Sustainability

Detpak Announces Strategic Partnership with Eco-Products

Packaging manufacturer Detpak is partnering with U.S.-based Eco-Products to provide sustainable packaging solutions in Australia and New Zealand.

May 12, 2021

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Sustainability

Packaging World on Marketplace: How COVID-19 Might Change Packaging for Good

Packaging World Editor Matt Reynolds talked packaging with Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal earlier this week. Here’s how that interview unfolded…

May 12, 2021

Sustainability

Sacmi to Host Webinar on the Profitable Use of Recycle PET

Sacmi USA

Sacmi will hold a free webinar on How to Turn PET/rPET Preforms Quality Control Into a Profitable Advantage on May 20, 2021 11:00 AM EDT in collaboration with the Beverage Industry Magazine.

May 11, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Four Packaging-Related Bills Making Their Way Through Congress

Recent bills introduced at the federal level related to packaging end-of-life management could signal a national approach to future packaging legislation.

May 10, 2021

Sustainability

Toray Plastics (America) Joins the Association of Plastics Recyclers

Toray Plastics (America), Inc.

Toray Plastics joined the Association of Plastics Recyclers, an international trade association that represents the plastics recycling industry. Its member companies are committed to the success of plastics recycling.

May 6, 2021

Flexible packaging

FPA Develops Roadmaps to Assist Companies in Moving Toward a Circular Economy

Flexible Packaging Association

The roadmaps are designed for FPA members, policymakers, NGOs, consumer product companies, consumers, local municipalities, and other associations to advance sustainability and circular economy packaging efforts.

May 6, 2021

Recycling

5 Benefits of Virtual Focus Group Testing

Necessitated by the pandemic, virtual consumer focus-group testing offers benefits such as reduced costs, more authentic outcomes, and a wider pool of subjects from which to draw.

May 6, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Burger King® Rolls Out Green Packaging Pilot Program

Alternatives for oft-used guest-facing items will be tested, the Loop reusables program will be expanded, and partnerships with the Coca-Cola Company and Kraft Heinz will further sustainable initiatives.

May 5, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Specialty Personal Care Brands Embrace Aluminum

Bath and hygiene brands that target sustainability-minded consumers—ones who are less sensitive to price and more concerned about doing good—are landing on aluminum as an ‘infinitely’ recyclable plastic alternative.

May 3, 2021

Containers

Amcor Appoints Dan Murphy and Rodrigo Lecot to Key Management Posts

Amcor Rigid Plastics

Amcor Rigid Packaging named Dan Murphy Vice President of North America Operations and Rodrigo Lecot Vice President and General Manager of Latin America.

May 3, 2021

Sustainability

Innovations in Sustainable Packaging for Confectionery & Ice Cream

Nestlé, Unilever, and Mars Wrigley pioneer technologies—such as advanced recycling, recycled-content plastic, reusable packaging, and a switch from plastic to paper—to reduce their use of virgin plastic materials. This Take Five video has the full story.

April 30, 2021

Recycling

Men’s Grooming Brand L’Atelier Shelter Breaks Category Norms

Packaging for L’Atelier Shelter men’s grooming products uses a simple, dark design to convey mystery and creativity; refill packs enhance sustainability.

May 1, 2021

Flexible packaging

ProAmpac Extends Market Reach for Recyclable Fresh-Food-To-Go Packaging to North America

ProAmpac

ProAmpac is building on the European success of Rapid Action Packaging’s (RAP) fresh-food-to-go packaging portfolio by expanding into North America.

May 1, 2021