Sustainable Packaging

Coca-Cola Unveils 25% Recycled Marine PET Bottle

On Oct. 3, Coca-Cola unveiled its first ever sample bottle made using recovered and recycled marine plastics, demonstrating that one day, even ocean debris could be used in recycled packaging for food or drinks.

October 3, 2019

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Dow Diamond Finalist: 100% Recyclable PE Detergent Pouch with Detachable Panels

German cleaning products company develops a monolayer detergent pouch free of adhesives and inks, using detachable panels for branding information.

October 3, 2019

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Aluminum Cans for Water?

In 2020, the use of aluminum containers for water will increase considerably, spearheaded by Aquafina and Dasani.

October 2, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Dow Diamond Finalist: Truman’s Concentrated Cleaning Products

Truman’s products give even entrenched home cleaner consumers a convincing reason to make the pivot from retail display case RTU spray bottles to a more sustainable e-comm model that eliminates the need to 'ship water.'

October 2, 2019

PMMI News

Records fall at PACK EXPO Las Vegas & Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2019

The year’s biggest packaging show in the world does not disappoint

October 2, 2019

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Dow's 2019 Awards for Packaging Innovation—Gold and Silver

The following are the 2019 Gold and Silver award winners.

October 2, 2019

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Packaging’s Shift to Plants

Packaging change is always driven by an interplay of market forces: Economics, evolving machinery and materials technologies, customer preferences and value perceptions, regulations, and corporate social responsibility among them.

October 2, 2019

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SFO Bottle Ban?

Effective Aug. 20, San Francisco Airport (SFO) banned single-use plastic (read PET) water bottles.

October 2, 2019

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AWT Labels & Packaging recommits to PIM Great Printer Partnership

Printing Industry Midwest (PIM) has certified AWT Labels & Packaging under PIM’s “Great Printer” environmental initiative for the eleventh straight year.

October 1, 2019

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Paperboard System is Lightweight, Recyclable and Designed for Child-Resistance

Currently undergoing child-resistance testing, the recloseable packaging system protects cannabis products.

October 1, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Dow Diamond Finalist: Amcor’s Paperly

Charcupac, a French meat and charcuterie slicing and packaging specialist in Ars-sur-Moselle, is among the first to commercialize a new thermoformable material from Amcor called Paperly.

October 1, 2019

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Dai Nippon Printing wins Dow’s Diamond

Dow announced the winners of the 2019 Awards for Packaging Innovation. The nine Diamond Award Finalists are varied and cover very different verticals, but a simultaneously practical and altruistic attitude toward sustainability is a common thread that unites them.

September 27, 2019

Protective/transport packaging

Wax Replacement Protective Packaging

DS Smith's Greencoat is a coated, water-resistant packaging solution that provides the same performance characteristics as wax-coated boxes but is 100% recyclable.

September 26, 2019