Sustainable Packaging

Global CPGs Embrace Transformative Loop Circular Shopping Platform

With reusable packaging as its foundation, the ground-breaking Loop shopping platform enables zero waste, unleashes packaging innovation, and enhances consumer convenience.

February 9, 2019

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Sustainable Packaging

Key trends for lifecycles in pack recycling to 2023

The increased emphasis on sustainability and the circular economy is reappraising how the lifecycle of packaging are assessed at all levels.

February 8, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

IKEA responds to e-commerce challenges

In Europe, IKEA is exploring packaging and logistics changes to meet omnichannel needs.

February 7, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Five megatrends impacting the packaging industry

Among them are e-commerce, changing consumer and customer preferences, CPG and retailer margin compression, sustainability, and digitalization and IoT.

February 5, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

BioPreferred packaging selected for ‘healthier medicine’

Genexa introduces USDA-certified organic OTC medicines in environmentally friendly, shelf-appealing ‘jewel box’ carton.

February 5, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Reusable Packaging Association Announces New Board Leadership for 2019

With the word ‘reuse’ being used regularly around the world to identify better packaging solutions, the Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) is committed to promoting reuse and the advantages of a reusable system.

January 31, 2019

Sustainability

Clean, green design for ‘microdrink’ packaging

Kvell puts sustainable and sleek package design at the forefront when developing its waterdrop microdrink, a 5-g cube of powdered health and wellness ingredients that dissolves in water.

January 31, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

McCormick: Not just doing well, but doing good

Michael Okoroafor, VP, Global Sustainability & Packaging Innovation for McCormick & Co., shares insights on the company’s goals and strategies around reducing the carbon footprint of its packaging.

January 30, 2019

Sustainability

Printed ingredients could disrupt the beverage category

California-based company Smart Cups releases a line of energy drinks, with microencapsulated ingredients printed on the bottom of a disposable cup that are activated with water.

January 28, 2019

Sustainability

The case for rPET wine bottles

Santiago Navarro, CEO and Co-Founder of London-based Delivering Happiness Ltd., trading as Garçon Wines, discusses why the company chose PET, and in particular recycled PET, for its award-winning Flat Wine Bottle for e-commerce.

January 26, 2019

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Co-packer, brand owners toast success of wine in a can

Canned wine takes off for co-packer Free Flow Wines after it adds a canning line. Also getting a boost are customers Essentially Geared and Foley Family Wines.

January 23, 2019

Sustainability

Company recruits ‘army of children’ to recycle plastic caps

Green Tree Plastics establishes the ABC Promise Partnership, which enlists school children and other community groups to collect plastic caps for recycling that are then used for bench products.

January 22, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

3PL turns to automation to offset workforce shortages

Faced with a declining pool of warehouse workers and a rapidly expanding e-commerce business, third-party logistics provider ODW relies more on automated packing equipment.

January 22, 2019