Recycling

U.S. PET Bottle Recycling Rate Reaches 30-Year High

According to NAPCOR’s ‘2023 PET Recycling Report,’ the U.S. PET bottle recycling rate increased 4% from 2022 and is the highest rate since 1996.

January 22, 2025

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Package Design

Tropicana Weathers Blowback from ‘Shrinkquivelence,’ Pack Redesign

Infamous in pack design circles for a similar occurrence in 2008, Tropicana once again redesigned packaging in such a way that cost the company 19% in sales. We spoke to expert Brent Lindberg of Fuseneo, designer of legacy pack that's being replaced.

January 21, 2025

Containers & Closures

Top Articles of 2024, #1: Coke's ‘First in Decades’ PET Lightweighting Project

The #1 most clicked article of 2024: A new lightweighting project reduces the weight of 12-, 16.9-, and 20-oz PET bottles from 21 to 18.5 g. That'll help reduce PET by 3 million metric tons by 2025, but how will the supply chain react?

January 5, 2025

Containers & Closures

Top Articles of 2024, #3: Sprite Gets Naked, for Now

The #3 most clicked article of 2024: Coca Cola strips the labels from its Sprite on-the-go rPET bottles in the company’s first U.K. trial of label-less packaging.

January 3, 2025

Containers & Closures

Top Articles of 2024, #8: How Baileys Paper-Based Bottle is Made

The #8 most clicked article of 2024: An extraordinary network of inventors, developers, OEMs, and stakeholders emphasize ‘progress over perfection’ as they commercialize a breakthrough bottle.

December 29, 2024

Containers & Closures

Top Articles of 2024, #9: McDonald's Drops Plastic for Four-Flap McFlurry Cup

The #9 most clicked article of 2024: Paper flaps around the paper-based cup's neck will serve as a closure, replacing the plastic lid and reducing single-use plastic to advance McDonald's sustainability goals.

December 27, 2024

Containers & Closures

Top Articles of 2024, #17: Recyclable Coffee Pack Breakthrough

The #17 most clicked article of 2024: Having commercialized compostable single-serve coffee packaging, Club Coffee continues its sustainability journey with AromaPak® paper-based canisters featuring Boardio® technology for whole bean and ground coffee.

December 20, 2024

Containers & Closures

TricorBraun to Acquire Veritiv’s Rigid Containers

TricorBraun

Acquisition of Veritiv Containers set to expand TricorBraun's North American footprint and offer customers a wider range of packaging options and supply chain solutions.

December 19, 2024

Reusable/Returnable

Cruise Line’s Breakfast Room Service Gets More Sustainable

As part of its Sail & Sustain sustainability program, Norwegian Cruise Line rolls out reusable Bento box-style serviceware for in-room breakfast service that uses certified circular PET.

December 10, 2024

Recycling

Ardagh Glass Packaging-North America Partners with Don’t Trash Glass Program in Chicago

Ardagh Group

Partnership to boost regional glass recycling by encouraging bars and restaurants to collect used bottles for reprocessing into new ones.

December 10, 2024

Recycling

Coca Cola Extends Sustainable Packaging Deadlines to 2035

The Coca-Cola Company becomes the latest global CPG to make changes to its sustainable packaging commitments, moving the timeline to 2035 and scaling back its goals.

December 6, 2024

Bio-based

Seaweed-based Packaging Innovator B’ZEOS Secures Seed Round and Strategic Partnerships

B’ZEOS

B’ZEOS has secured seed funding to scale its sustainable seaweed-based packaging solutions, addressing the growing demand for eco-friendly alternatives to traditional plastics.

December 4, 2024

Consumer packaged goods

Amcor Acquires Berry for $8.4B, Combining Packaging Giants

The merger creates a global leader in consumer packaging solutions, with a broader flexible film and converted film offering for customers, a scaled containers and closures business and a global healthcare portfolio.

November 19, 2024