Sustainable Packaging

PepsiCo launches Drinkfinity

Drinkfinity, a PepsiCo venture that was piloted in Brazil in 2014, has announced the launch of a new personalized beverage designed to fit the individual lifestyles of today’s busy go-getters.

February 21, 2018

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Sustainability

Nestlé Pure Life gets 100% rPET bottle

Nestlé Waters North America aims to inspire consumers to recycle by debuting new bottles for its Nestlé Pure Life Purified Water made entirely from recycled ones.

February 20, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Recycling rigid plastic packaging

Plastic, often regarded as an environmental villain, can be an environmental hero, with the right embrace of recycling.

February 20, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Dunkin’ Donuts to eliminate foam cups by 2020

Coffee and donut franchise to begin moving from foam to paper cups in spring 2018, with the goal of fully transitioning by 2020, removing 1 billion foam cups annually from the waste stream.

February 15, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

30th Awards for Packaging Innovation

International competition brings together the best innovations In commercial packaging, recognizing breakthroughs in technology, customer experience, and responsible packaging.

February 9, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Cooler return program is a ‘win-win’ for lab

UC-Berkeley’s Glaunsinger Lab reduces environmental impact by reusing coolers for its temperature-sensitive reagents, chemicals and kits.

February 8, 2018

Protective/transport packaging

Grimmway Farms gains economic, environmental benefits

By switching from wood to ‘pooled’ pallets, the global produce company reduces solid waste, carbon emissions, and travel costs.

February 6, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Has sustainable packaging arrived?

Without much fanfare, McDonald’s revealed on its website a commitment to eliminate polystyrene drink containers from its entire system by the end of 2018.

February 5, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Building Markets in Milk

This co-manufacturer is betting on a new American appetite for shelf-stable milk. Though much of the U.S. isn’t ready for shelf-stability in its everyday milk, Gossner is a first mover on specialty, value-added milk products that lay a foundation for turning the larger adoption tide.

February 5, 2018

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Packaging professionals need to define and understand e-commerce better to respond to challenges posed by online grocery ordering

It’s easy to get swept up in the recent reports about the astonishing growth of e-commerce. How grocery sales will be affected, and the ramifications for food and beverage CPGs as well as makers of packaging materials and machinery, are harder to pin down.

February 1, 2018

Flexibles

Video highlights value of paper sack recycling

As part of a recycling awareness campaign, The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Assn. releases a video highlighting the benefits of recycling clean, unlined shipping sacks with OCC.

January 31, 2018

Protective/transport packaging

Meal kits get insulated, curbside-recyclable box liner

San Francisco-based healthy meal kit delivery service Sun Basket switches to a 100% recyclable box liner that is also 1-in. thinner than its previous material and reduces box size by 25%.

January 29, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

AMERIPEN talks packaging, policy for 2018

Kyla Fisher, AMERIPEN Program Manager, and Andy Hackman, Principal Lobbyist, discuss the organization’s work around policies related to packaging and the environment, and offer predictions for 2018.

January 27, 2018