Sustainable Packaging

EarthCoating awarded Triple A certification for recyclability from The Green Dot

Smart Planet Technologies’ reCUP recyclable paper cup with EarthCoating is awarded the highest-possible certification for recycling from The Green Dot in Europe.

February 13, 2019

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Contract Packaging

CPA to participate in 2019 ProFood Tech Partner Program

CPA’s Sourcing Center booth will provide information to attendees on CPA members’ packaging and manufacturing services and how to engage these service providers.

February 13, 2019

Labels

Form, function define ice cream pack

The high quality, user-friendliness, and eye-catching decoration of this new ice cream package were key factors in its selection for a new range of ice-creams from Russian manufacturer Taice.

February 13, 2019

Secondary Packaging

Turnkey line for PET

Tousnina Sarl, a water bottler in Algeria, recently installed a turnkey line for PET bottles that runs at 20,000/hr.

February 13, 2019

Material handling

Albertsons Companies makes environmental switch for pharmacy shipments

Food and drug retailer to begin using paper-based containers for its temperature-sensitive shipments in late February, with the goal of diverting up to 75,000 lb of packaging from landfills every year.

February 12, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Caps collection program gets kids thinking sustainably early

We’ve all seen increased sustainability activity with CPGs commitments to the environment, but there is a small company in Evansville, IN that created a grass roots recycling effort eight years ago and it continues to grow.

February 12, 2019

Protective/transport packaging

Meal kit company tackles sustainable packaging

San Francisco-based Sun Basket only uses packaging that is 100% recyclable or compostable for the 1.5 to 2 million certified-organic meals it produces each month.

February 12, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge seeks solutions to single-use plastics

National Geographic and Sky Ocean Ventures have launched a competition that will focus on three strategic ways to address the growing issue of plastic pollution.

February 11, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Plasma gasification closes the loop (on sustainability)

The traditional approach of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ needs to be replaced with a new paradigm focused on converting terminal packaging waste into recovered products and energy.

February 11, 2019

Flexibles

Chinese food company enters beverage market with aseptic package

Chinese company Shou Quan Zhai enters the beverage market using an aseptic pouch chosen to provide the best experience for consumers as well as for the environment.

February 10, 2019

E-commerce

Nestlé’s reusable ice cream container for Loop keeps contents cold

A new reusable, stainless-steel double-walled container for Häagen-Dazs keeps ice cream fresh and cold from filling to delivery at consumers’ homes, as part of the new Loop shopping platform.

February 9, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

P&G designs 11 refillable, reusable products and packaging for Loop shopping platform

Among the brands are Pantene, Tide, Cascade, and Oral-B, as well as hygiene products Pampers and Always, which will test collection and recycling of used products.

February 9, 2019

Sustainability

Transportation enables Loop's circularity

A collaboration between UPS and TerraCycle results in the creation of a reusable shipper, the Loop Tote, optimized to flow smoothly through UPS’s transportation process and provide consumer convenience.

February 9, 2019