Sustainable Packaging

Recycling Focus: Sleeve Technology for Easier Recycling is Introduced for Dairy Cups

December 16, 2021

Reusable/Returnable: Page 28

Sustainability

Sustainable Rubber Pallet Bands Earn Material Handling Award

Aero Rubber Company®, Inc.

Aero Rubber Corp. was a winner in Material Handling Product News and Material Handling 24/7’s Annual Readers’ Choice Products of the Year Awards competition in the Packaging & Pallets category.

December 15, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Syngas: A Transformative Technology for Waste Circularity

Single-use plastics aren’t the problem; viewing mechanical recycling as the only solution is. The Consortium for Waste Circularity says advanced recycling waste-to-syngas technology has the potential to fundamentally transform waste handling.

December 15, 2021

PMMI News

PACK EXPO East Brings Latest Packaging & Processing Solutions to the East Coast

After PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2021 led the way in bringing the industry together, PACK EXPO East returns to Philadelphia (Mar. 21 to 23) looking to build off of its largest show ever in 2020.

December 14, 2021

Sustainability

DS Smith Replaces Single Use Plastic Pieces with Paper-based Solutions for Retailers

DS Smith Packaging Systems

The sustainable packaging company is set to replace more than 1 billion pieces of single use plastic by 2025.

December 10, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Sustainable Packaging—Seventh Generation Keeps Moving the Needle

Seventh Generation, which was knee-deep in sustainable packaging when it was hardly even a thing, is waiting for their CPG peers to sense the urgency and catch up—now.

December 9, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Refill Revolution: Waterless Body Wash, Brita Reusable Purified Water Bottles, and Plastic Corrugate Substitute

ThePackHub

See a few examples of reusable and refillable packaging innovations from ThePackHub’s December Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

December 9, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

P&G and Herbal Essences' PET Bottles Move to 50% Chemically Recycled PCR

Herbal Essences will be the first P&G brand to use Eastman Renew molecular-recycled plastic in its packaging.

December 7, 2021

Plastics/resins

Two Brands Awarded 0.5 Million Closures Each

Functional beverage PRO.J and VUE Vitamin Tea are announced as the winners of Silgan’s annual Free Closures for a Year Contest.

December 7, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

15 Minutes of Sustainability Talk with P&G

Invisible watermarks with imprinted recycling data, scalable initiatives for waste management infrastructure, and changing up plastic usage, material, and product formats are all currently in the works at P&G.

December 6, 2021

Sustainability

Sun Chemical Releases Annual Sustainability Report

Sun Chemical

The latest edition of its Corporate Sustainability Report focuses on its commitment to a strong sustainability strategy comprised of three key pillars: operations, products and services, and collaborations.

December 3, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

New Packaging from Mars Petcare UK Cuts Plastic by 15M Pieces

Keeping its comparisons aptly within the animal realm, Mars Petcare UK claims its switch from shrink film to paperboard for mixed-can pet food multipacks will eliminate 30 elephants’ worth of plastic.

November 18, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

L’Oréal Pioneers Bottle Made from Industrial Emissions

The prototype HDPE package is the result of a partnership with LanzaTech and TotalEnergies that converts carbon waste from emissions from a steel mill into recycled polyethylene with the same properties as virgin plastic.

November 17, 2021