Recycling

Recycled Polypropylene Reaches Retail Shelves in Cleveland Kitchen Tub

A polypropylene tub for Cleveland Kitchen's fermented foods brings PureCycle's purified recycled resin to the grocery shelf for the first time, a decade after the technology began as a P&G lab project. The same PureFive resin has already moved through stadium souvenir cups; now it's headed for the refrigerated aisle.

September 4, 2026

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Sustainability

Alora Packaging Expands Sustainable Kraft Packaging Solutions

Alora Packaging

Alora Packaging is on the mission to reduce packaging waste with biodegradable Kraft packaging solutions while helping every brand promote sustainability.

September 4, 2026

Cartons and boxes

Alora Packaging

September 4, 2026

Flexibles

Column: The Long Road from Packaging Idea to CPG Adoption

Estée Lauder brand Aveda is the first prestige beauty brand to adopt the AeroFlexx platform for refills. In this column, Ken McGuire, one of the platform's early developers back in 2015, looks back at three early decisions that determined whether the package could become a platform at all.

August 31, 2026

Flexible packaging

Vert

August 31, 2026

Workforce

Ron Voigt Appointed to Michelman Board of Directors

Michelman Inc.

The Hyperion Materials & Technologies CEO brings experience in materials science, manufacturing, commercial strategy, and global business growth to Michelman's board.

August 27, 2026

Reusable/Returnable

New Standards Support the Scale-Up of Reusable Packaging

A Q&A with reusable packaging NGO PR3 co-founder and director Amy Larkin discusses why reuse is gaining momentum, where the economics are beginning to work, and why collaboration among brands may be key to broader adoption.

August 26, 2026

Workforce

Change Parts, Inc. Names Regional Sales Managers

Change Parts, Inc.

Change Parts welcomes Parker Lacombe and Kris Hanson to their new roles.

August 25, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: How Nestlé turned Vital Proteins' Blue Tub into a Paper Canister

What does it take to move a bestselling supplement out of plastic and into paper, without consumers thinking they got a counterfeit?

August 25, 2026

Wrapping

Mondelēz Chocolate Wrapper Uses 75% Chemically Recycled Plastic

The Marabou project connects waste preparation, chemical recycling, film production, and converting to bring recycled plastic back into food packaging.

August 21, 2026

Containers

Monoflo International

August 19, 2026

Capping

Aesus Packaging Systems

August 19, 2026

Sustainable Packaging

USPP Drops EPS Transport Packaging from Problematic Materials List

The U.S. Plastics Pact cites a 31% recycling rate for the format, and credits an EPS industry effort to build end-market demand alongside collection. The decision is the first removal in the list's history. It went through an abbreviated review that did not require an Activator vote.

August 19, 2026