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Type: Article
Section: Design > Materials & Containers
Materials & Containers
Coke's ‘First in Decades’ PET Lightweighting Project Sends Supply Chain Ripples
A new lightweighting project reduces the weight of 12-, 16.9-, and 20-oz PET bottles from 21 to 18.5 g. That'll help reduce PET by 3 million metric tons by 2025, but how will the supply chain react? We asked Alejandro Santamaria, Coke's senior director.
March 27, 2024
Materials & Containers
Salt Shaker Redesign Results in Maximum Recyclability
A new shaker for JOZO table salt is made entirely from recyclable PP, including the in-mold label, which detaches from the container during recycling for a higher-quality recyclate.
March 25, 2024
Materials & Containers
Biopolymer Coating Makes Paper Noodle Cup Compostable
Learn how South Korean C-store CU introduced a microwavable noodle product in a paper cup that, with one tweak, is now both home- and industrially compostable.
March 22, 2024
PACK EXPO
Range of Multilayer Refill Pouches Expands to Monomaterial PE
Zacros used PACK EXPO Las Vegas to introduce its Mono Solutions line of monomaterial refill pouches with integral spout. These consist of three layers of PE, plus EVOH in a sufficiently small quantity to still qualify for recycling via in-store drop-off.
March 20, 2024
Materials & Containers
KDP Unveils Plant-based, Compostable, Single-Serve Coffee Pod Concept
Plastic- and aluminum-free single-serve coffee pods use an alginate-based primary package material with some barrier properties. The system will employ recyclable secondary packaging with additional barrier. Many packaging details remain to be sorted.
March 15, 2024
Materials & Containers
Mono-material Cheese Pack Launch Coincides with Recycling Center
The PP mono-material pack provides high barriers against oxygen and water vapor, keeping the product fresh on the shelf. It also protects the cheese with high puncture resistance. And printability allows the brand and recycling messages to pop.
February 21, 2024
Sustainable Packaging
Innovative New Sustainable Packaging Materials at PACK EXPO
PMG editors fanned out across PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2023 in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found in Sustainable Packing Materials.
February 20, 2024
Materials & Containers
New Dairy Application for Sustainable Cup
Yaza’s labneh dips will now be sold in Greiner Packaging’s K3 sustainable paperboard-plastic cup.
February 14, 2024
Materials & Containers
An Innovation Snapshot from The Packaging Conference
The Packaging Conference features discussions on new packaging technologies, with sessions on bioplastics, digital can printing, and a circular solution for all plastics, among others.
February 13, 2024
Materials & Containers
Food Hub Adopts Compostable Packaging for Circular System
Organic food delivery service Fresh Harvest supplements its reusable packaging with new compostable produce film that is also used to fertilize its crops at its end of life.
February 7, 2024
Materials & Containers
WM Doubles Down on Recycling: A Conversation with VP Brent Bell
WM just announced a billion-dollar investment in recycling infrastructure. We sat down with Brent Bell, VP of recycling, to see how the money will be spent (hint: AI optical sorters and new facilities), and what it means for pack design and PCR supply.
February 2, 2024
Materials & Containers
Column: If Brands Need PCR, Why is Demand for rPET so Soft?
Many big brands owners have made ambitious sustainability commitments to use more PCR, and rPET is a substrate with lots of packaging applications. So why is it so cheap, and why is demand so soft, especially heading into 2024's 'preform season?'
January 31, 2024
Materials & Containers
Sprite Gets Naked, for Now
Coca Cola strips the labels from its Sprite on-the-go rPET bottles in the company’s first U.K. trial of label-less packaging.
January 29, 2024
Materials & Containers
Top 10 of 2023 – No. 5: Coca-Cola Bottler Swaps Plastic for Paper
This Coca-Cola bottler says it will replace 200,000 lb. of plastic a year with the addition of a paper-based mulitpack solution. Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages partnered with WestRock to replace plastic multipack rings with paper in this application.
December 29, 2023
Materials & Containers
Top 10 of 2023 – No. 8: Refill-at-home Packaging Taking Off Across All Categories
2023 may have bene the year of the 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 a few.
December 26, 2023
Materials & Containers
Top 10 of 2023 – No. 9: Paper or Plastic for Produce? Controversy Continues
In a contentious topic from earlier this year, founder of Postharvest Hub Shay Zeltzer says the move toward paper packaging for produce will not only result in massive waste, but will place a huge toll on the planet.
December 25, 2023
Package Design
Refillable Package for Skincare Driven by Consumer Preferences
Junoco engineers a refillable/reusable packaging system with interchangeable refill pods for its skincare products to address its consumers’ requests for refillable packaging.
December 22, 2023
Materials & Containers
Kraft Heinz 360CRISP Delivers Crispy, Microwavable Sandwich
Kraft Heinz’s first frozen product under its Lunchables brand, Grilled Cheesies uses new 360CRISP susceptor technology to produce a crispy and warm, microwaved snack.
December 18, 2023
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