Sustainable Packaging

2020 Perspectives on 2030 Packaging

Should these packaging visions come to pass, packagers and their packaging technology vender/partners will continue to find efficient, sustainable ways to identify, protect, and distribute products to their consumer and industrial customers.

February 3, 2020

Reusable/Returnable: Page 46

Conveying & accumulation

Peroni Expands Glass Bottling

A growing domestic market and a trend towards premium beer in the UK and the US recently led Birra Peroni, part of Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., to upgrade their glass bottling capacity.

January 29, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Lids Formed from a Biocomposite

Valio, Finland’s largest dairy, will distribute 10,000 wood fiber-based, injection-molded, snap-on, reusable lids made from a biocomposite, while encouraging consumers to reduce food waste.

January 24, 2020

Containers

Broken Glass Makes a Comeback in Limited Edition Absolut Bottle

Made from pieces of broken, recycled glass, the Absolut Comeback bottle is created to encourage recycling and a more circular lifestyle among the vodka producer’s consumers.

January 22, 2020

Converting equipment

Zim’s Bagging Co. Invests in W&H Technology

Windmoller & Holscher

Zim’s Bagging Co. a manufacturer of printed PE rollstock, bags, and foam and bubble pouches, invested in a W&H press.

January 21, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Static Bottle Recycling Rate is Insufficient to Meet CPG Demands for rPET

A new report shows a U.S. recycling rate for PET and HDPE bottles of 28.9% in 2018, far below the volume needed to meet CPG’s upcoming goals around the use of recycled content.

January 17, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Alternatives to Plastic Packaging Not Always More Sustainable

Bowing to consumer pressure to eliminate single-use plastic packaging, CPGs and retailers switch to alternative materials—sometimes creating a greater environmental burden in the process.

January 14, 2020

Operational Excellence

Food Manufacturers Look to Reduce, Recycle and Reuse

Improvements to recyclability and sustainability, along with the desire to extend shelf life and prevent contamination, are some of the drivers of change in packaging formats and materials.

January 14, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

PepsiCo Accelerates Plastic Waste Reduction Efforts

Roberta Barbieri, Vice President Global Sustainability, PepsiCo, shares the strategies the company is using to reach its ambitious new sustainable packaging goals.

January 9, 2020

Sustainable Packaging

Europe vs. U.S. Sustainability Regulations

Reusable Packaging Association

Sharing a recent post from the Reusasble Packaging Association on sustainability and the circular economy.

January 9, 2020

Cartons and boxes

Nostalgia, Modern Art, and High-Tech Coalesce in Skincare Sampler Pack

A four-pack sampler of vegan skincare masks is conceptualized as a mixtape, with packaging that looks like a '90s cassette—but with a modern twist.

December 21, 2019

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Placon Wins WorldStar Awards

Placon

Placon won three WorldStar awards from the World Packaging Organization.

December 18, 2019

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging Policy Update & 2020 Outlook

Extended Producer Responsibility, single-use packaging bans, recycling challenges, and other issues related to current and future legislative policy are discussed in this Q&A with AMERIPEN.

December 6, 2019