Sustainable Packaging

First-ever Europe-wide strategy launched to address plastic waste

The European Strategy for Plastics commits to 100% recyclable plastics in the EU by 2030, a reduction in single-use plastics, and the restriction of microplastics, among other goals.

January 16, 2018

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Sustainable Packaging

Bio-based coatings, films under development

A new European project seeks to develop new barrier coatings for food packaging and bioplastics for films and trays that will eliminate the need for aluminum and MAP.

January 15, 2018

Sustainability

Packaging waste you can wear

Indian plastics organization Plastindia Foundation creates the world’s largest T-shirt from 200,000 recycled PET bottles to raise awareness around recycling.

January 15, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Top 10 Greener Package articles of 2017

The Top 10 list of the most popular articles on GreenerPackage.com in 2017 represents a mashup of popular trends and topics.

January 12, 2018

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PaperWorks invests $3 million in new warehouse

PaperWorks Industries invested $3 million in a new warehouse for its Wabash, Indiana paperboard mill. The new facility is expected to be operational during the first quarter of 2018.

January 10, 2018

Cartons and boxes

Three key issues facing the protective and transit packaging market

Three industry trends are providing incentives for innovation and are creating new opportunities and threats for players in the global protective transit packaging business.

January 7, 2018

PMMI News

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2017 Innovations Report

As in recent years, our talented and experienced PMMI Media Group Editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report.

January 5, 2018

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Tin-ties meet automation

This New York coffee producer needed to automate the application of tin-tie reclosures to its bags of ground and whole-bean coffee. An ingenious and affordable machine was the result.

January 5, 2018

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Innovation at Henkel

Henkel Beauty Care Innovation and Sustainability Manager Philippe Blank talks about creating more sustainable products.

January 4, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable packaging and the Roman Arch

Of all the new buzz words in the world of packaging today, few are more prolific than “sustainable.”

January 4, 2018

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Top 10 of 2017 center on design, innovation

New package designs and equipment and packaging innovation captured the attention of Packaging World readers in 2017. See their top-10 favorites here.

January 2, 2018

E-commerce

Five packaging trends for 2018

Among them, packaging as a solution for global food waste, reinvigorated packaging for e-commerce, minimalistic design, and more.

December 31, 2017

Flexibles

Kansas City Chiefs ‘go nuts’ over compostable peanut bag

First-of-its-kind compostable packaging for peanuts debuts at Arrowhead Stadium, scoring a victory for the Kansas City Chief’s Extra Yard for the Environment program.

December 11, 2017