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Sustainable Packaging
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SFO Bottle Ban?
Effective Aug. 20, San Francisco Airport (SFO) banned single-use plastic (read PET) water bottles.
October 2, 2019
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Side Sealer Handles Sustainable New Materials
Side sealer handles multiple film substrates, including new recycle-stream friendly resins and even compostable biopolymers.
September 25, 2019
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And the Winners are . . .
PMMI Presents the 2019 Technology Excellence Awards Winners
September 24, 2019
Sustainability
Collaboration Will Drive Development of Recyclable Pouches
Mespack and Dow partnership puts a hf/f/s machine at Dow’s Pack Studios to help develop and commercialize recyclable pouches.
September 24, 2019
Sustainable Packaging
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo Cut Ties with Plastics Association
Beverage giants exit the Plastics Industry Association after facing pressure from Greenpeace, which denounces the association’s advocacy against plastic bag bans.
September 18, 2019
Protective/transport packaging
Jenny Craig Trims the Excess from its Meal Delivery Packaging
New delivery option allows consumers to receive one-week shipments of food in a 30% smaller package fitted with compostable insulation panels made from corn.
September 15, 2019
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Mespack Partners with Dow to develop fully recyclable flexible packaging solutions
Mespack, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, announced its collaboration with Dow to develop more efficient packaging solutions, enabling next generation packaging designed for recyclability and sustainability.
September 6, 2019
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Pepsi Learners Become Leaders
PepsiCo put an initial group of 20 package developers through IoPP’s Certified Packaging Professional program in 2018. Another 20 will complete the program in 2019 as part of the company’s game-changing effort to become a packaging leader.
September 4, 2019
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Industry Watch—September 2019
A quick look on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people as listed in the September 2019 issue of Packaging World.
August 30, 2019
Recycling
Flexible packaging and glass beverage packaging dominate Australasia pack types
The Australasia packaging market, which is 85% Australia and 15% New Zealand and surrounding islands, is also seeing a demand for small and environmentally friendly packaging.
August 27, 2019
Sustainability
Dasani uncaps a record number of more-sustainable packaging options
Among them, a bottle using rPET with plant-based plastic, two new aluminum package formats, a lighter-weight PET bottle, and a package-less, customizable water dispensing system.
August 24, 2019
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Demand for sustainability spurring changes in packaging, Smithers Pira report says
The objective to make packaging more sustainable and the resulting impetus for material transition is a significant industry dynamic that is outlined in the new report from Smithers Pira, The Future of Paper vs Plastic Packaging to 2024. This market report values the global packaging market in 2018 at more than $850 billion with steady and consistent growth forecast to continue.
August 19, 2019
Protective/transport packaging
Meat delivery service uses cornstarch-based insulated coolers
NIKU Farms uses bio-based, insulated coolers made from cornstarch that are backyard compostable and biodegradable to ship its farm-to-door meat subscription boxes in Canada.
August 9, 2019
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