Sustainable Packaging

15 Minutes of Sustainability Talk with P&G

Invisible watermarks with imprinted recycling data, scalable initiatives for waste management infrastructure, and changing up plastic usage, material, and product formats are all currently in the works at P&G.

December 6, 2021

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Flexible packaging

Nutifood Differentiates Its Dairy with Packaging

When launching a series of child- and teen-targeted drinking milk products that aim to boost nutrition and catch the modern consumer’s eye, locally famous Vietnamese food company Nutifood chose Ecolean aseptic packs.

December 1, 2021

Flexible packaging

AeroFlexx Awarded the “Made for Recycling” Seal From Interseroh

AeroFlexx

AeroFlexx’s liquid package is one of the first packages to receive this recognition for multiple countries across Europe. It is a flexible package containing an air frame that provides rigid qualities throughout the entire package lifecycle.

December 1, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Kraft Heinz Ketchup Packaging Adopts New Dispensing Valve Tech

Iconic Heinz Ketchup recently received a valve closure makeover. An award-winning valve system, the recyclable SimpliCycle from Aptar Food and Beverage, will be found in several Kraft Heinz brands by the end of the year.

November 30, 2021

Sustainability

Retailers, Brands Ride the Wave of Ocean-Bound Plastic

Ocean-bound plastic is gaining small but significant traction within the packaging sector, particularly from those in the rPET market.

November 2, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

L’Oréal Pioneers Bottle Made from Industrial Emissions

The prototype HDPE package is the result of a partnership with LanzaTech and TotalEnergies that converts carbon waste from emissions from a steel mill into recycled polyethylene with the same properties as virgin plastic.

November 17, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging as a Business Asset: Loop Case Study

Loop’s prefill reuse model of sustainability has evolved since its development in 2017, and it’s growing as more retailers sign on to owning their own refillable packaging.

November 15, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

2020 PET Recycling Rate Drops, While Demand for rPET Surges

Annual report shows that while the U.S. demand in 2020 for rPET was strong, the collection of PET bottles decreased by approximately 2.3% to a recycling rate of 26.6%.

November 11, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Malibu Collaborates to Collect 5M Single-Use Bottles’ Worth of Ocean Plastic

Malibu, with Plastic Bank, commits to the collection of nearly 110 tons of ocean-bound plastic in the Philippines, while helping local collector communities.

November 10, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Tesco Taking the Lead on Sustainable Packaging Choices for UK Suppliers

Brands who want space in this top UK retailer’s stores need to comply with preferred packaging material and format suggestions, which are driven by material recyclability.

November 10, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Recycled Content Packaging Innovations

ThePackHub

See five examples of innovative recyclable content packaging from ThePackHub’s October Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

November 4, 2021

Sustainability

Silgan Dispensing Receives Gold Sustainability Rating

Silgan Dispensing

Silgan Dispensing received EcoVadis’ Gold sustainability rating for environmental and corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance.

November 3, 2021

Sustainability

Honeywell Introduces Plastics Recycling Technology to Drive a Circular Plastics Economy

Honeywell

Honeywell’s UpCycle Process Technology can reduce the need for fossil fuels in the creation of virgin plastics while enabling hundreds of cycles of recycling, with the goal of enabling a circular economy for plastics.

November 2, 2021