Sustainability

Tide packaged for E-com only

This bag-in-box format is designed specifically for e-commerce. Super-concentrated formula means just 105 oz washes the same 96 loads that a 150-oz HDPE press-tap bottle does.

January 18, 2019

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Sustainable Packaging

PepsiCo closing in on recyclability goals for North American beverage packaging

PepsiCo has a stated goal that by 2025, 100% of its global packaging will be recyclable. The North American beverage side of the business is about 95% recyclable right now, according to Kathleen Niesen, Director of Recycling and Sustainability at PepsiCo North American Beverages and Quaker.

January 15, 2019

E-commerce

Paperboard folding carton growth predicted through 2022

New study reports that tariffs on China will factor into the equation. Meanwhile, e-commerce is expected to boost corrugated and paperboard box demand.

January 15, 2019

E-commerce

P&G launches an e-comm first

‘We have designed a package e-comm-back.’ That’s how Procter & Gamble describes the process behind its launch this month of the Tide Eco-Box.

January 15, 2019

Sustainability

Report: Plastic bottle recycling declines slightly in 2017

Industry challenges include changing export markets, a 3.6% drop in material collection, and increases in single-stream collection, resulting in greater contamination of recyclables.

January 14, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

New resource reviews global packaging frameworks, standards, and definitions

As more and more brands commit to packaging goals around reusability, recyclability, compostability, etc., it is becoming more important to clarify and align definitions.

January 12, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

E-commerce in packaging

A collection of e-commerce coverage for the packaging and packaging machinery industry

January 11, 2019

E-commerce

P&G Eco-Box irks bloggers

This just in from the department of no good deed goes unpunished.

January 9, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

2019: ‘The end of the food industry as we know it’

A webinar hosted by The Food Institute puts a spotlight on growing industry and consumer trends, such as food delivery, including by drone, cannabis, and vending concepts.

January 7, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Top 10 Greener Package stories of 2018

Efforts at home and abroad to curb the use of plastic packaging was a popular topic in 2018, especially those that involved innovative new solutions.

December 31, 2018

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Top 10 stories of 2018 reflect hottest trends

This year’s most popular stories on packworld.com provide a snapshot of 2018’s leading trends, including digital printing, e-commerce, cannabis, sustainability, and more.

December 30, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

CPGs: Do you know the size of your fiber footprint?

More than 45 million acres of working forests are at risk of fragmentation or conversion for other uses, threatening the future of the paper packaging supply chain, jobs, and the environment.

December 15, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Nestlé Waters North America to achieve 25% recycled plastic by 2021

Beverage firm plans to continue expanding its use of recycled materials, with the aim of reaching 50% recycled plastic by 2025.

December 13, 2018