Sustainability

‘Cluckin’ Great’ Egg Carton Redesign

Vital Farms increases the sustainability of its shell-egg packaging, with a new carton that uses 100% recycled content for both the molded pulp base and the paperboard lid.

August 24, 2021

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Sustainability

Colgate Elixir Tops the 2021 IoPP AmeriStar Awards

Colgate Elixir, by Colgate-Palmolive, landed in the top spot as the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) announced the winners of the 2021 AmeriStar Awards competition. There were 24 winners and three student award winners.

August 4, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Gelato Uses 100% Recyclable Ice Cream Carton

Sacred Serve plant-based gelato uses a unique paperboard ice cream carton design that is now made from 100% virgin, food-safe paperboard and a food-safe, water-based barrier coating.

August 3, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Recycle-Ready for Pet Food Retort Pouches

Retort pouches are popular for moist and semi-moist pet food manufacturers because of their light weight. But finding a pouch material that can withstand retort conditions with excellent barrier properties while being recycle-ready has been a challenge.

August 2, 2021

Sustainability

Delivery Hero Partners with Eco-Products to Launch Sustainable Packaging Program

Eco-Products Inc.

Leading delivery platform will provide restaurants with plant-based, no-PFAS-added packaging across the globe.

July 29, 2021

Sustainability

Collaborations Expand Paper Packaging’s Potentials

“Imagine that all plastic packaging in your store one day has disappeared, and eventually all glass bottles and metal cans; that all packages are made of renewable materials that can be recycled or returned to nature without harm.”

July 29, 2021

Sustainability

Pregis Receives Industrial Compostable Certification

Pregis

Pregis received the industrial compostable certification for its Flo-Pak Bio product line of loose fill products—The Bio One (green, using natural food coloring) and The Clean Bio One (white) chips.

July 28, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Sugarcane Tubes Sweeten Sustainability Profile

The Face + Body natural sunscreen tube in sugarcane bio-resin replaces Raw Elements’ previous plastic tube, which was made with PCR.

July 26, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Exclusive Interview: PepsiCo’s Ongoing Sustainable Transformation Keeps Pace with Changing Landscape

Back in 2018, Packaging World spoke to Tom Mooradian, Sr. Manager, Environmental Sustainability at PepsiCo, about the brand's recycling initiatives. Three years later, we catch up with him to check on progress, changes, and see what's on the horizon.

July 23, 2021

Sustainability

Toly and Sulapac Form Alliance for Sustainable Innovation

Toly Group

Toly and Sulapac entered into a business partnership to align both companies with their long-term vision of delivering new sustainable and innovative solutions in today's eco-centric beauty world.

July 20, 2021

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PACK EXPO Las Vegas and co-located Healthcare Packaging EXPO to Reunite the Packaging and Processing Industry this September

Strong Industry Commitment Evident in Number of Early Registrations

July 12, 2021

Contract Packaging

GreenSeed Contract Packaging Recognized as Local Leader in Environmental Sustainability

The company was awarded the 2021 Green Ole Award by the Batavia Environmental Commission for making the city more “eco-friendly” through operational initiatives that resulted from its strategic and collaborative partnership with global CPG Danone.

July 12, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Global Brands Pilot Bottles Made Using ‘Transformational’ Recycling Technology

L’Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo, and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe pilot the world’s first food-grade PET plastic bottles produced entirely from enzymatically recycled plastic.

June 30, 2021