Sustainability

From potato starch to grape skins: Veuve Clicquot’s eco-friendly packaging

Veuve Clicquot introduces version 3 of its Naturally Clicquot champagne packaging, moving from the use of potato starch to a byproduct of its own winemaking process.

December 3, 2015

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Home

Stay cool throughout thermoforming projects

It’s the materials that should “feel” the heat and not the project managers.

December 1, 2015

Recycling

McCormick & Co.—perfecting the art of staying relevant

A visit to McCormick & Co.’s Technical Innovation Center in Hunt Valley, MD, makes it clear that packaging is taken very seriously at this 126-year-old food manufacturer.

December 1, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

WtE: A burning opportunity

The plastic bottle recycling rate in the U.S. is slowing, reducing our resource recovery opportunities.

November 30, 2015

Additives, coatings & inks

Demand rising for functional and barrier coatings

New report examines the market for functional and barrier coatings for paper and board packaging, which is expected to exceed $7.1 billion by 2020.

November 27, 2015

Labels

FDA’s GE salmon announcement sparks controversy

Agency announces genetically engineered salmon is safe, drawing a CFS lawsuit. Salmon will be regulated under new animal drug provisions. GE products also have labeling implications.

November 20, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Three awarded for innovation in plastics recycling

Initiatives include the reuse of recycled PET for insulation products, rigid plastic package recycling, and an increase in the availability of curbside recycling bins.

November 17, 2015

Containers

KLW Plastics celebrates 10th anniversary

The company has grown from a one-machine startup to a multi-plant industry leader.

November 7, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Passion for package redesign

Hyland’s reaches outside its comfort zone to relaunch kids ointment in a sustainable paperboard dispenser.

November 6, 2015

Workforce

Women in manufacturing: Ideas on how to close the gender gap

These eight women have established rewarding careers in the subset of manufacturing known as packaging. What advice do they have for the generation that follows them?

November 3, 2015

Cartons and boxes

Celestial’s package refresh ‘reflects the goodness inside’

Celestial Seasonings updates its iconic tea packaging, preserving many of its beloved characters while at the same time contemporizing the brand and making it easier to shop.

November 3, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

The FTC cracks down on biodegradable marketing claims

The Federal Trade Commission announces enforcement actions against six companies as part of the agency’s ongoing crackdown on false and misleading environmental claims.

November 2, 2015

Sustainability

PET wine keg taps into green savings

U.K. wine seller offers premium wine-on-tap in a recyclable 20-L PET keg that replaces 27 glass bottles, eliminates waste, spoilage, and breakage, and costs customers 15% less.

October 30, 2015