Bio-based

CJ Biomaterial Receives BPI Certification

CJ Biomaterials' PHA Masterbatches and compounds receive the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) certification in the United States.

January 29, 2025

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Labeling

Beontag Opens Manufacturing Facility

Beontag

Beontag's manufacturing facility in Trotwood, Ohio will increase the company's production capacity for RFID tags and adhesive materials in North America.

January 27, 2025

Bio-based

Compostable Seafood Shipper Insulation Supports Brand’s Mission

D2C business Wild Alaskan Company ships its sustainably harvested, wild seafood using bio-based foam insulation that is home and industrially compostable as well as water soluble.

January 27, 2025

Webinars

Polyethylene Transaction Index - An Alternative Price Reporting Service

Review the latest trade balances in the US and how domestic prices may be impacted, particularly in the contract market monthly settlements and how the PTI service is reported.

February 25, 2025

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Recycling

Mura Technology is the First Advanced Recycler to Join Ecoinvent Life Cycle Database

Mura Technology

Mura Technology's Hydro-PRT advanced plastic recycling process is now included in the ecoinvent life cycle inventory database, enabling stakeholders to assess the environmental impact of this technology.

January 24, 2025

Bagging & Pouching

TOPPAN Holdings Acquires Sonoco’s Thermoformed and Flexible Packaging Business

TOPPAN Holdings Inc.

Acquiring Sonoco's TFP business for approximately $1.8 billion, will combine Sonoco's North and South American customer base with TOPPAN Group's packaging expertise.

January 24, 2025

Cartoning

Palm-Sized Carton Delivers 180 Doses of Skin Care

Nwär Skin’s new Seid skin care products are encapsulated in tiny, dissolvable strips packaged in a paperboard carton. While the product reduces overconsumption, the package ensures recycling.

January 24, 2025

Recycling

Metsä Board's QR Code with Recycling Information for its Delivery Packaging Materials

Metsä Board

Metsä Board utilizes QR codes to provide customers with easy access to recycling information for each component.

January 24, 2025

Adhesives/tape

Robatech USA Enhances West Coast Sales & Service

Robatech AG

Robatech USA, Inc. strengthens customer support by establishing direct sales and service operations on the West Coast, ending a long-standing distribution partnership.

January 23, 2025

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

Recycling

Plastics Liability Paradigm Shift

California sues Exxon Mobil, alleging it misled the public about the recyclability of plastics and contributed to the plastic pollution crisis, echoing past tobacco litigation.

January 22, 2025

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

Bagging & Pouching

David Spratt Appointed as CEO of Constantia Flexibles

Constantia Flexibles

Constantia Flexibles appoints David Spratt as its new CEO; the succeeding interim CEO Uwe Röhrhoff will return to the Supervisory Board.

January 17, 2025