Sustainable Packaging

Defunkify Helps Remove 41K Pounds of Ocean Plastic

To offset its plastic packaging footprint, bio-based household cleaning products company Defunkify partners with rePurpose Global to help fund the removal of plastic waste headed into marine ecosystems

June 2, 2022

Rigid: Page 31

Containers

Reducing Risk for Slack-fill Packaging Lawsuits: Part Two

Last month’s article concluded with this distinction: a defense strategy is reactive. Instead, a proactive approach—with its focus on lawsuit avoidance—should be a component of packaging management.

May 27, 2022

Sustainability

Insider Column: Market Challenges Trigger Creative Responses

These tough times are a laboratory for packaging innovation as brands and CPGs look for creative solutions to unprecedented hurdles.

May 26, 2022

Sustainability

Fiber-Based Drink Lids Adopted in Swedish Foodservice Chain

Every year, more than 300 billion plastic lids, equivalent to 1.5 million tons of plastic, are produced, and many of them end up as litter in the world’s oceans.

May 26, 2022

Containers

Veritas Uses On-Pack QR Codes for its Cannabis to Provide Product Transparency

Denver-based cannabis company Veritas adds QR codes to its packaging that enable consumers to find detailed information on the specific cannabis strain and where the product is available for future purchase.

May 25, 2022

Plastics/resins

Milk-Bone Rebrand Affirms That ‘Life’s More Fun with a Dog’

Leading dog treats brand Milk-Bone refreshes its look, wrangling 80 dogs in a photo shoot to capture the most tail-wagging, smile-inducing images for its iconic red packaging.

May 19, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Live from Circularity 22: Grove Collaborative Continues to Push ‘Beyond Plastic’

Danielle Jezienicki, Senior Director of Sustainability for Grove, shares how the company’s ambition to be plastic-free is the first step toward a circular economy.

May 18, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Kraft Heinz Explores Potential of Paper-Based Ketchup Bottle

The company aims to become the first brand to use Pulpex’s patented recyclable, paper-based bottle technology for a sauce product.

May 12, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Bill Nye the Science Guy and Coca-Cola Teach Recycling in Fun, Accessible Video Short

Coca-Cola and Bill Nye (the Science Guy) team up to create a stop-motion video that aims to demystify recycling. In a unique twist, the actual materials used to model Nye and the set in the stop-motion animation are recycled or recyclable.

May 10, 2022

Containers

TricorBraun Acquires UK-Based Continental Bottle Co. and Dibro

TricorBraun

TricorBraun acquired Continental Bottle Co., Ltd., a UK glass packaging provider, and its affiliate, UK glass decorator DiBro Ltd. The acquisitions will expand TricorBraun’s European presence.

May 9, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

AMERIPEN: ‘New Recycled Content Mandates Doomed To Fail’

An examination of legislation meant to boost demand for PCR reveals lawmakers are not considering the full implications of these requirements and the other industries that compete for demand.

May 9, 2022

Containers

Reducing Risk for Slack-fill Packaging Lawsuits: Part One

Here are some fundamentals regarding lawsuits alleging that the packaging contains slack-fill that misleads and deceives the consumer.

May 5, 2022

Workforce

Mars’ Allison Lin Champions Women in Packaging

Mars, Inc. Global VP of Packaging Sustainability Allison Lin shares her journey in the packaging industry, providing advice to other women seeking a career in the field, and shares Mars’ efforts to enhance inclusiveness in the workforce.

May 4, 2022