Flexibles

Kellogg, Bear Naked’s Stand-Up Pouch Takes Circular Route to Recyclability

Confronted with questions around sustainability, the flexible packaging industry is working to make recyclable pouches a reality in support of a more circular economy, using the How2Recycle label.

November 1, 2019

Recycling: Page 147

Sustainable Packaging

Caution: Environmental Pressures on Packaging Persist

As the kids say, the current worldwide anti-plastics and anti-packaging trend is “a thing.”

November 1, 2019

Plastics/resins

PET Bottles Lead, but Glass Bottles Rising in Australasia Pack Types

Australasia, with a comparably smaller global market size of 36 billion units in 2018, is expected to shift toward more sustainable pack types over the coming years.

November 1, 2019

Flexibles

Recyclable, High-Barrier PP Pouch for German Snack Brand

Innovia Films

For its roasted popcorn snacks, Berlin-based Wildcorn uses a multilayer high-barrier PP laminated film that is recyclable in countries having the recycling infrastructure to accept the material.

October 31, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola European Partners Replaces Plastic with Paperboard for Multipacks

By switching from shrink film to paperboard cartons or wraps for its multipacks across Western Europe, Coca-Cola European partners expects to eliminate 4,000 tons of single-use plastic per year.

October 31, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

A Glossary of Plastic Packaging

From its onset, the sustainability era has posed a dilemma for users of plastic packaging: how to retain the benefits of plastics and yet be regarded as environmentally responsible.

October 31, 2019

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Johnson & Johnson’s Nimble Approach to E-Commerce

The CPG giant takes more of a startup approach to tackling packaging issues for e-commerce channels, sticking with a small team that can react quickly to changing demands.

October 31, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Five Fundamentals for Navigating Sustainability

Sustainability and plastic waste reduction have come to the forefront of many companies’ strategies and objectives.

October 31, 2019

Plastics/resins

Trends Driving Rigid Plastic Packaging Market Growth

Smithers

The rigid plastic packaging industry is experiencing competition from flexible and sustainable packaging designs, but is still expected to maintain steady growth in developing economies.

October 30, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Roadmap Aims to Address Systemic Issues in the U.S. Recycling System

A newly-released report from The Recycling Partnership, endorsed by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, seeks to catalyze the transition toward a circular economy for packaging.

October 25, 2019

Sustainability

Unilever/Sabic Partnership Created to Keep Plastic in the Loop

Partnership results in packaging that uses recycled content from advanced recycling technologies for leading brands that include Magnum, Knorr, and REN Clean Skincare.

October 25, 2019

Home

Multipacking reimagined

Consumer attitudes toward plastics, especially the growing anxiety about plastics in the ocean, are reflected in recent developments where multipacking of cans is concerned.

October 25, 2019

Sustainability

P&G Home Care Brands in Europe to Use Up to 100% PCR by Early 2020

P&G announces it will be making 300 million bottles per year for its Fairy dish detergent and Flash and Viakal surface cleaners out of recycled plastic by early 2020.

October 24, 2019