Sustainability

ACMA to Showcase Machinery for the Confectionery Market at ProSweets 2022

ACMA, a Coesia company, will showcase its machinery designed to meet the needs of the confectionery market with renewed attention to sustainability.

December 14, 2021

Recycling: Page 101

Sustainability

DS Smith Replaces Single Use Plastic Pieces with Paper-based Solutions for Retailers

DS Smith Packaging Systems

The sustainable packaging company is set to replace more than 1 billion pieces of single use plastic by 2025.

December 10, 2021

Sustainability

Amorepacific and Eastman Collaborate on Introducing Advances in Sustainable Packaging

Eastman Chemical Co.

Amorepacific will use Eastman's Cristal™ Renew copolyester with certified recycled content* for its LANEIGE Water Sleeping Mask product line.

December 9, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable Packaging—Seventh Generation Keeps Moving the Needle

Seventh Generation, which was knee-deep in sustainable packaging when it was hardly even a thing, is waiting for their CPG peers to sense the urgency and catch up—now.

December 9, 2021

Flexible packaging

Pregis Begins Product Production at New Facility in Atlanta

Pregis

Pregis’ new $14 million manufacturing site will produce curbside-recyclable paper mailers.

December 9, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Refill Revolution: Waterless Body Wash, Brita Reusable Purified Water Bottles, and Plastic Corrugate Substitute

ThePackHub

See a few examples of reusable and refillable packaging innovations from ThePackHub’s December Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

December 9, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

P&G and Herbal Essences' PET Bottles Move to 50% Chemically Recycled PCR

Herbal Essences will be the first P&G brand to use Eastman Renew molecular-recycled plastic in its packaging.

December 7, 2021

Plastics/resins

Two Brands Awarded 0.5 Million Closures Each

Functional beverage PRO.J and VUE Vitamin Tea are announced as the winners of Silgan’s annual Free Closures for a Year Contest.

December 7, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

15 Minutes of Sustainability Talk with P&G

Invisible watermarks with imprinted recycling data, scalable initiatives for waste management infrastructure, and changing up plastic usage, material, and product formats are all currently in the works at P&G.

December 6, 2021

Sustainability

Heinz Ketchup’s New Dispensing Valve | Materials Shortages Rankle Bev Industry

Iconic Heinz Ketchup switched to a new dispensing valve and closure that will make the pack more sustainable. Meanwhile, beverage producers struggle with materials shortages.

December 3, 2021

Sustainability

Sun Chemical Releases Annual Sustainability Report

Sun Chemical

The latest edition of its Corporate Sustainability Report focuses on its commitment to a strong sustainability strategy comprised of three key pillars: operations, products and services, and collaborations.

December 3, 2021

Sustainability

Material Packaging Innovations Include Bag-in-Box Cocktail

ThePackHub

Other innovations from November's Innovation Zone report include carton board beverage lids and paper butter packaging.

December 2, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainability by the Numbers

Industry veteran Ben Miyares shares a column that numerically maps the world of packaging, old and new, as it pertains to sustainability.

December 1, 2021