Sustainable Packaging

Biodegradable and Compostable Packaging

Despite COVID-19’s unwelcome intrusion into our lives this year, sustainability continues to be a substantial area of opportunity for brands and retailers. Increasingly, consumers around the world are demanding more environmentally-friendly packaging.

August 5, 2020

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Sustainability

Avery Dennison BOPP Films Certified for HDPE Recycling

Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials’ Clear Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film is the first to be certified to comply with the Association of Plastic Recyclers' Critical Guidance Protocol for HDPE recycling.

August 4, 2020

Flexible packaging

Liquibox Helps Brands Meet Demand for Home Care Products During COVID-19

Liquibox

In the midst of COVID-19, Liquibox bag-in-box solutions are helping brands meet demand for cleaners, sanitizers, and detergents.

July 30, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Absolut Sustainability

Karin Ekroth, Senior Manager of Communications & Sustainability for The Absolut Company, shares how the world’s sixth-largest international spirits brand—with production of nearly 26 million gallons in fiscal year 2018/19—works toward a circular economy.

July 29, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Recycling drives sustainable packaging

ThePackHub

COVID 19 has caused significant disruption to the packaging industry across the world. However, sustainability remains an important area of opportunity for anyone involved in bringing new packaging to market.

July 29, 2020

Flexible packaging

Morris Packaging Expands Plant Capacity

Morris Packaging

Morris Packaging expanded its Plymouth, Minn. plant with the addition of two 10-color flexographic printing presses.

July 27, 2020

Workforce

Redefining the Packaging Organization of the Future

Packaging is in a transformational state, driving disruptive innovation across the industry.

July 27, 2020

Sustainability

Amazon box reuse for play

In a USA Today article, Amazon reveals inspiration came from the well-known fact that kids and cats often like to play with the box things come in.

July 23, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Compostable Overwrap for Tea Bags

Listening to the stakeholders behind this determined effort is a vivid reminder of how many factors must be weighed before a compostable film can be commercialized.

July 21, 2020

Additives, coatings & inks

Penn Color Announces New Appointments

Penn Color

Penn Color announced the appointment of Vicki Irons to Key Account Manager and Simon Clarke to European Industry Manager, Packaging.

July 17, 2020

Flexible packaging

Glenroy Inc. Announces Company Sustainability Initiative

Glenroy, Inc.

Glenroy Inc. announced its sustainability initiative with a dedicated web page that features the company’s environmental responsibility with a focus on air emissions control, energy conservation, and recycling initiatives.

July 16, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Orbis Named 2020 Inbound Logistics Green Supply Chain Partner

ORBIS Corporation

Orbis Corp. was named an Inbound Logistics 2020 G75 Green Supply Chain Partner.

July 15, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Moxie Cannabis Makes Move from Plastic to Paper—at a Cost

Company replaces plastic and paper sleeves for its range of cannabis products with more costly FSC-certified, chlorine-free paper, as part of its vision to become the first fully-integrated, carbon-negative cannabis company.

July 14, 2020