Sustainability

Recyclable Toothpaste Tube from NICE Prevents 3,000 Tons of Landfill Waste

China multinational NICE Group collaborates with Dow and Amcor in APAC to develop a recyclable, all-plastic toothpaste tube for its extensive portfolio of toothpaste brands.

September 14, 2022

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Sustainability

PakTech Moves into New State-of-the-Art Facility

PakTech

PakTech moved into a 180,000 sq ft in its hometown of Eugene, Ore., in response to the company’s growth and readiness to scale.

September 12, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Tiny Bottle for Concentrated Mouthwash Replaces 10 16-oz Plastic Bottles

Aromatherapy oil-based mouthwash from GuruNanda comes in a concentrated formula packaged in a 2-oz glass bottle that holds 300 doses and reduces plastic packaging by 99%.

September 12, 2022

Containers

Bud Talks Multipacks, OEM Payment Terms, and Can/Bottle Mix

Ken VonderHaar, Global Director, Can Division at Anheuser-Busch, works closely with OEM and machine builder partners. Packaging World visited Anheuser-Busch headquarters recently as part of PMMI’s Roadshow Series, hosted by nearby Barry-Wehmiller, and sat

August 30, 2022

Flexible packaging

Four Ways Forward for Sustainable Pet Food Packaging

Pet owners seek sustainable pet food packaging, but packagers find meeting their wishes isn’t easy. Is it best to reuse, compost, mechanically recycle, or maybe in the future, chemically recycle? We’ll look at all the possibilities.

August 26, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Consumer Preference, not EPR, Driving U.S. Packaging

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a circular economy “reduces material use, redesigns materials to be less resource intensive, and recaptures ‘waste’ as a resource to manufacture new materials and products.”

August 12, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Single-use Plastics are Public Enemy #1 in California (Canada, too)

California bonked plastics and packaging on the head with a new law in late June.

August 11, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Dow Award Finalists Reduce Waste, Increase Recyclability

These innovative packaging solutions bring uncanny and never-before-seen solutions to food and beverage, health and hygiene, agriculture, and other industries.

August 10, 2022

Sustainability

Novolex Releases Sustainability Report

Novolex

Novolex's 2021 Sustainability Report highlights expanded new target for greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions from operations — 30% by 2030.

July 31, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Giant Food and Loop Partner for D.C. Metro Launch

Giant Food has partnered with Loop to bring the company’s circular reuse platform to the D.C. metro area in fall 2022.

July 29, 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

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

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