Sustainability

Sonoco Enhances its Position as a Packaging Leader in France with Ligépack Membership

The French association collaborates with food packaging companies and R&D laboratories to improve the quality and security of packaging while reducing its environmental impact.

April 10, 2024

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Sustainable Packaging

Continental, Fairfood, and Borough Broth Introduce Paper Packaging Innovations

ThePackHub

See a few examples of paper packaging innovations from Continental, Fairfood, and Borough Broth from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

April 9, 2024

Sustainability

Borealis' Borcycle M Scores FDA Approval for Use in Food-Grade Packaging

Borealis

Chemical company receives green thumbs-up for its post-consumer recycled plastics, paving the way for more sustainable food containers and reduced plastic waste.

April 9, 2024

Recycling

At the Final Four, Coke Tips Off Certified Closed-Loop Recycling

Sports and concert venues act as both laboratories for behavior testing & classrooms for teaching consumers how to behave. Coke's third party-audited Final Four recycling campaign promises that bottle-to-bottle, food-grade PET recycling is real.

April 8, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Report Puts Amazon's Packaging Strategy Under Scrutiny

A report by Oceana highlights a 9.6% increase in Amazon's plastic packaging use in the U.S., contrasting with reductions elsewhere, sparking calls for significant plastic use reduction.

April 8, 2024

Recycling

Scaling Solutions for Film and Flexible Packaging Recycling

At the Plastics Recycling Conference, the Association of Plastic Recyclers and Canada’s Éco Entreprises Québec share results from recent reports that explore solutions for film and flexible packaging recycling.

April 8, 2024

Sustainability

UPM Raflatac's BOPP Labels Earn APR Recognition for Recyclability in HDPE & PP Packaging

UPM Adhesive Materials

Sustainable Labeling Solutions Support Circular Economy with Third-Party Validation

April 5, 2024

Labels

RRD Expands Label Capacity to Enhance Efficiency and Support eCommerce

RRD (R.R. Donnelley & Sons)

RRD’s four new press installations increase speed and flexibility for brands, logistics, and freight services

April 5, 2024

Sustainability

BOREALIS FURTHER EXPANDS ITS ADVANCED MECHANICAL RECYCLING CAPACITY WITH CLOSING THE ACQUISITION OF INTEGRA PLASTICS AD

Borealis

Borealis closes the acquisition of Integra Plastics AD, a Bulgarian advanced mechanical recycling player

April 4, 2024

Flexibles

PPC Flex Launches Revamped Website, Elevating User Experience Amidst Brand Refresh

PPC Flexible Packaging, LLC

PPC launches new website

April 3, 2024

Sustainability

Dow and Procter & Gamble to develop a new proprietary recycling technology targeting hard-to-recycle plastic waste

The Procter & Gamble Company

Partnership brings together both companies’ intellectual property to create a novel process with low greenhouse gas emissions footprint.

April 3, 2024

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Pharmaworks Introduces Blister Machine Compatibility with New 100% Recyclable Mono-Material Packaging Films

Pharmaworks, a ProMach product brand

Leading North American Manufacturer Offers Retrofit Solutions and Proven Technology for Eco-Friendly Packaging (Booth #2353)

April 3, 2024

Recycling

Live at SPC Impact: Collaboration's the Key to Unlocking Circularity

It's starting to seem that supply chain stakeholder collaboration might be the key to unlocking the circular economy of packaging materials.

April 2, 2024