Sustainable Packaging

New MAP Tray for Pasta Uses 91% Less Plastic than Clamshell

Grocery chain New Seasons Market moves to a MAP package made from a recyclable paper tray with film liner for its fresh pasta that increases shelf life and eliminates 120,000 plastic packs per year.

July 27, 2022

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Flexible packaging

Eco Flexibles Supports the British Plastics Federation’s Statement on Recycling infrastructure Investment

Eco Flexibles

As a business with an oversight of flexible packaging sustainability and the drive for better plastic waste and recovery paths, Eco Flexibles shares the belief that bolder investment in infrastructure is what will kickstart change on a societal level.

July 25, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Plant-Based Fiber Tray for Gillette Razor is Green

New razor product for P&G brand Gillette is packed in a recyclable, plant-based inner tray that is colored a neon green.

July 25, 2022

Sustainability

Interview: Anheuser Busch & Budweiser’s Approach to Can & Bottle Mix

Ken VonderHaar, Global Director – Can Division at Anheuser-Busch InBev, chats with Packaging World at the St. Louis Budweiser facility about differing packaging formats—namely cans and bottles—and his approach to container supply, recycling, etc.

July 22, 2022

Contract Packaging

New Programs on the Rise

The CPA experiences great success at events and will have new programs available through strategic partnerships.

July 21, 2022

Sustainability

Dow Collaborates with Mura Technology, Valoregen to Accelerate Mechanical and Advanced Recycling Solutions

Dow

Dow announces plans to accelerate mechanical and advanced recycling and develop solutions to ensure a higher number of used plastics can be recycled into new products containing more recycled content so less waste goes into landfill or incineration.

July 21, 2022

Sustainability

AmSty’s Connecticut Plant Receives ISCC PLUS Certification

AmSty

AmSty’s Allyn’s Point plant in Gales Ferry, Conn., is its most recent site to achieve International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS recognition.

July 20, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

P&G uses Life Cycle Assessment for Sustainable Packaging Design

Victoria Jung, Packaging Technology Leader for P&G’s Surface Care Portfolio, explains how the company uses LCA to guide its packaging design, using Swiffer, Mr. Clean, and Dawn as examples.

July 20, 2022

Sustainability

Sabic Launches Blockchain Pilot

SABIC

Sabic launched a pilot project with Finboot, Plastic Energy, and Intraplás to investigate the possibilities of blockchain technology in supporting end-to-end digital traceability of circular feedstock in customer products.

July 19, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Creative Solutions to Reduce Plastic Use From Lego and Others

ThePackHub

See a few examples of plastic reduction innovations from ThePackHub’s July Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

July 19, 2022

Sustainability

Paper Packaging Makes Inroads into Liquid Applications

This trio of new paper-based packaging applications might seem counterintuitive since the product is liquid. But when paired with a plastic liner or pouch to act as a barrier, paper as a base substrate can make sense for a lot of different reasons.

July 15, 2022

Plastics/resins

McCormick Launches 100% rPET Food Color Bottle

A life cycle assessment estimates McCormick will realize a reduction of 86.8 metric tons of CO2 emissions with the new PCR bottle in comparison to the same bottle made from virgin material.

July 14, 2022

Sustainability

Placon Launches Sustainability Blog

Placon

Placon's new blog, Placonomics™, focuses on topics in sustainable packaging.

July 14, 2022