Sustainability

Indorama Ventures, Carbios Partner to Build PET Biorecycling Plant in France

Indorama Ventures Public Co. and Carbios signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a joint venture for the construction of the world’s first PET biorecycling plant in France.

June 2, 2023

Materials: Page 66

Sustainability

UPM Biochemicals, Selenis Partner to Develop Sustainable PETG

UPM Biochemicals

The partnership will help the packaging industry reduce its CO2 footprint and redefine the sustainability goals of its customers.

June 2, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Walmart Adopts Waste-Reduction Steps for its E-comm Packaging

Steps include transitioning from plastic to paper bag mailers, right-size packaging technology for shipping cases, order consolidation, and fulfillment closer to the customer’s home.

June 1, 2023

Sustainability

Dow, New Energy Blue to Collaborate on Developing Renewable Plastic Materials

Dow

The first-of-its-kind agreement in North America would create bio-based ethylene from renewable agricultural residues for Dow's U.S. Gulf Coast assets to produce renewable plastics.

May 31, 2023

Sustainability

Label-less Bottle Puts Focus on Wine, Not Waste

New wine brand Crate forgoes bottle labels to reduce packaging waste, creating a sparse but still eye-catching package that complements the brand’s sustainable positioning.

May 31, 2023

Sustainability

Nestlé Pilots Paper-Based, Home-Compostable Coffee Capsule

The new capsule, made of paper with a proprietary, compostable barrier film and lid, offers Nespresso consumers a compostable coffee capsule option.

May 29, 2023

Flexible packaging

New Date-Sugar Pouch Contains 50% PCR

In its quest to have as little environmental impact as possible, Just Date moves from a cardboard carton for its granulated date sugar to a flexible, resealable stand-up pouch with 50% PCR.

May 26, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

PepsiCo Talks Packaging Strategy

Yolanda Malone, Vice President Global Foods Packaging for PepsiCo, talks about the company’s varied paths to more sustainable packaging.

May 24, 2023

Protective/transport packaging

Merck Expert Shares 5 Tips for Qualifying Pallet-Sized Thermal Shippers

Find out why Lee Menszak advocates for shipper-to-shipper variability testing from his talk at ISTA’s TempPack event.

May 24, 2023

Flexible packaging

S-OneLP ReEarth Compostable Films Earn TUV Certifications

S-One Labels and Packaging

S-One Labels & Packaging ReEarth compostable flexible packaging films received both TUV OK compost Home and TUV OK compost Industrial certifications.

May 23, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Walkers, Nestlé, and Sainsbury's Adjust Packaging Materials for Sustainability

ThePackHub

See a few examples of sustainable package material innovations from Walkers, Nestlé, and Sainsbury's from ThePackHub’s April Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

May 22, 2023

Home

FOX IV to Debut Its All-Electric Linerless Label Print and Apply System at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

FOX IV Technologies

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Booth #SL-6301! FOX IV will demonstrate how its FOX IV L3904E all-electric, linerless label print and apply system is designed to take product and packaging labeling to the next level of sustainability.

May 22, 2023

Containers

New Tub for Domino and C&H Sugar Changes the Shape of Things

ASR Group reduces the use of plastic in its Easy Baking Tub by 28% for its Domino Sugar and C&H Sugar brands by moving from a round to square package.

May 22, 2023