Flexibles

Nearly Half PCR, Beachbody Pouches are Eye-Catchers

This pouch is novel as it incorporates 45% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content at a minimum, earning it Gold recognition in the 2022 FPA Awards for Sustainability.

March 24, 2022

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Flexibles

Tyson Meal Kit Shines Through in Flexible, PE-Stream-Ready Carrier Pouch

The Tyson and Amcor meal kit pouch collaboration received a 2022 Gold Award from the FPA for Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

Mondi Flexo Printing Line Provides New Options for Hygiene Industry Companies

Mondi Group

The new machinery is equipped to handle the hygiene industry's growing demand for advanced printing options and greater flexibility in feminine care pouch wrapping film designs and materials.

March 25, 2022

Flexibles

2022 FPA Awards Highlight User Experience, Shelf Impact

Sustainability, technical innovation, & print quality continue to be driving forces behind advances in flexible packaging. Noteworthy among the 2022 Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) Award winners was how consumers or end users interact with the packs.

March 24, 2022

Flexibles

Monomaterial Refill Pouch is Easier to Recycle

Developed in concert between Zacros and P&G's haircare brand Pantene in Japan, this monomaterial polyethelyne refill pouch is more easily recycled than multi-layer laminated pouches.

March 22, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Live at PACK EXPO East: Starch-based, Compostable E-comm Panels Maintain Cold Chain for Meal Kits

Food & beverage has lagged other products in e-commerce adoption since the cold chain is hard to maintain. Also, packaging that does keep cold temps may not match brands' sustainability goals. But this starch-based solution is compostable.

March 21, 2022

Sustainability

Novelis to Build $50 Million Recycling and Casting Center in South Korea

Novelis

Facility will reduce Novelis' carbon emissions by more than 420,000 tons a year.

March 21, 2022

Sustainability

Rethinking Barrier Layers: Colgate Tubes & Paper-based Caps/Closures

Even among two very different applications—one a recyclable HDPE/EVOH Colgate toothpaste tube, the other a molded-fiber cap soon entering the market—the common element is in the need to rethink a barrier layer.

March 18, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Dawn One-Handed Dispenser, Pharma Capsule Dispenser, and Bio-Based, Ergonomical Coffee Cup Lid

ThePackHub

See a few examples of packaging innovations that are making life easier, from ThePackHub’s February Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

March 18, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Waste Free Products Turn to Packaging To Cut Consumer Waste

As brands shift their focus to more sustainable packaging, people like Tangie by Waste Free Products are figuring out how to eliminate packaging waste entirely.

March 16, 2022

Flexible packaging

Emerald Packaging Announces Commitment to Reduce Plastic Use by 2025

Emerald Packaging

Emerald Packaging became a signatory to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment. This requires the company to make firm commitments to reduce the use of plastic by embracing goals in line with creating a circular economy.

March 15, 2022

Recycling

Today’s CPG sustainability initiatives extend beyond the pack

Sustainability today means plastic alternatives, refillable containers, clearer recycling messaging & better infrastructure to support the efforts of today’s smart shopper.

March 15, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Live from Smithers' Sustainability in Packaging US: Paper Cap/Closures Soon to be a Reality?

It's unusual for PW to cover pre-commercialized projects. But at Smithers' Sustainability in Packaging US event today in Chicago, we saw a paper-based beverage cap application that's closer to in-market than we'd have thought.

March 10, 2022