Recycling

Paperboard Packaging Council Promotes Emily Leonczyk to Executive Director and Vice President

Leonczyk will oversee PPC's operations and will focus on sustainability to promote paperboard as a renewable and recyclable packaging material.

January 3, 2024

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Workforce

Sabert Corporation Names Paul McCann new CEO

Sabert Corporation

McCann will lead the next phase of growth at the food packaging company as Sabert founder and chief executive officer Albert Salama shifts into the role of Executive Chairman.

January 3, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Starbucks: Bring Your Own Cup to Reduce Single-Use Packaging

Starting today, consumers will be able to use their own clean, personal cup for a contactless pour at every visit at all stores nationwide. The reusable packaging program can be used in drive-through, the Starbucks app, and in retail locations.

January 3, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Alliance Works to End Plastic Waste

Packaging World delves deep into the work of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste in this exclusive interview with the organization’s president and chief executive officer, Jacob Duer.

January 3, 2024

Sustainability

How Advanced Recycling is Trying to Address the Plastic Waste Problem

Learn how used plastics are recaptured and remanufactured into new plastics and products through advanced recycling. And learn how this method produces materials that are indistinguishable from virgin plastics.

January 3, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, and Castrol Introduce Recycling Innovations

ThePackHub

See a few examples of recyclable packaging innovations from Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, and Castrol from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

January 2, 2024

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Top 10 of 2023 – No. 1: Walmart Reducing E-Comm Packaging Waste

Our most clicked upon article of 2023 broke the news, last June, that Walmart was taking several steps to cut back on e-commerce packaging waste, from recyclable paper mailers to electric trucks. When Walmart makes a move, our industry wants to know.

January 2, 2024

Filling, Capping & Closing

Top 10 of 2023 – No. 3: Scent-Flavored, Refillable Drinking System

The Air Up system comprises a refillable water bottle and flavor pods, sold in 3-ct pouches, available in a range of colors and flavors, respectively.

December 31, 2023

Package design

Top 10 of 2023 – No. 4: Soda Brand Redesigns Reflect a Cultural Shift

In the pantheon of big brands that have made indelible visual imprints on the national consciousness, Coke and Pepsi have to rank at or near the top. Evolution of their look and design both anticipates and reflects larger cultural changes.

December 30, 2023

Sustainability

Top 10 of 2023 – No. 5: Coca-Cola Bottler Swaps Plastic for Paper

This Coca-Cola bottler says it will replace 200,000 lb. of plastic a year with the addition of a paper-based mulitpack solution. Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages partnered with WestRock to replace plastic multipack rings with paper in this application.

December 29, 2023

Package design

Top 10 of 2023 – No. 7: Four Packaging Design Trends that Permeated the Year

Here are some of the approaches that packaging designers took in 2023 to better connect with their target audience via packaging.

December 27, 2023

Reusable/Returnable

Top 10 of 2023 – No. 8: Refill-at-home Packaging Taking Off Across All Categories

2023 may have bene the year of the at-home refill solutions. From D2C startups, reusable/refillable packaging has found its way into retail, in markets that include household cleaning, personal and oral care, lawn care, and luxury brands, to name a few.

December 26, 2023

Sustainability

Top 10 of 2023 – No. 9: Paper or Plastic for Produce? Controversy Continues

In a contentious topic from earlier this year, founder of Postharvest Hub Shay Zeltzer says the move toward paper packaging for produce will not only result in massive waste, but will place a huge toll on the planet.

December 25, 2023