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High Pressure Processing and packaging continues to grow

High Pressure Processing (HPP) and packaging of food and beverages has been a novel process up until recently.

January 6, 2017

Recycling: Page 213

Cosmetics/Personal care

Eco-friendly lip balm packaging

Replaceable lip balm cartridges are the key to this award winning packaging concept.

January 6, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Top 10 sustainable packaging stories of 2016

See what visitors to GreenerPackage.com were reading about last year in the annual Top 10 list of most-read articles on the site.

January 2, 2017

Sustainability

Tomato fiber-based packaging finds commercial applications

Canadian grower Pure Hothouse Foods and French grower Idyl switch to solid board packaging for their vegetables that is enriched with tomato plant fibers.

December 25, 2016

Recycling

Three dynamic packaging design trends for 2017

After a polarizing 2016, consumers are ready to embrace more optimistic, unifying experiences. Does your packaging engage and empower consumers by addressing the issues important to them?

December 17, 2016

Flexibles

Mars Drinks rethinks Freshpack design

After a Life Cycle Assessment of its single-serve Freshpack pouch for coffee and tea, Mars Drinks make changes that reduce the carbon footprint of the package by 31%.

December 13, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging Medical Marijuana for Senior Patients

Medical marijuana may allow those with pain to stay in the workforce longer. Here’s how one company is appealing to mature patients.

December 12, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Handbook unlocks the circular economy for businesses

Included is a comprehensive overview of the circular economy, including real-life examples and case studies, to help business understand how to implement the model.

December 8, 2016

Sustainability

Bausch + Lomb launches contact lens, blister recycling program

Contact lenses and blister packaging can now be recycled through a new program from Bausch + Lomb that also donates to blindness-prevention group for each pound recycled.

December 6, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

What on-pack messaging compels foodservice package recycling?

The Foodservice Packaging Institute conducts a survey to find out how language on foodservice packaging material impacts people’s curbside behavior.

December 5, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Nestlé in the U.S.—strategically consumer-centric

Nestlé S.A. marked its 150th anniversary this year, so what packaged goods company could possibly be more suitable for this year’s VIEW FROM THE TOP discussion?

December 2, 2016

Sustainability

Advanced vapor vacuum capping technology

With co-packer assistance, major salsa producer embraces new metal cap to PET jar sealing system to reduce package damage and freight costs.

December 2, 2016

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Desktop 3D printers poised for significant growth

Desktop units whose quality approaches industrial-level equipment, a widening group of users, increased printing speeds and greater material availability pushing growth, says report.

November 30, 2016