Sustainable Packaging

Carton Council of North America Celebrates Carton Recycling Achievements, Identifies Goals for 2023

The Carton Council announces that entering 2023, 78.6 million U.S. households can recycle their food and beverage cartons through their local recycling programs. This means more than 62% of all U.S. households have access to carton recycling.

February 27, 2023

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Flexible packaging

Pregis Performance Flexibles Facility Receives ISCC PLUS Certification

Pregis

Pregis’ Anderson, S.C. facility received the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS distinction, a globally recognized system for the sustainability certification of recycled and bio-based materials.

February 27, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Reducing Food Waste Through Sustainable Packaging

Watch the first episode of a new video series: Sustainable Packaging Explained, to learn about reducing food waste through sustainable options in package design.

February 24, 2023

Sustainability

Spring Creek's New Egg Cartons Use Bio-PET

Spring Creek’s new Bio-PET quail egg packaging reduces use of fossil fuels while keeping the visibility and rigidity of regular plastic.

February 24, 2023

Flexible packaging

Refill-at-Home Packaging Takes Off Across Categories

Beginning with innovative at-home refill solutions from D2C startups, reusable/refillable packaging has found its way into retail, in markets that include household cleaning, personal and oral care, lawn care, and luxury brands, to name just some.

January 24, 2023

Flexible packaging

Parkside Flexibles Celebrates a Successful Year

Parkside

Parkside Flexibles reported strong year-on-year growth despite a challenging 12 months for the industry.

February 23, 2023

Operational Excellence

Plastic Considered Least Sustainable Material by Consumers

Consumers across global regions ranked plastic as the least sustainable packaging material, and their self-reported habits reflect this.

February 22, 2023

Sustainability

Pactiv Evergreen, AmSty Launch Circular Polystyrene Food Packaging Products

Pactiv Evergreen

Pactiv will offer its customers foam polystyrene packaging products made with AmSty’s post-consumer recycled content derived from advanced recycling technologies.

February 20, 2023

Flexible packaging

New Reusable/Refillable Packaging Materials/Containers

A rundown of some of the newest packaging materials and containers developed for use in refillable/reusable applications.

January 24, 2023

Flexibles

FPA Publishes Annual Report to the Members

Flexible Packaging Association

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA)'s report provides an overview of the initiatives and activities it conducts on behalf of its members.

February 15, 2023

Sustainability

Perfume, Spirits Brands Lighten the Load of Heavy Packaging with Refills

Luxury Brazilian brands O.U.i. eaux de parfum and Beg Distilaria artisanal gin offer product refills in aluminum bottles to minimize the weight of their packaging and preserve the consumers’ original investment in their premium packaging.

January 24, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Alterra to License Technology to Freepoint for its Advanced Plastics Recycling Facility

Alterra Energy

Alterra announces its license arrangement with a subsidiary of Freepoint Eco-Systems Holdings LLC for a proposed 192,000 tons per annum advanced plastics recycling facility to be sited in the Gulf Coast region.

February 15, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Innovative New Sustainable Packaging at PACK EXPO International

PMG editors fanned out across PACK EXPO International in October in search of packaging innovations. Here's what they found in sustainable packaging.

January 28, 2023