Contract Packaging

Emerging print-related digital technologies could be game changers

In this exclusive survey conducted jointly by Packaging World and Cal Poly GrCI, there’s much to be learned about impending changes in the packaging supply chain.

September 29, 2014

Recycling: Page 244

Plastics/resins

What happened to PEN?

As we look back over the first two years of Packaging World’s first two decades, few stories are more intriguing than our July ‘95 cover story about PEN (polyethylene naphthalate).

September 26, 2014

Plastics/resins

PET liquor flask half the weight of glass

Taking a lesson from the popularity of its large-size spirits bottles in PET, M.S. Walker, a wine and spirits wholesaler/distributor, sought the same packaging solution for its 100-mL glass bottles.

September 26, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Free 'Plastics Recycling Terms & Tools' released

A new set of resources includes a common set of outreach terms for community recycling coordinators to use when educating residents about what plastics to recycle.

September 19, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Mondelez eliminates 48 million lb of packaging

Mondelez’ first progress report on its Call for Well-Being initiative shows that it is well on its way to meeting its goal of eliminating 50 million lb of packaging by 2015.

September 19, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

APR releases PP model bale specification

As the supply of post-consumer recycled PP reaches a critical mass, the association releases a model bale specification to reduce the contamination of material in PP bales.

September 19, 2014

Containers

Single-serve wine packaging stacks up

Created for women who appreciate style, a new wine brand from TV personality Giuliana Rancic employs the stacked-wine package concept for by-the-glass consumption.

September 19, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

Recycling Partnership gets rolling with first three cities

A public/private group formed at this year’s Walmart Expo, the Recycling Partnership announces it will assist four U.S. cities to improve their recycling systems.

September 19, 2014

Home

Smart Planet Technologies and Printwinner announce sustainability breakthrough with commercial availability of paper cups with EarthCoating

Smart Planet Technologies, Inc., sustainable packaging materials producer, and Printwinner, a printing and packaging distribution company, have announced commercial availability of paper hot cups using EarthCoating, which achieve success in recyclability testing while reducing plastic content; cups can be ordered through PrintWinner’s website at www.printwinner.com.

September 16, 2014

Sustainable Packaging

65% of consumers confused over plastics recycling

Opinion poll shows that consumer confusion over which plastics to recycle and where to dispose of them creates major hurdle to growth of recycling.

September 10, 2014

Sustainability

Funding available for use of How2Recycle label

Organizations offer funding to brand owners, packaging manufacturers, and retailers interested in implementing the SPC’s How2Recycle on-pack labeling system.

September 10, 2014

Protective/transport packaging

Cost-effective, reliable edge protection for burial vault liners

When a burial vault liner supplier switches from corrugated to laminated paperboard edge protectors, it reaps a range of cost savings as well as greater product protection.

September 4, 2014

Recycling

Create a brand new world with packaging

If you wanted, as a marketer, to create a unique brand story that would be avidly adopted by a group of consumers, how would you accomplish that?

September 4, 2014