Sustainable Packaging

Pernod Ricard Commits to ‘Circular Making’

Believing that from grain to grass, there can be no conviviality in excess, the spirits giant commits to actions that move it toward a circular system for its packaging, with innovations around brands such as Absolut, Malibu, and Beefeater, among others.

February 16, 2022

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Flexible packaging

Overnight Labels Installs New Digital Flexible Packaging Press

Overnight Labels, Inc.

New digital flexible packaging options poised to shakeup the packaged goods industry.

February 14, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable Packaging for Cannabis Grows

Cannabis CEO Blair Kralick discusses the importance of greater use of sustainable packaging in the market and the challenges of balancing eco-friendliness with regulations.

February 7, 2022

Flexible packaging

Smurfit Kappa Makes a Sustainable Change to its Vitop Taps

Smurfit Kappa Group

The Vitop® taps used on its bag-in-box products are now free from carbon black pigment, making them easier to recycle.

February 5, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

The Risks to Brands of Not Doing Enough

A new scorecard from As You Sow details where brands are with their 2025 commitments around reducing plastic packaging and the risks associated with not meeting their goals.

February 3, 2022

Plastics/resins

Xampla Opens New Lab, Expands Key Teams

Xampla

Xampla, manufacturer of natural alternatives to single-use plastic, expanded its commercial and technical teams with the addition of seven new hires and opened a new Cambridge laboratory.

February 1, 2022

Sustainability

Evanesce Makes Key Appointments to Management Team

Evanesce

Sustainable packaging technology company, Evanesce, added Angela Rodenburgh as Global Vice President of Marketing and promoted David Chaplin to Director of Operations for Manufacturing, overseeing its South Carolina and Nevada facilities.

January 24, 2022

Sustainability

Cortec Corp.’s EcoWrap® Stretch Film Receives Industrial Compostability Certification

Cortec Corporation

Cortec received the OK compost INDUSTRIAL certificate from TÜV Austria that certifies its Eco Wrap® conforms to the criteria for industrial compostability under EN 13432 (European equivalent of ASTM D6400).

January 21, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Naturally Done: Plant-Based Take Out Containers and Compostable Innovations

ThePackHub

See a few examples of plant-based and compostable packaging innovations from ThePackHub’s January Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

January 20, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Pack Green Coalition Launches

Pack Green Coalition

The new sustainable packaging initiative will seek to replace unnecessary plastic from the food and beverage and packaging supply chains.

January 19, 2022

Sustainability

TIPA, Printpack, Digimarc Create Digital Watermark for Compostable Packaging

TIPA Compostable Packaging

TIPA partnered with Printpack and Digimarc Corp. to create the first digital watermark for compostable packaging.

January 18, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability Success Must Address the Entire Storybook

Over the past few years, the topic of sustainability as it relates to packaging has been expanding, developing, and becoming increasingly important.

January 11, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Kellogg's Tests Paper Cereal Liner, and Other Fiber-Based Plastic Replacements

ThePackHub

See a few examples of paper or fiber-based packaging innovations from ThePackHub’s January Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

January 8, 2022