Sustainable Packaging

5 Key Takeaways from New Report on Reusable Packaging & Consumer Adoption

Among the different findings, the report emphasizes that employee involvement and package design are valuable to retail consumers’ education and interest in reusable packaging system involvement.

January 16, 2024

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Sustainability

kp Makes Waves with Recycled Coastal Plastics

Klöckner Pentaplast

Partnering with Keep Sea Blue, Klöckner Pentaplast created new, sustainable food packaging out of 800 tons of recycled PET from the Mediterranean shoreline.

January 12, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Starbucks: Bring Your Own Cup to Reduce Single-Use Packaging

Starting today, consumers will be able to use their own clean, personal cup for a contactless pour at every visit at all stores nationwide. The reusable packaging program can be used in drive-through, the Starbucks app, and in retail locations.

January 3, 2024

Sustainable Packaging

Alliance Works to End Plastic Waste

Packaging World delves deep into the work of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste in this exclusive interview with the organization’s president and chief executive officer, Jacob Duer.

January 3, 2024

Reusable/Returnable

Top 10 of 2023 – No. 8: Refill-at-home Packaging Taking Off Across All Categories

2023 may have bene the year of the at-home refill solutions. From D2C startups, reusable/refillable packaging has found its way into retail, in markets that include household cleaning, personal and oral care, lawn care, and luxury brands, to name a few.

December 26, 2023

Sustainability

Refillable Package for Skincare Driven by Consumer Preferences

Junoco engineers a refillable/reusable packaging system with interchangeable refill pods for its skincare products to address its consumers’ requests for refillable packaging.

December 22, 2023

Operational Excellence

Top Three Packaging Trends Driving Innovation

Factors including sustainability and digitalization are dramatically changing how the packaging industry operates.

December 21, 2023

Contract Packaging

Prepare for EPR Regulations and Trends Affecting the Industry

Megatrends, consumer sentiment, and EPR regulations are soon coming into play, driving the industry’s future and impacting manufacturers.

December 21, 2023

Flexible packaging

Sleigh The Competition With Your Holiday Branding

Three tips on how to connect with your consumers during the holidays by creating festive, must-have seasonal packaging designs.

December 14, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, and Circle K Introduce Reusable Packaging Innovations

ThePackHub

See a few examples of reusable packaging innovations by Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, and Circle K from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

December 12, 2023

Sustainability

Diageo & Bacardi's Circular Spirits Format Emerges by Land, Sea, & Casino

The big spirits brands and their channel partners seek to eliminate tons of single-use packaging waste in bars, casinos, and even cruise ships with the disruptive ecoTOTE and SmartPour reusable packaging format.

December 7, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Superfresh Growers, Mont Blanc, and Tönissteiner Introduce Recyclable Packaging Innovations

ThePackHub

See a few examples of recyclable packaging innovations by Superfresh Growers, Mont Blanc, and Tönissteiner from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

December 5, 2023

Recycling

European Parliament Revises Packaging Directive

New revision calling for most packaging to be reusable or recyclable by 2030.

November 30, 2023