Sustainability

Luxury and Sustainability Coexist in Fashion Mystery Box

Sustainable e-commerce fashion brand Heat gets a sophisticated, luxury shipper with a metal closure that can be removed for recycling.

August 31, 2020

Business Drivers/Specialty: Page 201

Sustainable Packaging

Insert Extends Avocado Shelf Life By Two to Four Days

Mission Produce launches a post-harvest program that uses a food-safe, biodegradable packaging insert to extend the shelf life of avocados while minimizing operational impact to the supply chain.

August 31, 2020

Operational Excellence

Recyclable, Mono-Material Packaging Film on Growth Trajectory

A new report predicts the mono-material plastic packaging film market will grow at a 3.8% CAGR through 2025, reaching $70.9 billion.

August 28, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Georgia-Pacific to Manufacture Recyclable Mailers for E-commerce

Georgia-Pacific Corrugated

Georgia-Pacific began manufacturing curbside recyclable paper padded mailers for e-commerce at its recently opened Arizona facility.

August 27, 2020

Sustainability

First Enhanced Water to Pioneer Aluminum Cans

Perfect Hydration (pH), an ultra-purified alkaline water with electrolytes, extends its existing PET bottle line to include aluminum cans designed for cooler cases. Meanwhile, un-chilled 12- and 24-packs will be available center of store, expanding reach.

August 27, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

U.S. Plastics Pact Launched to Drive Circular Economy for Plastic

Sixty-plus brands, retailers, government agencies, and NGOs collaborate to work toward ensuring all plastic packaging is reusable, recyclable, or compostable by 2025.

August 25, 2020

Flexible packaging

E-Comm Mailer’s Luscious Lip Graphics Serve Social Media Set

Subscription makeup company LiveGlam makes a pair of red, glossy lips the signature graphic element on its new bubble mailer to generate consumer excitement and inspire social media sharing.

August 25, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola Delivers A European First with Recycled Paperboard Can Handle

Coca-Cola European Partners introduced CanCollar®, an innovative paperboard packaging solution, for multipack cans in Spain.

August 25, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Malibu Shares Sustainability News

Lynne Millar, Director of Purchasing for Malibu and Kahlua, answers questions on Malibu’s recent sustainability announcements.

August 24, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Morris Packaging Named Best Packaging Supplier for Sustainability

Morris Packaging

Morris Packaging announced it was named Best Packaging Supplier for Sustainability by the Pet Sustainability Coalition (PSC).

August 24, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Dow and Toppan Create Recyclable Banners for Olympic Games

Dow

Dow and Toppan have partnered to create recyclable polyolefin-based fabric decorations for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

August 21, 2020

Robotics

New ABB App Simplifies Robot Installations

ABB Robotics

ABB’s new RobotStudio AR viewer app provides a quick and convenient way of visualizing where and how robotic automation can fit into a process using a smartphone or tablet.

August 21, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Klӧckner Pentaplast Invests in Expanding Its Recycled PET Capacity in North America

Klöckner Pentaplast Food Packaging

Klöckner Pentaplast announced its commitment to expand its post-consumer recycled PET extrusion capacity by 17,500 metric tons, which significantly increases its capacity for thermoformed recyclable protein trays in North America.

August 19, 2020