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

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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

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

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

Sustainable Packaging

PepsiCo Doubles Down on Scaling Up Reusable Packaging

PepsiCo commits to growing its percentage of refillable/reusable packaging options, including expanding its SodaStream in-home and in-office sparkling water systems.

January 24, 2023

Retail display packaging

James Kotek to Retire as Menasha President, CEO; Christopher Drees Appointed Successor

Menasha Packaging Company

Kotek will retire from his position in March. The Menasha Corp. Board of Directors appointed Christopher Drees to succeed Kotek effective March 13, 2023. Drees will join the Menasha Corp. board on that date.

February 9, 2023

Sustainability

Greif Announces Rebrand of Product Circularity Program

Greif, Inc.

Rebranded program demonstrates the company’s continued commitment to giving customers’ packaging new life, by helping to divert waste from landfills and reach zero waste, circularity, and emissions targets.

February 9, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Listerine Advances More Sustainable Oral Care Packaging

New Listerine Cool Mint Zero Alcohol Concentrate Refills in a 100-mL PET bottle use 60% less plastic when compared to a standard 500-mL bottle of Listerine while providing the same benefits.

January 24, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Personal Care Startup Selects Plastic for Reusable Deodorant Case

U.K.’s Proverb delves deep into research on more sustainable material options when selecting packaging for its refillable deodorant case and refill sticks, settling on plastic and paper, respectively.

January 24, 2023

Sustainability

Biodegradable PHA Water Bottles Make Retail Debut

Erewhon, the Los Angeles premium organic grocer, announced a partnership with Cove, a California-based material innovation company, making it the first retailer of Cove’s fully biodegradable water bottles.

January 30, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Myro’s Body Wash Concentrate Creates a ‘Magic Moment’

D2C body care brand Myro selects a squeezable aluminum tube for its body wash gel concentrate and pairs it with a durable, reusable PETG bottle, ‘Made for keeps, not the landfill.’

January 27, 2023

Capping

Serac Group Acquires NFM and its subsidiary Doselec

Serac Inc

Serac announces the acquisition of Doselec, a company specializing in the design of dosing systems and filling machines for preformed cups.

January 26, 2023