Sustainability

Coffee pod recycling in the U.S.: How likely?

A LinkedIn discussion around the likelihood of consumers bringing used coffee pods into a collection center, if given the opportunity, raises a range of issues.

June 8, 2014

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Sustainable Packaging

Coke launches 'second life' campaign

A clever campaign aimed at tackling plastic waste in Vietnam is taking off and will soon expand across Asia.

June 6, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

A tour of a recycling center

Tour educates on the facility’s operations.

June 4, 2014

Contract packaging

Spout attachment trapped in a blister

A trapped blister is the packaging format selected by Park City, UT-based Choomee Inc. for its Sip’n Soft Top product.

June 2, 2014

Labels

Shrink-sleeve label is a hit with kids

New line of zero-calorie beverages aimed at kids takes full advantage of Disney-licensed graphics, which spring to life thanks to special PETG label material and VSOP offset printing.

June 2, 2014

Contract Packaging

Your line is watching you

You’re co-packing drink mix stick-packs in sixteen different flavors.

June 2, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

The end of packaging?

In March, “obsessively organic” yogurt company Stonyfield Farm launched in limited markets a product that it hopes will pave the way for a future without packaging—Stonyfield Frozen Yogurt Pearls in an all-natural edible skin. So what’s driving this desire to eliminate packaging? Wood Turner, VP of Sustainability Innovation for Stonyfield, and Eric Freedman, VP of technology provider WikiFoods, Inc., explain.

June 2, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Stonyfield tests package-less froyo

Gary Hirshberg, co-founder and Chairman of organic yogurt company Stonyfield Farms says he has dreamed for years of creating a product where “after you eat the yogurt, you eat the cup too.”

June 2, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Major public-private recycling initiative unveiled

Announced at the Walmart Expo, the initiative projects possible recovery of 1 billion pounds of recyclables from 10 cities.

May 30, 2014

Contract Packaging

Hearing summer sleigh bells? CPA offers seasonal staffing tips

Expert advise and tips from Contract Packaging Association members can ease seasonal staffing, scheduling and partnering challenges.

May 29, 2014

Contract Packaging

Coregistics adds liquid sachet filling to co-pack capabilities

Horizontal form/fill/seal and volumetric delivery systems are key; sachet sizes from less than 2 inches to more than 13 inches, and widths to 5.5 inches.

May 29, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Nespresso launches compostable collection bag for coffee capsule recycling

Made from paper-based materials with a biopolymer coating, a new collection bag for Nespresso allows Austrian customers to conveniently gather coffee capsules for recycling.

May 28, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Hormel reduces packaging 4.72 million lb in 2013

In its eighth annual corporate sustainability report, Hormel reports on the results of its efforts to reduce packaging materials through optimized package design.

May 22, 2014