Bio-based

Compostable Seafood Shipper Insulation Supports Brand’s Mission

D2C business Wild Alaskan Company ships its sustainably harvested, wild seafood using bio-based foam insulation that is home and industrially compostable as well as water soluble.

January 27, 2025

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Bio-based

Lignin Wins Two Awards at Scanpack

Lignin Industries

Lignin Industries' e-commerce bag won both the Biomaterial-Based Packaging award and the Packnorth Special Price at the Scanpack event, recognizing its sustainable and functional design.

January 17, 2025

Bio-based

Celanese and Henkel Collaborate to Offer Adhesives Made from Captured CO2 Emissions

Celanese Corporation

Henkel and Celanese partner to develop water-based adhesives made from carbon capture-based materials, enabling customers to increase the renewable content of their products.

January 17, 2025

Bio-based

Dissolvable Skin Care Wipes Pick Compostable Sachets

For sachet packaging of its new dissolvable cleansing wipes, Australian-based Conserving Beauty tapped compostable NatureFlex films by Futamura Compostable Packaging, as converted by New Zealand's Convex.

January 15, 2025

Bio-based

Brown is the New Green: Lamb Weston’s Recyclable Paper Fry Bag

Lamb Weston develops a paper bag for its frozen French fries that offers a grease and moisture barrier as well as durability and machinability, while still being recyclable.

January 14, 2025

Containers & Closures

Top Articles of 2024, #8: How Baileys Paper-Based Bottle is Made

The #8 most clicked article of 2024: An extraordinary network of inventors, developers, OEMs, and stakeholders emphasize ‘progress over perfection’ as they commercialize a breakthrough bottle.

December 29, 2024

Bio-based

Top Articles of 2024, #10: KDP Unveils Plant-based, Compostable Coffee Pod

The #10 most clicked article of 2024: These coffee pods use an alginate-based primary package material with some barrier properties. The system will employ recyclable secondary packaging with additional barrier. Many packaging details remain to be sorted.

December 26, 2024

Bio-based

Seaweed-based Packaging Innovator B’ZEOS Secures Seed Round and Strategic Partnerships

B’ZEOS

B’ZEOS has secured seed funding to scale its sustainable seaweed-based packaging solutions, addressing the growing demand for eco-friendly alternatives to traditional plastics.

December 4, 2024

Bio-based

Baskin-Robbins, Soy Silvestre, and Whatrr Introduce Bio-Based Packaging Solutions

ThePackHub

See a few examples of bio-based packaging solutions from Baskin-Robbins, Soy Silvestre, and Whatrr from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

November 21, 2024

Bio-based

Honeywell and SGP BioEnergy Join Forces to Develop Plant-Based Biochemicals, Reducing Industry’s Reliance on Fossil Fuels

Honeywell

Honeywell technology will use second-generation feedstock to advance biochemical production, and SGP BioEnergy will be the first company to use and scale the technology.

November 13, 2024

Sustainability

Together for Sustainability: pester pac automation and Solutum Offer Eco-Friendly Packaging Solution

pester pac automation

Solutum’s film functions like traditional plastic wrapping film, but at its end of life, it can be composted or will fully biodegrade in soil or water, leaving no environmental impact.

October 28, 2024

Bio-based

Paper-Based Canister Keeps Powdered Collagen Fresh and Dry

Vital Proteins switches from a plastic canister to one made from 80% paper for its powdered collagen peptides, making the container curbside recyclable and reducing the company’s use of plastic by 4 million lb.

October 23, 2024

Bio-based

Nestlé Continues to Embrace Paper with New Quality Street Tub

The new paper-based carton for Quality Street sweets for Christmas offers the same shape and brand color, but is now 100% curbside recyclable.

October 21, 2024