Bio-based: Page 13

Sustainable Packaging

Edible Beer Packaging from Eco-Friendly Beer Ingredients

Edible four and six-pack rings replace dangerous plastic rings.

October 19, 2023

Flexible packaging

Pouches Prove More Sustainable than Cartons for Cocktail Tea Bags

Craft cocktail ingredients in a tea bag from Sayso get a secondary packaging makeover with a flexible pouch that negates the need for individual sachet packaging.

October 10, 2023

Flexibles

Choices in Barrier Flexible Packaging

Here are some ways to enhance the barrier properties of flexible packaging.

October 16, 2023

Closures

Coming Age Closures—Beyond Mere Opening/Reclosing

In his 1977 hit song “Margaritaville,” Jimmy Buffett sang about stepping on a pop-top and cutting his heel.

October 16, 2023

Sustainability

Gabletop Carton for Mouthwash Cuts Plastic by 80%

Available in Europe, Paperdent mouthwash in a gabletop carton employs a bioplastic coating for a barrier, making it 100% recyclable.

October 10, 2023

Sustainability

tesa tape Opens Expanded Manufacturing Facility

tesa tape, inc.

tesa tape’s Site Sparta, a sustainable solvent-free adhesive manufacturing facility, includes manufacturing and product development space as well as an area to test products with customers.

October 13, 2023

Sustainability

MSU Developing Residential Compostable Food Packaging

The PLA material would ideally work in residential compost piles.

October 11, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Lactalis Nestlé, New Forest Fruit, and Lifestream Introduce Bio-Based Packaging Solutions

ThePackHub

See a few examples of bio-based packaging innovations by Lactalis Nestlé, New Forest Fruit, and Lifestream from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

October 9, 2023

Sustainability

Eco-Products Unveils Program to Help Prevent Contamination in Compost Streams

Eco-Products Inc.

Eco-Products’ Controls Intended to Remove Contamination (CIRC) program will help foodservice operators keep non-compostable items out of their organics streams.

October 9, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Colgate-Palmolive’s Sustainability Plan Spans Packaging Lifecycle

Cecilia Coates, Sustainability & Digital Transformation, Colgate-Palmolive, detailed her company’s plan for a 90% reduction in emissions by 2040 at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2023. Packaging World was there to learn more.

October 5, 2023

Home

PCR and Bio-based Closures for Circular Flexible Packaging

Partnership previews upcoming sustainable packaging to enable circular economy at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2023.

October 5, 2023

Sustainability

Compostable Packaging: ‘A Solution, Not Every Solution’

At Clemson University’s FRESH 2023 conference, predictions of compostable packaging becoming the leading material over the next decade are tempered with a discussion of the obstacles to its widespread use.

October 4, 2023