Flexibles

Compostable film for flower bulb pack

A consortium of three Dutch exporters are packaging their range of flower bulbs in a transparent, compostable, cellulose-based material called NatureFlex.

June 10, 2011

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Sustainability

Biodegradables do more harm than good in landfills

New research suggests that biodegradable products may not be more environmentally friendly when disposed of in landfills due to the potent methane gas they release when they degrade.

June 10, 2011

Sustainability

Spring herbs offered in new biodegradable planter

Metrolina Greenhouses, Huntersville, NC, is now using biodegradable ReadyGrow™ planters from Sonoco (www.sonoco.com) for its spring herbs.

June 9, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Interpack insights

Some 166,000 visitors roamed the aisles of 19 exhibition halls at interpack last month.

June 9, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

P&G partners with cellulosic ethanol firm

Procter & Gamble and ZeaChem will research, develop and demonstrate, scale-up, and commercialize new ‘drop-in’ bio-based chemicals and other products.

June 9, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Access to recycling is more widespread than believed

A new study indicates that 94% of Americans have access to plastic bottle recycling, while 40% can recycle other types of plastic containers.

June 8, 2011

Sustainability

PepsiCo elaborates on new green PET bottle technology

Denise Lefebvre, director of Advanced Research – Beverage Packaging, for PepsiCo reveals additional details on the announcement of a 100% plant-based PET bottle expected to pilot in 2012.

June 7, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Online forum on sustainability and design

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers has announced that it will host a global online Packaging Exchange focused on addressing sustainable packaging issues and package design considerations to improve sustainability and reduce waste.

June 7, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Tom Schneider elected WPO president

During its first board meeting of 2011 at Interpack in Dusseldorf, Germany, the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) unanimously elected Thomas L. Schneider, CPP, as WPO's new President for 2012-2014.

June 6, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Dow pilots recycled plastic-to-energy system

Scrap film is incinerated to recover 96% of available energy, equivalent to 11.1 million BTUs of natural gas.

June 6, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability initiatives exceed expectations, businesses say

New survey shows that sustainability is becoming an integrated part of the majority of business operations today, providing benefits such as lower costs and an improved brand.

June 3, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability is toughest packaging challenge today, survey reveals

An online survey conducted by DuPont finds that worldwide, one of the biggest goals of CPGs and packaging converters to reduce their package’s environmental footprint.

June 2, 2011

Conveying & accumulation

Induction sealing requires coordination

There are too many variables to keep a lid on, unless all parties are kept in the loop.

June 1, 2011