Sustainable Packaging

Carton Council releases report on multi-material recycling policy

Best practices at both the state and local levels are examined for policy mechanisms that include disposal bans, recycling policies, and Pay-As-You-Throw service fees.

September 3, 2014

Recycling: Page 237

Sustainable Packaging

Key trends driving bioplastics for packaging

Among the trends driving the market for bioplastic packaging materials, the competitive cost and availability of fossil fuels will have the largest impact and their commercial production and use.

September 3, 2014

Operational Excellence

E-commerce resurfaces

E-commerce currently accounts for about 8% of total retail sales and is predicted to outpace sales growth of brick-and-mortar stores over the next five years with an anticipated $370 billion in e-retail sales by 2017.

September 3, 2014

Bagging & Pouching

Equipment tailored to Taiwan's needs

At Taipei Pack 2014, exhibitors display packaging equipment designed to meet the health, safety, cost, automation, and convenience requirements of Taiwan’s CPGs and consumers.

August 28, 2014

Containers

Aluminum bottles unveiled at CW4K

At Canned Water 4 Kids, joining the 12-oz aluminum can is a sleek 16-oz reclosable aluminum bottle.

August 28, 2014

Filling/capping, dry

Coca-Cola masters ROPP cap on aluminum bottle

Groundbreaking work with roll-on pilfer-proof technology has helped Coke move from an impact-extruded aluminum bottle to a much lighter drawn and ironed bottle.

August 27, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Corn: Boon or bane for bioplastics packaging?

Can bioplastics thrive on a diet of corn?

August 27, 2014

Labels

Cooking sauces satisfy in IML thin-wall containers

Unique cooking sauce product is packaged in a thin-wall, IML-decorated container with high-impact graphics that highlight its roots in dairy.

August 20, 2014

Containers

skinnygrape expands to 330-mL barrier PET

Andrew Peller Ltd., a leading producer and marketer of quality wines in Canada, has introduced skinnygrape spritzers, a popular low-calorie spritzer in a sleek-looking premium 330-mL barrier PET bottle.

August 19, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Dr Pepper Snapple conserves 60.7 million lb of PET

In DPSG’s 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, the company celebrates its goal of reducing its PET usage by 60.7 millon lb since 2007.

August 18, 2014

Recycling

Innovation on display at interpack

New developments in pharmaceutical and medical device packaging exemplify the innovation on display at interpack 2014 in the Düsseldorf Exhibition Center.

August 15, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Brochure: Packaging provides defense against food waste

A free brochure from AMERIPEN explains the many benefits of packaging in the fight to maintain a sustainable food supply.

August 12, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

K-Cup coffee packs to be used to help power cement plant

A partnership between a cement supplier and Keurig’s Canadian subsidiary will enable 70,000 lb/yr of K-cups to be used as an alternative fuel source.

August 7, 2014