Bio-based: Page 71

Flexibles

Bread bag is 36% bio-based

Eureka! Organic Bread switches to bread bags made of 36% sugarcane-based PE when introducing its products to the East Coast market for marketing and sustainability benefits.

April 1, 2015

Sustainability

Tetra Pak reports environmental gains on 2020 goals

The company moves toward its 2020 goals with higher access to carton recycling and increased awareness of resource scarcity, among other new solutions.

March 26, 2015

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World not starving for edible packaging?

Backers need to sink their teeth into certain realities.

March 24, 2015

Plastics/resins

Toray Plastics appoints Matt Brown GM of Lumirror Division

New general manager was former GM of Torayfan Division’s industrial film business.

March 3, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Bio-based and biodegradable plastics in packaging

Conventional polymeric materials play an important role in packaging.

March 2, 2015

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TorayPlastics America promotes David Fletcher to Senior Manager

David Fletcher brings over 20 years of experience in the flexible packaging industry to the post.

February 18, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Walmart expo spurs sustainable end-cap

Walmart collaborates with supplier of cellulose-based packaging material and Lucky Budda Beer to design a sturdy, recyclable end cap for select Walmart stores.

February 12, 2015

Flexibles

Compostable pouch is perfect fit for seaweed chips

For its line of natural seaweed chips, New Frontier Foods selects a pouch package made from compostable wood pulp that matches its Ocean’s Halo brand identity.

February 11, 2015

Sustainability

Sugarcane-based bottle aligns with organic cleaners

Organic cleaning products company Greenology switches to sugarcane-based HDPE bottles that provide the same functionality as petroleum-based packaging in a renewable material.

February 5, 2015

Sustainability

Renewably sourced barrier tray for meat

Sutton, MA-based J&G Foods has begun using an ultra high-barrier renewably sourced thermoformed tray for its vacuum packaged line of fresh red meats.

February 4, 2015

Contract Packaging

Private label: on-trend and growing

This year’s PLMA Show in Chicago boasted nearly 3,000 booths, many of which displayed the latest in good-for-you and good-for-the-planet products and packaging.

January 9, 2015

PMMI News

3D printing’s promise for medical devices

Don’t blink, because the world of healthcare packaging, particularly in medical devices, is undergoing dramatic innovation.

January 8, 2015