E-commerce/D2C packaging

Report: Consumer confidence drives e-commerce growth

As consumer confidence grew in 2018, so too did e-commerce sales, at 35.4%. Although top sellers were non-food items, report predicts significant growth for fresh and frozen products.

March 2, 2019

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Sustainable Packaging

Walmart commits to aggressive plastic waste reduction goals

The new initiatives are aimed at advancing the sustainability of the retailer’s private brand packaging and promoting consumer-friendly recycling labels

February 26, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Design for Recycled Content Guide introduced

Free resource provides specific, practical recommendations to help brands use more recycled content in the packaging designs.

February 25, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

EU glass packaging recycling rate is stable at 74%

This represents a 12-million-ton figure, which FEVE The European Container Glass Federation says should be set to rise, according to the latest industry data.

February 23, 2019

Contract Packaging

Live at CPA: Contract packagers must offer (and advertise) reverse logistics capabilities

Dave Mabon of Ongoing Value thinks the many contract packagers that are capable of reverse logistics services, often simply by virtue of their software, are leaving money on the table by not advertising it as part of their value proposition.

February 22, 2019

Contract Packaging

Live at CPA: Address differences between generations in your marketing

Generations are formed by economic, technological, and historical events that happen during formative years, and they create like-thinking cohorts. Awareness of the differences and similarities between them can inform how narrowly (or widely) you target with packaging design and messaging.

February 21, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Environmental reporting gains priority for pharmaceutical industry

During Pharmapack Europe 2019, Lorax Compliance COO Michelle Carvell urged the pharmaceutical industry to prioritize its environmental reporting obligations for packaging or risk high financial penalties.

February 18, 2019

Sustainability

Flower-patterned labels appeal to the senses

A new line of hair and skincare products that seeks to deliver beauty while protecting the planet uses packaging decorated with a profusion of colorful flower illustrations.

February 18, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Starbucks proves out closed-loop system for coffee cups

Working with a fiber recovery company, a papermaker, and a cup converter, Starbucks proves that a closed-loop recycling system for PE-lined fiber hot cups is achievable.

February 18, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Report: ‘2018 was a very good year for bio-based polymers’

The most important market drivers in 2018 were brands that wanted to offer their customers environmentally-friendly solutions and critical consumers looking for alternatives to petrochemicals.

February 17, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Brands redesign packaging for e-commerce shipping

CPGs make changes to existing packages to provide greater product protection, eliminate product leakage, reduce the amount of dunnage needed to secure the product, or solve other shipping-related issues.

February 14, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

EarthCoating awarded Triple A certification for recyclability from The Green Dot

Smart Planet Technologies’ reCUP recyclable paper cup with EarthCoating is awarded the highest-possible certification for recycling from The Green Dot in Europe.

February 13, 2019

Contract Packaging

CPA to participate in 2019 ProFood Tech Partner Program

CPA’s Sourcing Center booth will provide information to attendees on CPA members’ packaging and manufacturing services and how to engage these service providers.

February 13, 2019