Sustainability

PakTech Moves into New State-of-the-Art Facility

PakTech moved into a 180,000 sq ft in its hometown of Eugene, Ore., in response to the company’s growth and readiness to scale.

September 12, 2022

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Flexibles

Outdoor Clothier Finisterre is First with Water-Soluble Garment Bag

The ocean-safe, biodegradable Leave No Trace bag is made from PVOH that can be disposed of by running warm or hot water over it.

September 8, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Dasani Launches in 100% rPET, Sprite Switches to Clear Plastic

In pursuit of a World Without Waste, Coca-Cola introduces a new bottle made from 100% rPET for Dasani water and moves from green to clear plastic for Sprite to improve recycling of the bottle.

September 6, 2022

Flexible packaging

Plastchim-T, Bayshore Films Form Distributor Partnership in North America

Plastchim-T

Plastchim-T announces an exclusive distributor partnership with Bayshore Films LLC for its PEoneer® range of BOPE films.

September 6, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Avery Dennison Launches Program to Enable Liner Circularity

Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison and Mitsubishi Chemical Group’s Polyester Film division launch a new program where Mitsubishi will offer a closed-loop process for PET liner recycling.

August 30, 2022

Sustainability

Chanel and Henkel Among Brands Innovating with Recycled Material Packaging

ThePackHub

See a few examples of packaging made with recycled materials by Henkel and others from ThePackHub’s August Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

August 28, 2022

Flexible packaging

Four Ways Forward for Sustainable Pet Food Packaging

Pet owners seek sustainable pet food packaging, but packagers find meeting their wishes isn’t easy. Is it best to reuse, compost, mechanically recycle, or maybe in the future, chemically recycle? We’ll look at all the possibilities.

August 26, 2022

Flexible packaging

EPR Can Drive Solutions for Flexible Packaging Recovery

Extended producer responsibility offers the potential to increase material recovery rates and streamline waste management, especially for hard-to-recycle flexible packaging materials.

August 26, 2022

Flexible packaging

PAC Worldwide Sorts Through the Mixed Bin of Recycling Terms

Flexible packaging manufacturer’s infographic aims to shrink knowledge gap between industry and consumer.

August 24, 2022

Plastics/resins

Toray Plastics Announces Management Changes

Toray Plastics (America), Inc.

Michael Brandmeier will retire as President and CEO of Toray Plastics and assume a new leadership role at Toray Industries America. Ken Kurokawa was named Chairman and CEO and Christopher Roy was appointed President and COO.

August 16, 2022

Sustainability

Avery Dennison’s Next Generation AD CleanFlake Technology Enables Rigid Plastic Recycling

Avery Dennison

It will provide brands and converters solutions that support recycling processes without compromising performance to meet sustainability goals.

August 10, 2022

Plastics/resins

Southwest Sixth Beverages Opens Co-packing Facility in Nebraska

Southwest Sixth Beverages, LLC

Southwest Sixth Beverages, LLC opened a co-packing facility in Lincoln, Neb.

August 2, 2022

Sustainability

Honeywell Technology to be Used in Plastics Recycling Plant in China

Honeywell

China Tianying Inc. (CNTY) will apply Honeywell’s UpCycle Process Technology in its planned plastics recycling factory in Jiangsu Province.

August 1, 2022