Sustainability

P&G dish soap bottle comprises 10% ocean plastic, 90% PCR plastic

Procter & Gamble to launch 320,000 Fairy Ocean Plastic bottles in the U.K. to raise awareness of ocean plastics and encourage consumers to clean up beaches and recycle.

October 9, 2017

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Contract Packaging

Contract Packaging Association appoints new managing director

Ron Puvak will be responsible for overseeing the association’s current activities and creating a plan for long-term growth.

September 18, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Biologiq joins AMERIPEN

The new member will bring sustainability benefits to packaging value chain.

September 13, 2017

Sustainability

Milk conveys organic with unbleached paperboard carton

Arla’s EKO organic dairy brand uses a new carton made from natural brown unbleached paperboard that retains the color of the wood fibers and has a visible fiber structure.

September 11, 2017

Flexibles

Compostable film wraps snack bars

A compostable film wrapper for new cold-pressed fruit and nut bars from Shanvalley Innovative Food Company of Ireland helps the company expand on its brand promise, ‘Eat Right – Live Right.’

September 10, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

New digital tools help educate on plastic wrap and bag recycling

The Flexible Film Recycling Group releases two new online tools for consumers, recycling coordinators, local and state governments, and businesses to help grow PE film recycling.

September 6, 2017

Flexibles

Benefits of Flexible Packaging for Fighting Food Waste

A new infographic from the Flexible Packaging Association highlights how flexible packaging can help keep food fresher and prevent food waste.

September 4, 2017

Flexibles

Shrink films deliver for DMS’s pharma customers

Co-packer and its customers benefit from film clarity, strength and application flexibility.

August 29, 2017

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeler resolves bottleneck for Produlab Pharma

Dutch CMO meets growing global customer needs without its previous set-up and adjustment difficulties.

August 24, 2017

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Reed-Lane prescribes new topserter for solid-dose bottling line

New machine accurately applies topserts to solid-dose pharmaceutical bottles, with the benefits of high-speed throughput, quick changeovers and sanitary operation.

August 22, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Hershey pursues ‘25 by 25’ goal

In this First Person column, Greg Gressel, Director of Disruptive Supply Chain at The Hershey Company, shares how the chocolate and snack producer is working toward its sustainability goals.

August 20, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

School desks made from plastic waste close the loop

The Virtuous Circle project delivers school desks to South African children that are made from multilayer household packaging waste, including flexible packaging for meal replacement pouches.

August 18, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Report quantifies emissions from plastics-to-fuel technologies

A new report compares the emissions from pyrolysis with those of other industries. The results may surprise you.

August 17, 2017