Flexibles

Easter egg candy packs are renewable, compostable

Canadian candy company selects cellulose-based film for its stand-up pouch packaging for competitive advantage with Easter treats.

February 22, 2012

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Sustainability

Lactalis uses bioplastics for its cheese snacks

Precious Sticksters cheeses are filled on hf/f/s equipment using a 50-50 film blend of polylactic acid and petroleum-based materials.

February 17, 2012

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Sealed Air Corporation and Ecovative Design LLC accelerate the production, sales and distribution of Ecovative’s EcoCradle Mushroom Packaging

Sealed Air Corporation and Ecovative Design LLC are pleased to announce that they will work together to accelerate the production, sales and distribution of Ecovative’s EcoCradle Mushroom Packaging, a new technology for environmentally responsible packaging materials made from agricultural byproducts and mycelium, or “mushroom roots.”

January 30, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

NSF to administer BPI certification program

Agreement expected to bolster credibility and capability of Compostable Logo program and enable BPI to expand its educational and marketing activities.

January 27, 2012

Bio-based

The food waste/sustainable packaging connection

Sustainable packaging is emerging as a tool to mitigate food waste in the U.S. In this Q&A, GMA’s Meghan Stasz discusses the issues behind this product-package relationship.

January 23, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

Road map for more effective U.S. material recovery systems released

GreenBlue offers a free, 90-page report that documents a range of material recovery systems throughout the world that could be adopted in the U.S.

January 9, 2012

Sustainable Packaging

The Greener Package top 10 for 2011

Readers continue to crave information on bioplastics and end-of-life options for packaging.

January 3, 2012

Sustainability

Coca-Cola invests in biotech to fast track a 100% plant-based bottle

The Coca-Cola Company invests in three biotechnology companies to help speed the development of a commercial-scale technology to create a 100% plant-based PlantBottle.

December 15, 2011

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3M names Sustainable Packaging Award winners

3M Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division (IATD) is pleased to recognize the seven winners of the 3M IATD Sustainable Packaging Award.

December 9, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Hand sanitizer packaging designed with environment in mind

Hand-sanitizer dispensing system employs refill packs made from recyclable PET that uses 30% less material than HDPE; pumps are removable for recycling.

December 7, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

World demand for bioplastics to exceed 1 million tons in 2015

Consumer preferences for sustainable materials, improved product performance, and price parity with petroleum-based plastics will be the key drivers of bioplastic’s growth.

December 7, 2011

Contract Packaging

Co-packers help AccuDial and PediaCare innovate with kid-medicine dosing packs

Bio-Pharm, a leading supplier of generic pharmaceutical formulations, is packing a new a line of liquid over-the-counter medications for AccuDial Pharmaceutical of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, which AccuDial calls a "revolution in over-the-counter dosing."

December 2, 2011

Recycling

Neatly meshing technologies pave the way in food packaging

Flush with data on what consumers want, food packaging developers are answering the call by harnessing complementary processing and packaging technologies.

December 1, 2011