Sustainable Packaging

Top 10 sustainable packaging stories of 2016

See what visitors to GreenerPackage.com were reading about last year in the annual Top 10 list of most-read articles on the site.

January 2, 2017

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Flexibles

Bio-based Snickers wrapper wins top award

Four years in the making, a bio-based film wrapper for Mars' Snickers candy bar made from potato starch waste is given top honors in the 11th Global Bioplastics Awards.

December 19, 2016

Flexibles

Mars Drinks rethinks Freshpack design

After a Life Cycle Assessment of its single-serve Freshpack pouch for coffee and tea, Mars Drinks make changes that reduce the carbon footprint of the package by 31%.

December 13, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

How2Compost label launched

The on-package label informs consumers that packaging is certified compostable, offers direction on appropriate composting, and includes the How2Compost URL.

November 26, 2016

Recycling

Millennials and Sustainable Packaging Go Hand in Hand

The Foodservice Packaging Institute’s latest trends report finds common threads throughout the industry, such as the impact and correlation between Millennials and sustainable packaging.

November 21, 2016

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Proposed fee for carry-out bags in Michigan

Packaging is at the center of a political face-off

November 15, 2016

Home

3D cold formable paper replaces plastic packaging

Billerudkorsnäs' FibreForm, the first 3D cold formable paper, enables up to 10 times the embossing depth compared to traditional papers.

November 7, 2016

Flexibles

Green Day wants you to start your day in a green way

Coffee company owned by two Green Day band members partners with San Francisco Bay Coffee to introduce fully compostable single-serve coffee pods and coffee bags.

November 5, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Can the circular economy deliver endless regeneration?

As energy production, package converting, and material disposal put a strain on fragile environments, the ‘circular economy’ grows ever more appealing.

November 4, 2016

Material handling

Study reveals best practices for time/temperature-sensitive biologics

BioLife Solutions and Brooks Life Sciences Partner on Study of Best Practices for Shipping and Storing Time- and Temperature-Sensitive Biologic Materials.

October 26, 2016

Sustainability

Skincare packaging puts the environment first

Bottles, caps, and pumps for a new line of natural, organic skincare products are selected with their environmental impact one of the top considerations.

October 15, 2016

Sustainability

Loblaw launches compostable coffee pods

New launch said to have the potential to divert 100 million pods from landfill annually.

October 10, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Natural pet products ship green

Pet products company demonstrates that e-commerce shipping can be green, using materials that include 100% recycled-content, custom-sized boxes and corrugated void-fill.

October 2, 2016