Bio-based

Starbucks Korea, Innonature Packaging Solutions, and AkronTechnology Release Bio-based Packaging

See a few examples of bio-based packaging from Starbucks Korea, Innonature Packaging Solutions, and AkronTechnology from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

August 22, 2025

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Metsä Board Awarded EcoVadis Platinum Rating

Metsä Board

The company has achieved the highest level rating every year since 2017.

August 20, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Sustainable Packaging Trends at PACK EXPO 2024

Packaging World Editor-in-chief Matt Reynolds sits down with Senior Editor Anne Marie Mohan to discuss trends in materials—paper, bio-based, and compostable— and machinery that they saw on last year's show floor.

August 19, 2025

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Dutch Juice Producer to use Bio-Based Polymer for Bottles

Hoogesteger signs a conditional offtake agreement with Avantium to use plant-based PEF plastic in the bottles for its fresh, cold-pressed juice.

August 11, 2025

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Community Poll: Finding Areas for Sustainable Innovation

Learn where your peers find inspiration and motivation for sustainable innovations.

July 29, 2025

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Nestlé Central America, Green Bio, and CO2BioClean Design Biodegradable Packaging Solutions

ThePackHub

See a few examples of packaging designed to be biodegradable from Nestlé Central America, Green Bio, and CO2BioClean from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

July 27, 2025

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Europe’s Fight Against Plastic Pollution gets Boost as EIB Backs PulPac

PulPac

EIB's €20 million venture debt loan to PulPac, will advance its patented Dry Molded Fiber technology for producing rigid fiber-based packaging as an alternative to single-use plastics.

July 15, 2025

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Investment of £15 million announced at Futamura

Futamura Group

The investment will enhance sustainability and performance, including a project to reduce emissions and generate 15% of the site's energy from waste gases.

July 15, 2025

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Compostable Capsules for Nespresso Original Line Systems

This specialty coffee roaster saw an opportunity when a customer asked for compostable packaging materials. “We’re heavily invested into doing this right,” says the firm’s president.

July 11, 2025

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Avantium & Hordijk Team Up to Bring Plant-Based Plastic to Market

Avantium

Avantium N.V. has secured a capacity reservation agreement with Royal Hordijk, allowing Hordijk to use Avantium's plant-based and recyclable PEF polymer in various packaging applications.

July 1, 2025

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Braskem Celebrates 15 Years of I'm green Bio-based with Operation Rates Above Nameplate Capacity after Expansion

Braskem

Braskem has reached 275,000 tons/year of green ethylene, 37% above the production capacity compared to the initial project in 2010.

June 19, 2025

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Braskem Siam and Mitr Phol Bio Fuel Sign Letter of Intent for Ethanol Supply for Bio-ethylene Plant in Thailand

Braskem

Secure supply of bio-ethanol is a critical pillar to reach a stable and full project realization while commercially integrating Thai sectors supplying sugarcane to more sustainable chemicals.

June 16, 2025

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Video: Google's Open Packaging Revolution, Plastic-Free and Secret-Free

In this exclusive interview with Google's packaging innovation leader, Miguel Arévalo, discover how a collaborative, non-competitive paradigm offers significant lessons to our industry in sustainability and plastic-free packaging.

June 12, 2025