Sustainability

Green Bay Packaging Achieves Net-Zero Water Validation

Green Bay Packaging’s Green Bay mill achieved Net-Zero Water in its production of 100% recycled containerboard paper, the first-ever UL with validation of this environmental claim.

February 24, 2022

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Sustainability

NatureWorks, IMA Accelerate Testing Phase of Compostable Coffee Pod

NatureWorks

Initial filling tests at IMA Coffee Lab on K-Cup compatible compostable coffee pods based on NatureWorks’ low-carbon Ingeo™️ PLA biopolymers accelerate based on promising results.

February 23, 2022

Flexible packaging

Gualapack Opens New Subsidiary in Florida

Gualapack

Flexible packaging manufacturer Gualapack opened a new subsidiary, Gualapack US & Canada, with a sales office in Miami.

February 23, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Re:Water is First in the Market with a 100% PCR Aluminum Bottle

New U.K. brand Re:Water Spring Water comes in a refillable, recyclable aluminum bottle that is said to be the first in the market to use 100% PCR content.

February 23, 2022

Sustainability

Lori Gobris Joins Michelman as Global Marketing Manager for Circular Economy

Michelman Inc.

She will be responsible for Michelman's global market strategy and programs that enable sustainable packaging solutions for the Circular Economy within its Printing & Packaging business segment.

February 22, 2022

Sustainability

Tetra Pak Invests in Four New Recycling Facilities

Tetra Pak Inc.

Once fully operational, the recycling facilities in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and Australia are expected to recycle up to 45,000 tons of post-consumer carton packages.

February 22, 2022

Sustainability

Smaller Cannabis Vape Pod Carton Brings Big Sustainability Benefits

Cannabis brand STIIIZY redesigns its vape pod packaging with 25% less material, resulting in sustainability and efficiency gains and reduced costs.

February 21, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

5 Disruptive Packaging Designs Trends for 2021/2022 from Pentawards

Pentawards issues a new report on the top 10 packaging design trends culled from 2,000 entries in its annual competition. Learn about five of them here.

February 18, 2022

Thermoform/fill/seal

Cheeba Chews Tackles New Markets with Swabbing Station

Owners at Cheeba Chews noticed that a lot of early packaging solutions offered to the emerging cannabis market—whether machinery, materials, or child-resistance—lacked flexibility or customization. So they came up with a solution themselves.

February 18, 2022

Sustainability

Clysar, LLC Joins the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR)

Clysar, LLC

Clysar will work with APR to understand issues impacting plastic recycling, understand technical requirements driving the development of lower impact shrink solutions, and help educate and promote the growth and sustainability of plastic recycling.

February 18, 2022

Sustainable Packaging

Naturally Done: Bio-Based Blister Packs, Produce Nanofilm, and CBD-Based Packaging

ThePackHub

See a few examples of plant-based and compostable packaging innovations from ThePackHub’s February Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

February 18, 2022

Sustainability

Honeywell, TotalEnergies Form Strategic Agreement to Complete Plastics Circular Economy

Honeywell Intelligrated

Under this agreement, Honeywell will agree to supply TotalEnergies with recycled polymer feedstock (RPF) using Honeywell’s UpCycle Process Technology at the recently announced Honeywell and Sacyr advanced recycling plant, intended to be built in Spain.

February 17, 2022

Flexible packaging

Desert Harvest Supplements Phasing in Two New Sustainable Packaging Formats

The supplement and skincare company will soon begin using compostable plant-based bags and refillable smart bottles for the brand’s entire supplement line.

February 17, 2022