Flexibles

Green Day wants you to start your day in a green way

Coffee company owned by two Green Day band members partners with San Francisco Bay Coffee to introduce fully compostable single-serve coffee pods and coffee bags.

November 5, 2016

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Sustainable Packaging

Can the circular economy deliver endless regeneration?

As energy production, package converting, and material disposal put a strain on fragile environments, the ‘circular economy’ grows ever more appealing.

November 4, 2016

E-commerce/D2C packaging

E-commerce big picture thinking at PACK EXPO International

AMERIPEN seminar to cover the concepts of sustainable materials management, life-cycle thinking, and the circular economy as they relate to e-commerce packaging at PACK EXPO International.

November 3, 2016

Flexibles

U.K. project helps drive flexible packaging recycling options

The REFLEX Project reveals results of its two-year research project, which confirms the economic and functional viability of recycling flexible packaging materials.

November 3, 2016

Sustainability

U.S. carton recycling continues to grow

Through the efforts of the Carton Council and its partners, more than 58% of U.S. households now have access to carton recycling, and end users are clamoring for more material.

November 2, 2016

Operational Excellence

FDA Opioid Action Plan Includes Packaging, Labeling

Agency “Voice Blog” says FDA would help fund the development of assessment tools to evaluate packaging, storage, delivery, and disposal solutions designed to prevent or deter misuse and abuse of opioid analgesics.

November 1, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

From scorecard to playbook: Walmart’s packaging evolution

Laura Phillips, Senior VP of Sustainability for Walmart, explains how the retailer has evolved its process for evaluating packaging sustainability and driving continuous improvement.

October 31, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Walmart reignites ‘passion around packaging’

Walmart unveils a Sustainable Packaging Playbook for its suppliers with best practices highlighting three directives: source sustainably, optimize design, and support recycling.

October 26, 2016

Contract Packaging

CPA enhances membership model

The Contract Packaging Association (CPA) launches a new membership model that includes many fresh and enriched programs to serve its members and the industry.

October 26, 2016

Contract packaging

Pharma to lead U.S. packaging growth through 2020

Although food packaging is projected to remain the largest market by demand, pharmaceutical packaging will rise the fastest, despite price pressures.

October 25, 2016

Contract Packaging

CPA unveils new membership model, logo...and something more

The Contract Packaging Association has a new value-added membership plan, a new logo and a new tagline to reflect manufacturing's role in the mix of services its members provide.

October 19, 2016

Contract Packaging

Snack Food Packaging System enables contract packager to fulfill orders quickly

A contract packager needed a versatile, ultra-fast packaging solution to package snack crackers for their client, a multi-national food and beverage manufacturer. An integrated, turnkey solution was required. The ultimate goal was to run a wide variety of bag sizes, as their future plans were to run a multitude of SKUs on a single machine.

October 17, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

PET recycling numbers drop slightly in 2015

Annual report on PET container recycling activity shows decrease in collection, but called a ‘positive report,’ given the global economic challenges in 2015.

October 17, 2016