Sustainability

Walmart Selects IFCO as Exclusive Provider of Reusable Plastic Containers

IFCO Systems (IFCO) and Walmart announced a multi-year business agreement that will expand the retailer’s use of IFCO RPCs and make IFCO Walmart’s exclusive RPC packaging provider for select fresh fruits and vegetables distributed in the U.S.

February 10, 2021

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Sustainable Packaging

D2C Proteins' Thermal Insulation Sits at the Intersection of E-Comm and Sustainability

This e-comm startup hit the big time only a couple of months ago. A big step in getting there was bolstering its package sustainability profile to better align with its brand positioning.

February 8, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

RLC Releases Report on Fixing Recycling in the U.S.

Consumer Brands Association

The Recycling Leadership Council (RLC), a broad coalition of stakeholders brought together to identify the federal government’s role in fixing the U.S. recycling system, released the Blueprint for America’s Recycling System.

February 5, 2021

Sustainability

Jones Family of Companies Hires Senior Vice President of Operations

Jones Family of Companies

Mike Jewell was hired as Senior Vice President of Operations for the Jones Family of Companies.

February 5, 2021

Sustainability

Krones Joins the EU’s Circular Economy Initiative

Krones, Inc.

The Krones Group joined the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform.

February 4, 2021

Sustainability

Packadore Collective Rethinks Packaging Closures

Packadore Collective

SGK Anthem, Vrijdag Premium Printing, Generous Minds, Neurensics, Kurz, Merck, and Haval joined forces under the name Packadore Collective to design a reusable packaging closure—Cap Off.

February 2, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Annie's Organics and Post-Consumer Recycled Content

General Mills Inc.

Pat Keenan, organic snack producer, talks with Matt Reynolds about his brand, Annie's, and the journey to achieve sustainable cereal bag liner using post-consumer recycled content.

February 2, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Loop Reusable/Returnable Packaging Platform Launches in Canada with Retail Partner Loblaw

Loop’s global expansion continues, bringing waste-free shopping for a range of food and household products, including Loblaw own-brand items, in reusable packaging to Canada

February 1, 2021

Flexible packaging

Paper-based Diaper Pack Makes Recycling Easy

Drylock Technologies, a global hygiene products manufacturer and producer of baby diapers, approached packaging and paper supplier Mondi to create a more sustainable alternative to its existing plastic diaper packaging.

January 29, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Dove’s Sleek New Refillable Deodorant Pack

The global health and beauty brand launches new deodorant packaging that is circular by design, with a reusable stainless-steel case that can be refilled with deodorant sticks.

January 28, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Plasma Gasification Promises Holistic Solution to Waste Management Circular Economy in Seven-Minute Video Report

The U.S. recycling infrastructure is failing, and public participation is ebbing. University of Florida is developing a litter and waste management solution to transform recycled trash into syngas.

January 27, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Import Tariffs Apply to One Thing or Another

Questions recently arose about whether a specific shape of pasta was actually a drinking straw.

January 27, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

To Regulate or Not to Regulate?

As power changes hands in Washington, some change in federal policy toward sustainability is also expected, and that might involve packaging, especially plastics.

January 27, 2021