Sustainable Packaging

Packaging Recycling Summit Set for California

Connect and collaborate across every segment of the circular supply chain at Packaging World's Packaging Recycling Summit at the JW Marriott in Anaheim September 16-18, 2024.

February 6, 2024

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Sustainable Packaging

Desert Essence, Neighbourhood Coffee Company, and Albert Heijn Introduce Bio-Based Packaging Innovations

ThePackHub

See a few examples of bio-based packaging innovations from Desert Essence, Neighbourhood Coffee Company, and Albert Heijn from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

February 6, 2024

Flexibles

PAC Machinery Will Exhibit Three Packaging Machines at PACK EXPO East

PAC Machinery

Visit Booth #1427, where PAC will showcase flexible packaging solutions, including the Rollbag R785 Automatic Bagger, D545 AV Band Sealer, and PVT Plus Vacuum Sealer.

February 5, 2024

Sustainability

WM Doubles Down on Recycling: A Conversation with VP Brent Bell

WM just announced a billion-dollar investment in recycling infrastructure. We sat down with Brent Bell, VP of recycling, to see how the money will be spent (hint: AI optical sorters and new facilities), and what it means for pack design and PCR supply.

February 2, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Do You Know Packaging Material Recyclability?

Quiz 2 of 3. Test your recycling smarts with this short quiz. Each answer has a video explanation from our friends at LRS, with a video facility tour at the end!

February 2, 2024

Labels

Learn About the Main Types of Labels and Leaflets Used in Packaging

What’s the difference between pressure-sensitive labels and shrink sleeve labels? What are smart tags? Take a five-minute tour of the world of labels and leaflets and enhance your professional knowledge of packaging.

February 1, 2024

Containers

CJ Biomaterials’ scPHA Added to FDA’s Inventory of Food Contact Substances

CJ Biomaterials’ semi-crystalline polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymer PHACT S1000P now can be used in the manufacture of food-contact materials sold in the United States.

February 1, 2024

Recycling

Column: If Brands Need PCR, Why is Demand for rPET so Soft?

Many big brands owners have made ambitious sustainability commitments to use more PCR, and rPET is a substrate with lots of packaging applications. So why is it so cheap, and why is demand so soft, especially heading into 2024's 'preform season?'

January 31, 2024

Flexibles

Accredo Packaging Completes $10 Million Expansion in Texas

The sustainable flexible packaging company's fourth expansion adds 83,000 square feet of office space to its LEED-certified facility in Sugar Land, creating 30 jobs.

January 29, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

How Well Do You Know Packaging Recyclability?

Take our short quiz to test your smarts. Each answer has a video explanation from our friends at LRS, with a video facility tour at the end! Quiz 1 of 3.

January 26, 2024

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Plastic Ingenuity Earns WorldStar Award for Recycled, Multifunctional Electronics Packaging

Plastic Ingenuity, Inc.

The redesign of Otter Products installation tool boosts sustainability, cuts costs, and improves usability, and it has earned Plastic Ingenuity a 2024 WorldStar award.

January 25, 2024

Digital Printing

Landa to Open New Ink Plant in the Midwest

Landa Digital Printing

Landa Digital Printing's new plant will boost NanoInk production, which is required in the Nanographic printing process, and increase its North American customer base.

January 24, 2024

Labels

UPM Raflatac to Open New Slitting and Distribution Terminal in Canada

UPM Adhesive Materials

The Toronto-area facility will include a large warehousing space to store inventory, such as film and paper laminates, that is ready to be slit and shipped.

January 24, 2024