Cartoning

Mondelēz Pilots 300,000 Cadbury Heroes Paper Tubs in Tesco

The international snacking company is testing the tubs for its mini chocolates as part of its broader push to cut virgin plastic and advance recyclable packaging across its brands.

October 29, 2025

Business Drivers/Specialty: Page 2

Recycling

Nefab Boosts Sustainable Plastic Packaging Manufacturing with New Thermoforming and Recycling Hub

Nefab Group

PolyFlex/Nefab Group opens a 137,000-sq-ft facility in McMinnville, Tennessee, to boost heavy-gauge thermoforming and extrusion, adding integrated closed-loop recycling for more sustainable, cost-effective packaging.

October 28, 2025

Recycling

Trinseo Announces Availability of PS, ABS, and SAN for Sale Produced with Indavers’ Chemically Recycled Monomer Through Depolymerization

This European portfolio of PS (Polystyrene), ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene), and SAN (Styrene Acrylonitrile) require no new tooling or requalification and offer a lower CO2 equivalent footprint compared to fossil fuel counterparts.

October 28, 2025

Digital Transformation

Walmart Uses ‘First-to-Market’ RFID in Fresh Categories

Walmart expands its use of RFID technology to fresh food departments like meat, bakery, and deli, introducing digital labels that boost inventory accuracy, reduce food waste, and streamline operations.

October 28, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: How Amazon Combines Tech and Material Innovation to Cut Waste

Paul Jenkins, managing director of U.K. packaging innovation consultancy ThePackHub, sits down with Pat Lindner, VP of mechatronics and sustainable packaging at Amazon, to discuss how consumer needs and sustainable solutions often overlap, and the sustainability wins the company has achieved in meeting these priorities.

October 28, 2025

Bio-based

Grove Collaborative, Guerlain, and mountainFLOW Design Bio-based Packaging

ThePackHub

See a few examples of bio-based packaging from Grove Collaborative, Guerlain, and mountainFLOW from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

October 27, 2025

Workforce

MCC Appoints Kathleen Phelps as CFO

Multi-Color Corporation (MCC)

Phelps, a former Chief Financial Officer at FORTNA and Argos USA, aims to drive Multi-Color Corporation's next phase of transformation and long-term growth.

October 24, 2025

Recycling

H2R Decision Matrix Clarifies What Is & Isn’t Deemed ‘Widely Recyclable’

GreenBlue’s How2Recycle program releases a public-facing framework to help brand owners and suppliers understand how recyclability designations are made, and why not every package earns a “Widely Recyclable” label.

October 24, 2025

Package Design

V8 Energy Gives its Package Design a Refreshing Boost

Campbell’s Company brand V8 Energy is highlighting its “better-for-you” positioning and aiming for greater shelf impact with its new design.

October 23, 2025

PMMI News

Meeting Sustainability Goals Requires Collaboration

Joint strategic planning between end users and OEMs fosters a more sustainable and resilient future.

October 23, 2025

Recycling

Private Label Brands Target Low-Barrier, Recyclable Films via Retailer Forum

Major retailers including Amazon, Walmart, CVS, and Target are uniting through the Sustainable Packaging Coalition to accelerate development of recyclable, low-barrier flexible films that can meet circularity goals without disrupting existing lines.

October 22, 2025

Recycling

Community Poll: Challenges with Packaging Data from EPR Laws

Learn where your peers stand on the challenges with packaging data from EPR laws.

October 22, 2025

Package Design

Lightweight Alloy Lifts Design and Sustainability in Axe Aerosol Can

Trivium Packaging’s aluminum can for Axe Fine Fragrance uses a proprietary alloy to cut weight by 5% while preserving strength and design precision, earning an IMDPA Best in Category award for Aerosols & Bottles.

October 21, 2025