Sustainability

Bulk packaging drum growth expected for global transportation

New Freedonia study predicts sustained growth in the output of chemical products—particularly in fast-growing markets such as China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam—will boost demand for drums.

April 3, 2018

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Flexibles

Compostable cereal bag featured in plastic-free grocery aisle

A flexible pouch made from bio-based compostable materials allows Dutch organic cereal producer De Halm to showcase its products in Ekoplaza’s plastic-free grocery aisle.

April 3, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Compostable bowls, lids make debut at fast-casual restaurant

Fast-casual healthy-dining franchise Nature’s Table rolls out compostable bowls made from sugarcane and wheat straw fiber, along with plant-based plastic lids, at its locations across the U.S.

April 2, 2018

Sustainability

Survey: 61% of consumers say they always recycle food, beverage cartons

This according to a national survey on attitudes and beliefs related to carton recycling that also indicates consumers are looking at brands to help actively drive the recycling of their packages.

March 31, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Positive news on the recycling rate for rigid plastics and film in the U.S.

Two new reports from the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council indicate that U.S. recycling of rigid plastics and film each jumped 10% in 2016.

March 31, 2018

Contract Packaging

Report: Contract packaging industry worth $25.67 billion and growing

Just-released State of the Industry Report from the Contract Packaging Association provides data, insights, research, and perspectives from 120 CEOs and senior industry executives. Learn more during an April 5 webinar.

March 29, 2018

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Fast food chains, e-commerce ‘revolutionizing’ foodservice packaging

New report says considerable change in foodservice packaging is underway with fast food chain growth and e-commerce that enables ordering virtually any food online.

March 27, 2018

Flexibles

Cube-shaped, four-panel pouch wins the superfecta of FPA Awards

The ConservaCube™ cube-shaped, flexible, recyclable stand-up pouch is the auspicious winner of four FPA Awards.

March 27, 2018

Flexibles

Pack becomes a reclosable serving bowl

Perfetti Van Melle's Mentos SHARE-A-BOWL PrimaPak package won not just a Gold award for Packaging Excellence but also two Silver Awards, one for Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging and another for Technical Innovation.

March 26, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Low carbon-footprint bottle-to-bottle rPET plant

At The Packaging Conference, co-CEO of rPlanet Earth discusses the company's new plant, which will soon come online, converting post-consumer PET into high rPET-content bottle preforms, sheet, and thermoformed products.

March 24, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Paper bottle breakthrough

Back in the news after a self-imposed hiatus is one of the more intriguing sustainable-packaging initiatives of the past decade.

March 23, 2018

Sustainability

The Packaging Conference answers, 'What's new?'

Annual event continues tradition of hosting new innovation, with this year's agenda including bottle-to-bottle recycling, shaped aluminum bottles, form/fill technology, and handled PET containers.

March 22, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Quick picks from TempPack: sideways shippers and temp excursions

From corrugated cold chain considerations to the surprising effects of thermal shipper orientation, TempPack speakers offer important real-world tips.

March 21, 2018