Bio-based

Metsä Board Awarded EcoVadis Platinum Rating

The company has achieved the highest level rating every year since 2017.

August 20, 2025

Cartons and boxes

Recycling

Stora Enso’s Billion-euro Investment in Renewable Packaging

Stora Enso

The investment Stora Enso's Oulu site converts former paper machines into board lines that produce food-contact-safe folding boxboard, kraftliners, paper bag material, and unbleached softwood pulp, while reducing fossil carbon dioxide emissions.

August 20, 2025

Sustainable Packaging

Aldi Adopts ‘World’s First’ Aluminum-free Full Barrier Aseptic Cartons

Aldi adopts SIG’s Terra Alu-free carton packs for its Rio d’oro juice line, aiming to cut carbon emissions by 29% with the world’s first aluminum-free full-barrier aseptic carton made from over 80% paper.

July 24, 2025

Sustainability

Graphic Packaging Issues 2024 Impact Report: Toward a Better Future

Graphic Packaging International

The 2024 Impact Report, detailing progress toward its "Better by 2030" sustainability commitments focused on circular packaging, employee well-being, and environmental footprint reduction, including steps toward net-zero emissions by 2050.

July 17, 2025

Operational Excellence

Colbert Packaging Announces WBENC Recognition

Colbert Packaging Corp.

Long-time independent, woman-owned business achieves certification as a Women's Business Enterprise.

July 16, 2025

Cartoning

Energizer Gears Up for Paper-based Sustainable Packaging

To get to plastic-free packaging on its broad range of battery types and pack formats, Energizer and a key machinery partner started with a clean slate on both machines and materials.

July 7, 2025

Cartons and boxes

Colbert Packaging Receives SQF Certification

Colbert Packaging Corp.

Globally recognized Safe Quality Food certification encourages continuous improvement in food safety and quality in processing operations.

July 2, 2025

Cartons and boxes

ICPF and Project Learning Tree’s Newly Developed “Thinking Outside the Box” Now Available

ICPF (International Corrugated Packaging Foundation)

The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation and PLT launch this activity collection designed to educate K-12 students about the sustainable career opportunities within the corrugated packaging industry.

June 16, 2025

Recycling

Live at GS1: RFID-Tagged Corrugated Gains Momentum in Recycling, EPR Compliance

Using RFID can divert from corrugated from landfill, improve PCR stock, and help with EPR complaince, according to John Dwyer, Smurfit WestRock, and Curt Schacker, Track Vision AI, at GS1 Connect 2025 in Nashville.

June 11, 2025

Reusable/Returnable

Clean Cult Rolls Out Redesigned Refill System at Target

Clean Cult brings its redesigned refill system to Target shelves nationwide, pairing prefilled aluminum bottles with recyclable paperboard cartons in a packaging revamp that reduces plastic and simplifies reuse for everyday consumers.

June 10, 2025

Packaging line integration

Tillamook Opens New Ice Cream Plant in Decatur, Ill.

Tillamook says this plant will produce about 3 million gallons of ice cream in its first year, and grow to about 15.5 million gallons as production scales. Watch the below video for an inside look at the facility from its June 4 opening day.

June 6, 2025

Bagging & Pouching

UPM Specialty Papers Invests Over 10 million Euros in UPM Tervasaari Mill

UPM Specialty Papers

The investment aims to increase capacity and improve production stability for glassines and flexible packaging papers.

May 29, 2025

Case/Tray Packing

Packsize Announces Partnerships with Sitma and Paccurate

Packsize International, LLC

Packsize's collaborations aim to provide a more comprehensive suite of eco-friendly packaging options and expand the company's reach in the global market.

May 16, 2025