Protective/transport packaging

Burlap bags find new life as insulation for meal kits

Meal-kit delivery service Plated switches from plastic insulation liners for its shippers to ones made from recycled jute, a rapidly renewable material that is also compostable.

July 22, 2015

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Sustainable Packaging

Coffee capsules: A greener option?

A new study comparing the environmental impacts of single-serve coffee versus brewed coffee throughout the entire life cycle of the products provides some surprising results.

July 16, 2015

Cartons and boxes

SaladPower debuts in aseptic packaging

One hundred percent natural, 100 percent non-GMO, lower calories and sugar, more vitamins and vegetables first – that’s what new super premium vegetable juice SaladPower® delivers, and more.

July 14, 2015

Cartons and boxes

Gabletop carton reaches its centennial

A retrospective and a look ahead on a venerable package, as imagined from the source.

July 13, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

How can we get more recyclables recycled?

A new study looks at how recyclable materials flow through several different types of MRFs, with the intent of better understanding how to increase the recycling of packaging.

July 9, 2015

Recycling

S+S Separation and Sorting is now Sesotec

Change of name and new logo reflect the company's continuing development.

July 9, 2015

Sustainability

Nestlé Waters brand introduces 100% rPET bottle

Resource Natural Spring Water seeks to bring attention to bottle-to-bottle recycling and increase awareness and demand for recycled plastics with its launch of a 100% rPET bottle.

July 8, 2015

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PaperWorks completes CanAmPac acquisition

PaperWorks' CanAmPac acquisition includes both Strathcona Paper and Boehmer Box.

July 6, 2015

Containers

Flippin’ good wine in a can

Put on your flipflops and enjoy this canned wine in places where bottles can’t go—the beach, the pool, in the boat, and on the golf course.

July 1, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

P&G puts focus on PE film recycling

P&G joins the American Chemistry Council’s Flexible Film Recycling Group to develop and encourage local recycling programs. P&G R&D Manager Stephen Sikra explains why.

June 30, 2015

Sustainability

World’s first 100% compostable coffee pod

According to some statistics, the growing use of Keurig-style brewing systems has had a significant negative environmental side effect: It is estimated that in 2014, the number of single-serve pods sent to landfills could have circled the earth 11 times.

June 30, 2015

Sustainability

Swedish milk brand launches 100% bio-based carton

Following in the footsteps of Finnish dairy Valio, Arla Foods of Sweden has become only the second chilled beverage producer to adopt Tetra Pak’s Tetra Rex® Bio-based carton, made entirely of renewable material—from carton to cap.

June 30, 2015

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Consortiums worth knowing about

Since packaging is such an essential function of modern society, wouldn’t it be nice to know that packaging professionals around the world are collaboratively engaged in optimizing packaging in ways that are socially beneficial?

June 30, 2015