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Sustainable Packaging

Three awarded for innovation in plastics recycling

Initiatives include the reuse of recycled PET for insulation products, rigid plastic package recycling, and an increase in the availability of curbside recycling bins.

November 17, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

With low oil prices, how are bioplastics faring?

Annual market data update on global bioplastics production capacities is presented at the 10th European Bioplastics Conference.

November 10, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Chinese plastics associations join effort to reduce marine debris

Now part of the Global Declaration for Solutions on Marine Litter, the associations join 60 other organizations to help find solutions to keep plastics out of the ocean.

November 10, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Passion for package redesign

Hyland’s reaches outside its comfort zone to relaunch kids ointment in a sustainable paperboard dispenser.

November 6, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

The FTC cracks down on biodegradable marketing claims

The Federal Trade Commission announces enforcement actions against six companies as part of the agency’s ongoing crackdown on false and misleading environmental claims.

November 2, 2015

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Versatility galore at Iowa contract packager

A proprietary algorithm that mimics ‘swarm intelligence’ exhibited by birds and other critters is at the heart of this ambitious 12-robot cartoning system at CCB Packaging.

October 30, 2015

Sustainability

PET wine keg taps into green savings

U.K. wine seller offers premium wine-on-tap in a recyclable 20-L PET keg that replaces 27 glass bottles, eliminates waste, spoilage, and breakage, and costs customers 15% less.

October 30, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Trash

Each summer I spend time walking a quarter mile stretch of Lake Michigan’s eastern shoreline picking up trash.

October 30, 2015

Sustainability

CardPak celebrates 50th Anniversary

Cleveland-based paperboard packaging pioneer marks 50 years of service to Fortune 500 companies across the globe.

October 30, 2015

Contract Packaging

Nulogy enhances scheduling integration, data visibility

Tighter co-pack scheduling integration and interactive reporting functions are the latest enhancements to the developer’s cloud-based platform.

October 30, 2015

Contract Packaging

Analyzing the pharmaceutical logistics market

In-depth report looks at key vendors, market drivers, challenges, trends, and opportunities through 2019.

October 29, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Can pharmaceutical packaging be safety-compliant and sustainable?

Pharma companies will benefit from the time spent transitioning to a more sustainable model, especially as they see growing consumer satisfaction, says APP study.

October 29, 2015