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Reusable/Returnable

r.World Cracks the Code on Waste at Live Events

Pioneering sustainability strategist and movement builder Michael Martin shares insights learned from founding and scaling r.World, a reusable foodware solutions company that serves entertainment venues, campuses, and corporations.

January 12, 2026

Reusable/Returnable

r.World

January 11, 2026

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Interactive Card Packaging for Fintech Startup

Burgopak and Placard create an interactive mailer featuring a holographic, dual-slide artboard design that transforms card unboxing into a branded, high-end experience.

January 9, 2026

Recycling

Bertolli’s Adds Squeeze Bottle that’s 100% rPET

Bertolli expands sustainability in the olive oil aisle with its Dress & Drizz squeeze bottle made from 100% recycled PET, combining a new user-focused design with a broader commitment to transitioning its PET packaging portfolio to rPET without impacting performance or price.

January 9, 2026

Bio-based

Project Turns Agricultural Waste and Pruning Residues into Sustainable Bioplastics

AIMPLAS

The BIOVALSA project—led by AIMPLAS, funded by IVACE+i and ERDF funds and in which FoodUPV, Bioban, Viromii and Prime Biopolymers participate—reduces the high cost of transforming rice straw and citrus pruning waste into plant-based plastics.

January 8, 2026

Sustainability

Packaging Recycling Summit to be Held June 15-17, 2026 at the Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel, Rosemont, Illinois

Call for speakers now open: Industry leaders invited to share expertise on designing the circular future.

January 8, 2026

Recycling

Navigating the Next Wave of Packaging Regulation

AMERIPEN Policy Director and General Counsel Danielle Waterfield provides an update on current state and federal legislation as well as what to expect in 2026.

January 7, 2026

Package Design

Agile Innovation: The Case for Killer Hypotheses

Agile packaging innovation replaces slow, linear development with rapid prototyping and hypothesis-driven learning, helping CPGs test critical assumptions early, reduce risk, and bring consumer-ready packaging to market faster.

January 7, 2026

Contract packaging

Paola Appendini, CPP

January 7, 2026

PMMI News

CWC and PMMI Collaborate To Sponsor Life Cycle Assessment Framework

Two-year, ISO-aligned initiative will deliver a site-specific LCA template to help municipalities and waste operators consistently measure greenhouse gas emissions, material recovery, and circular product outputs from landfill- and incinerator-based RRG systems.

January 7, 2026

Digital Transformation

IBIS Integrated Bindery Systems

January 7, 2026

E-commerce/D2C packaging

SupplyOne Expands in the Midwest with Acquisition of Wertheimer Box

SupplyOne, Inc.

The Illinois-based corrugated converter offers custom boxes and point of purchase displays, strengthening SupplyOne’s custom packaging solutions.

January 6, 2026