Michelman Inc.

CMS Industrial Technologies, LLC will manufacture Michelman’s coating equipment, including rod coaters, press rod coaters, blade coaters, spray coaters, and slide-angle testers and perform engineering, part replacement, and service.

November 1, 2021

Sustainability

RTD Coffee Package Uses 30% Chemically Recycled PP

International dairy products company Emmi transitions to packaging with 30% rPP from chemical recycling for its Caffè Latte line of RTD iced coffee drinks in the U.K., becoming the first in the category to do so.

November 1, 2021