Podcasts

Through the Line: Sustainability Annual Outlook Report

How are CPGs adapting to consumer pushes for sustainable packaging? CPGs are exploring alternative materials like paper and bio-based plastics.

June 24, 2025

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Reusable/Returnable

Bold Reuse and Avery Dennison Launch RFID Pilot to Advance Smart Reuse Tracking

Bold Reuse

The pilot aims to gather data on cup return rates, wash cycles, and inventory to optimize operations and enhance the sustainability of reusable packaging in large venues.

June 20, 2025

Recycling

Amcor, Mondelez Norden, and Borealis Design Packaging for Recyclability

ThePackHub

See a few examples of packaging designed for recyclability from Amcor Mondelez Norden, and Borealis from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

June 20, 2025

Recycling

CPGs Embrace Paper’s Circular Properties, but Shelf Life and Barrier Hurdles Remain

CPG brands recognize paper’s potential to advance a circular economy. But implementation is hindered by performance limitations and a lack of brand investment in next-generation paper technologies.

June 19, 2025

Bio-based

Braskem Celebrates 15 Years of I'm green Bio-based with Operation Rates Above Nameplate Capacity after Expansion

Braskem

Braskem has reached 275,000 tons/year of green ethylene, 37% above the production capacity compared to the initial project in 2010.

June 19, 2025

Recycling

Nestlé Purina PetCare, Amcor, and A'Peel Design Packaging for Recyclability

ThePackHub

See a few examples of packaging designed for recyclability from Nestlé Purina PetCare, Amcor, and A'Peel from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

June 19, 2025

Bio-based

Braskem Siam and Mitr Phol Bio Fuel Sign Letter of Intent for Ethanol Supply for Bio-ethylene Plant in Thailand

Braskem

Secure supply of bio-ethanol is a critical pillar to reach a stable and full project realization while commercially integrating Thai sectors supplying sugarcane to more sustainable chemicals.

June 16, 2025

Bio-based

Video: Google's Open Packaging Revolution, Plastic-Free and Secret-Free

In this exclusive interview with Google's packaging innovation leader, Miguel Arévalo, discover how a collaborative, non-competitive paradigm offers significant lessons to our industry in sustainability and plastic-free packaging.

June 12, 2025

Recycling

Live at GS1: RFID-Tagged Corrugated Gains Momentum in Recycling, EPR Compliance

Using RFID can divert from corrugated from landfill, improve PCR stock, and help with EPR complaince, according to John Dwyer, Smurfit WestRock, and Curt Schacker, Track Vision AI, at GS1 Connect 2025 in Nashville.

June 11, 2025

Recycling

Live at Product Stewardship Institute's Forum: Enter a Pro-Business EPR Model for Packaging Recovery

Tennessee’s Waste to Jobs Act flips the script on packaging EPR—offering CPGs a market-driven path to more recycled content, lower material costs, and less regulatory friction. Brand owners are invited to help shape it now, before mandates take hold.

June 10, 2025

Reusable/Returnable

Clean Cult Rolls Out Redesigned Refill System at Target

Clean Cult brings its redesigned refill system to Target shelves nationwide, pairing prefilled aluminum bottles with recyclable paperboard cartons in a packaging revamp that reduces plastic and simplifies reuse for everyday consumers.

June 10, 2025

Recycling

Live from Product Stewardship Institute's Forum: Dylan de Thomas on Laws Going Live, Key Deadlines, and Industry Guidance

States ramp up EPR laws with Oregon’s taking effect in 2025, followed by Colorado and California. As harmonization grows, producers are urged to register with the Circular Action Alliance to understand and meet new packaging compliance rules.

June 9, 2025

Bio-based

Shell and Braskem Partner for Sustainable Polypropylene

Braskem

Shell Chemicals is supplying bio-attributed and bio-circular propylene feedstocks to Braskem to produce more sustainable polypropylene for various consumer markets.

June 9, 2025