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Materials & Containers
Quilted Northern Launches Recyclable Paper Packaging in a National Brand First
The paper toilet paper packaging will eliminate approximately 500,000 pounds of plastic waste each year, the company says, and testing shows the format to be comparable to its predecessor in performance and function.
July 7, 2023
The packaging passed repulpability and recyclability testing per protocol by an independent third-party testing facility.
Materials & Containers
Veuve Clicquot Switches to Virgin Tree-Free Paper
Luxury champagne producer engineers a gift box made from hemp and recycled wood fiber that reduces its eco-footprint while supporting NGO Canopy Planet’s initiative to protect ancient and endangered forests.
June 30, 2023
Following two years of R&D, in summer 2022, Veuve Clicquot replaced its existing 100% virgin fiber paper and paperboard gift box with one made from 50% recycled paper and 50% hemp.
Materials & Containers
New Pollster Data Informs Chemical Recycling Messaging
Rightly or wrongly chemical recycling has proponents and detractors. Agnostic pollsters found high initial favorability for the tech when impartially explained, but suggest a messaging strategy to help chemical recycling proponents control the narrative.
June 29, 2023
(from left) Susan Jackson, moderator, BASF Corporation; Cornell Belcher, Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies; and Brenda Gianiny, Axis Research
Materials & Containers
Advanced Recycling not the First Tech to Win Over Skeptics
The mass balance approach and its traceability underpinnings require validation for credibility, say certification provider panelists. Overcoming CPG skepticism of the nascent tech, and educating consumers, is key according to early adopter converters.
June 28, 2023
(from left) Ron Cotterman, VP, Global Corporate Affairs, SEE; Dr. Jan Henke, Director, ISCC; Diane Marret, Sustainability Director, Consumer Packaging NA, Berry Global, Inc.; and Matt Rudolf VP, International Business Development, SCS Global Services
Package Design
Column: Is HolyGrail 2.0 Proving Viable at Scale?
As the EU looks to implement measures that could mean fines for brands and producers not using PCR in plastic packaging, more circular packaging is becoming a business imperative. Digital watermarking is a promising way to accomplish circularity.
June 27, 2023
Packaging waste sortation at a materials recovery facility (MRF).
Materials & Containers
Distillery 98 Brings Paper Bottle Stateside for Vodka
Florida-based micro-distillery Distillery 98 opts for sustainable packaging, with a paper-based bottle for its small-batch, locally sourced Half Shell Vodka.
June 21, 2023
Distillery 98 is using sustainable packaging in the form of a paper Frugal Bottle for its Half Shell Vodka.
Materials & Containers
Absolut Commercializes First-ever Single-mold Paper Bottles at Tesco
Absolut Vodka says it’s the first global spirits brand to sell single-mold paper-based bottles commercially in the UK, part of its journey to create a fully bio-based bottle.
June 13, 2023
The first-generation bottle uses a polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) liner barrier, which is a monomaterial with strong barrier properties that can be recycled along with closely related polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in small proportions.
E-commerce/D2C packaging
Live from GS1 Connect: A Resurgence for RFID?
White paper reveals that RFID allowing retailers to thrive in a changing retail landscape.
June 7, 2023
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Materials & Containers
Glass Imaginings: Small, Modular Plants; Biodegradable/Biorecyclable Containers
Arguably the oldest packaging material, glass is exuding youthful vigor in its recent explorations of new (some would say revolutionary) manufacturing technologies, formats, material characteristics, and product applications.
June 7, 2023
Ben Miyares, Packaging Sherpa
Sustainable Packaging
6 O'Clock Gin, Veuve du Vernay, and The Gin Way Announce Sustainable Material Changes for Alcoholic Beverages
ThePackHub
See a few examples of sustainable material changes for alcoholic beverage packaging from 6 O'Clock Gin, Veuve du Vernay, and The Gin Way from ThePackHub’s April Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.
June 6, 2023
6 O'Clock Gin's new stand up pouch format allows trade customers to decant directly into the company's bottle.
Materials & Containers
Nestlé Pilots Paper-Based, Home-Compostable Coffee Capsule
The new capsule, made of paper with a proprietary, compostable barrier film and lid, offers Nespresso consumers a compostable coffee capsule option.
May 29, 2023
Eighty-two percent of the new coffee capsule is made from wood fiber, while the balance, which includes the inner film liner and the lid, is made from a compostable biopolymer material.
Materials & Containers
New Date-Sugar Pouch Contains 50% PCR
In its quest to have as little environmental impact as possible, Just Date moves from a cardboard carton for its granulated date sugar to a flexible, resealable stand-up pouch with 50% PCR.
May 26, 2023
The new 12-oz package for Just Date’s Organic Sugar is a flexible, stand-up pouch made up of HDPE, 40% of which is recycled content, and PET, made up of 90% rPET.
Sustainable Packaging
Walkers, Nestlé, and Sainsbury's Adjust Packaging Materials for Sustainability
ThePackHub
See a few examples of sustainable package material innovations from Walkers, Nestlé, and Sainsbury's from ThePackHub’s April Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.
May 22, 2023
The new Walkers board-based multipack packaging is sold at 800 Tesco locations.
Sustainable Packaging
Mars Wrigley, Tesco, and Valor Introduce Package Recycling Innovations
ThePackHub
See a few examples of package recycling solutions from Mars Wrigley, Tesco, and Valor from ThePackHub’s April Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.
May 19, 2023
Mars Wrigley China is switching to PCR rPET packaging for its Cui Xiang Mi chocolate brand.
Sustainable Packaging
Noel Alimentaria, Waitrose, 3Motion and Gimber Introduce Paper-Based Packaging Solutions
ThePackHub
See a few examples of paper-based packaging solutions from Noel Alimentaria, Waitrose, 3Motion and Gimber from ThePackHub’s March Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.
May 10, 2023
Noel Alimentaria's Verday plant-based meat product range is now packaged in paper-based trays.
Materials & Containers
Live at interpack: STELLA Cosmetics Refills Use 90% Certified Renewable Polymers
This value chain collaboration achieves what's said to be a cosmetics market breakthrough, with refill containers and caps made almost entirely using mass balance-certified polymers from SABIC.
May 7, 2023
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Materials & Containers
Live at interpack: Barrier Paper Replaces Plastic as nucao's Primary Packaging
This ambitious chocolate start-up now packages its products exclusively in paper, using a new barrier paper, Koehler NexPlus Advanced. It meets the demand for sustainable primary packaging for the food industry
May 7, 2023
Koehler NexPlus Advanced, used in this application, has a good oxygen, mineral oil, and grease barrier.
Materials & Containers
Packaging Fit for a (New and Eco-conscious) King
U.K.’s Compleat Food Group launches a limited-edition, fully-recyclable tray and film pack for sausage rolls in honor of the coronation of King Charles III.
May 5, 2023
Compleat Food Group has launched a special-edition pack of sausage rolls to celebrate the coronation on King Charles III. A fitting tribute to the eco-conscious royal, the film packaging is fully recyclable.
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