Flexibles

Top 15 of 2025, #2: Private Label Brands Target Low-Barrier, Recyclable Films via Retailer Forum

The #2 most clicked article of 2025: Major retailers including Amazon, Walmart, CVS, and Target are uniting through the Sustainable Packaging Coalition to accelerate development of recyclable, low-barrier flexible films that can meet circularity goals without disrupting existing lines.

January 3, 2026

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Recycling

Top 15 of 2025, #3: Duracell's All-Paper Blister Paves Way for New Walmart Battery Display

The #3 most clicked article of 2025: The new perforated paper blister replaces the thermoformed plastic tray with paperboard backing. Features include a flat bottom and messaging hierarchy on front and top of pack that enable a unique retail display and shopping experience at Walmart.

January 2, 2026

Package Design

Top 15 of 2025, #4: Tropicana Weathers Blowback from ‘Shrinkquivelence’

The #4 most clicked article of 2025: Infamous in pack design circles for a similar occurrence in 2008, Tropicana once again redesigned packaging in such a way that cost the company 19% in sales. We spoke to expert Brent Lindberg of Fuseneo, designer of legacy pack that's being replaced.

January 1, 2026

Cartoning

Top 15 of 2025, #5: Born Simple Turns to Retortable Cartons for Shelf-Stable “Better Bowls”

The #5 most clicked article of 2025: Born Simple introduces shelf-stable “Better Bowls” in retortable, recyclable Tetra Pak cartons. The company says the move combines convenience, sustainability, and real ingredients with a preservative-free, ready-to-eat format.

December 31, 2025

Recycling

Top 15 of 2025, #6: Energizer Gears Up for Paper-based Recyclable Packaging

The #6 most clicked article of 2025: To get to plastic-free packaging on its broad range of battery types and pack formats, Energizer and a key machinery partner started with a clean slate on both machines and materials.

December 30, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #1: How2Recycle's New Guidelines

The number 1 most downloaded episode of 2025: How2Recycle released its semi-annual Guidelines for Use, a guidance document instructing the program’s more than 800 members on proper use of North America’s most recognizable on-pack disposal instruction.

December 30, 2025

Recycling

Top 15 of 2025, #7: Coca-Cola Hits 100% Recycled PET Mark

The #7 most clicked article of 2025: This marks the first national adoption of 100% recycled PET bottles for a sparkling brand across the U.S.

December 29, 2025

Digital Transformation

Top 15 of 2025, #8: AI is Transforming Packaging Manufacturing

The #8 most clicked article of 2025: AI is driving advancements in packaging efficiency with applications in areas like predictive demand forecasting, smart packaging design, and AI-powered robotics for smart factories.

December 28, 2025

Recycling

Top 15 of 2025, #9: Mars' Kind is Next to Launch Recyclable Paper Wrapper

The #9 most clicked article of 2025: The repulpable paper used to flow-wrap these bars is a curbside recyclable, How2Recycle pre-qualified paper film supplied by Printpack. The move is more evidence of a growing global, now national trend toward paper films able to run on existing equipment.

December 27, 2025

Recycling

Top 15 of 2025, #10: Consumer Demand for Recyclability Leads to Paperization

The #10 most clicked article of 2025: Driven by consumer demand for more sustainable packaging, CPGs turn to new materials such as paper and bio-based/compostable plastic, but higher costs, material complexity, and other limitations may slow adoption.

December 26, 2025

Coding & Marking

Top 15 of 2025, #11: P&G’s Tide Laser Marks Cap for Better Dosing Clarity, Recyclability

The #11 most clicked article of 2025: A new laser-marked closure eliminates labels and inks while standing out on the shelf and giving consumers permanent, easy-to-read dosing guidance.

December 25, 2025

Recycling

Top 15 of 2025, #12: Target Launches Paper Bottle in 1200 Stores with Own-Brand Wine

The #12 most clicked article of 2025: Assuming the format is the same as or very similar to previous commercial rollouts, it's functionally bag-in-box. In this case, the “box” portion begins as a die-cut and geometrically creased blank of printed paperboard.

December 24, 2025

Filling, Capping & Closing

Top 15 of 2025, #13: New Canning, In-house Shrink Sleeve Labeling, Distinguish Craft Brewer

The #13 most clicked article of 2025: The Shop Beer Co. decommissioned one canning line and replaced it with another. Also part of its manufacturing mix is an in-house shrink sleeve labeling operation just down the street.

December 23, 2025