Sustainability

Column: Colgate-Palmolive Competes on Toothpaste, not Tube

Colgate-Palmolive’s breakthrough toothpaste tube, on pace to be fully rolled out by 2025, is certified as recyclable by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR).

January 7, 2020

Recycling: Page 144

Sustainability

Counting Down the Top 10 articles of 2019 - #2: Walmart's Waste Reduction Plan

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we're counting down the Top 10 articles of 2019. Join us as we look back at the best of 2019. Anne Marie Mohan's report on Walmart's waste reduction plan checks in at #2.

December 30, 2019

Cartons and boxes

Nostalgia, Modern Art, and High-Tech Coalesce in Skincare Sampler Pack

A four-pack sampler of vegan skincare masks is conceptualized as a mixtape, with packaging that looks like a '90s cassette—but with a modern twist.

December 21, 2019

Labels

NFC-Ready Label Boosts Skincare Adherence, Engagement

Near Field Communication (NFC) RFID labels are becoming practical for higher-end products. We follow NFC trailblazer Société Clinical Skincare on its journey into a unique NFC beta test that’s less about retail theater and more about ongoing engagement.

December 19, 2019

Operational Excellence

Ease of Use, Recyclability Push Growth of Flexible Plastic and PET Bottles in Western Europe

In 2018, food packaging accounted for a 55% share of the market in the region, followed by 37% for beverage packaging. Both the food and beverage categories saw the demand for smaller, lighter, and easy to store and handle pack sizes.

December 16, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging Policy Update & 2020 Outlook

Extended Producer Responsibility, single-use packaging bans, recycling challenges, and other issues related to current and future legislative policy are discussed in this Q&A with AMERIPEN.

December 6, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging technologies/products to be featured at TPC 2020

PTI - Packaging Technologies & Inspection

New approaches to addressing sustainable packaging challenges, as well as the latest packaging technologies and products, will be the focal points at The Packaging Conference 2020, February 3-5, AT&T Conference Center, Austin.

December 13, 2019

Plastics/resins

Vacuum Skin Packaging

Point Five Packaging, LLC

Point Five Packaging offers vacuum skin packaging for ready meal solutions. The CPET tray and the film used to the seal product are microwave and oven safe, and the trays are 100% recyclable.

December 13, 2019

Operational Excellence

Food Packaging Dominates China Market

According to “Global Packaging Trends,” a new report compiled by Euromonitor International for PMMI Business Intelligence, food packaging accounts for more than 50% of the total packaging market in China.

December 11, 2019

Sustainability

More sustainable RRP format

Morrisons Supermarkets of the UK has re-launched its Best Bacon product in an improved Retail Ready Packaging (RRP) format.

December 11, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Digital Print Boosts User Experience for E-Commerce Packaging

Giuseppe Prioriello, Founder and CEO of Italian company Packly, spoke to the Digital Print for Packaging Europe conference in Berlin last week about digital printing’s role in e-commerce.

December 10, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Rising Tides of Waste Spark Quests to Divert, Repurpose It

When the global public discourse turns to packaging these days, the focus increasingly is on its afterlife as a component of marine waste.

December 6, 2019

Recycling

Laws and Norms Both Shape Policy

When you go to someone’s house for dinner, you’re supposed to bring a gift.

December 5, 2019