Sustainability

Paboco Launches Next Gen Paper Bottle

The Paper Bottle Company gears up for full-scale production with a goal of delivering more than 20 million eco-friendly bottles by 2025.

February 29, 2024

Recycling: Page 30

Sustainable Packaging

Eight Ways You Might Be Greenwashing Your Packaging

A look at how inadvertent false claims and vague language lead to consumer confusion.

February 29, 2024

Filling, Capping & Closing

Innovative New Machinery at PACK EXPO: Form/Fill/Seal and Other Closure Equipment

PMG editors fanned out across PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2023 in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found in Form/Fill/Seal Equipment.

February 20, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Capi, Dorsal, and Ferdinand Bierbichler Introduce Paper Packaging Innovations

ThePackHub

See a few examples of paper packaging innovations by Capi, Dorsal, and Ferdinand Bierbichler from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

February 27, 2024

Form/fill/seal - vertical

Matrix to Showcase Its Vertical Form Fill Seal and Pre-Made Pouch Machines at PACK EXPO East

Matrix Packaging Machinery

Matrix and its Master Distributor Brands will provide hourly demos of easy MVC-300 VFFS changeovers and Pacraft and INVpack in action in Booth 1127 at PACK EXPO East 2024.

February 27, 2024

Sustainability

Metsä Board Paperboard Earns Top Recyclability Rating

Metsä Board

How2Recycle pre-qualifies Metsä Board FBB and WKL Paperboard grades as Widely Recyclable.

February 27, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Caglia Environmental Unveils AI Robot in Fresno

Caglia Environmental

The Recycling Partnership funds EverestLabs AI and Robotic Technology for Cedar Avenue Recycling & Transfer Station to advance PET plastic sort & separation.

February 27, 2024

Flexibles

Accredo Sets Sustainability Goals for 2025

Accredo Packaging, Inc.

Accredo Packaging aims to reduce waste, cut carbon emissions, and increase the recycled content in its packaging solutions by next year.

February 26, 2024

Bagging & Pouching

Live at FlexForum: Kraft Heinz Navigates Flexible Packaging's Headwinds

Kraft Heinz's Linda Roman details efforts to explore and implement alternative packaging solutions, such as incorporating PCR in films and making the lightweight, CO2-friendly case for flexible packaging.

February 23, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Top 3 Solutions for the Transition to Sustainable Packaging

CPGs’ top solutions to smooth the transition to sustainable packaging include tweaking marketing language and standardizing recyclability measurements.

February 23, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

UK Pharmacy Launches Blister Pack Recycling Plan

Customers can dispose of their used blister packs, a packaging form notorious for its recycling difficulties, in designated bins at participating stores.

February 23, 2024

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Live at FlexForum: Disconnects in 'Say' vs. 'Do' in E-comm Sustainability

Consumers and brand owners alike report that sustainability is king in e-comm packaging. And flexible packaging claims CO2-based bona fides. But do consumers know what that means? Do brands act on this demand? Research reveals a 'schizophrenic' landscape.

February 22, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Eastman, Dentis Tackle Hard-to-Recycle PET Waste

Eastman

Eastman partners with mechanical recycler Dentis Group/Nord Pal Plast to unlock new feedstock for its planned molecular recycling facility in France.

February 22, 2024