Labeling

Live at Loupe: Two New Routes to Recycling-Compatible Labels on Rigids

Due in part to EPR and PPWR legislation, brands need labels that don't compromise HDPE and PET container recycling. These suppliers are solving for the same problem through two different mechanisms.

September 16, 2026

Sustainable Packaging: Page 2

Bio-based

Six CPG Giants Join Forces on Paper-Based Flexible Packaging

Colgate-Palmolive, Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo, P&G, and Unilever form the PaperFlex Consortium to accelerate recyclable and biodegradable alternatives to flexible plastic packaging.

September 16, 2026

Recycling

Packaging Recycling Hub

Search for expert insights on designing recyclable packaging, navigating EPR regulations, and circular economy strategy. Filter by your role or topic to find session takeaways, videos, and strategies relevant to you.

September 8, 2026

Sustainable Packaging

Kenvue Profiler Brings Packaging Circularity Into Development

The company’s Sustainable Innovation Profiler gives Kenvue packaging teams real-time data to weigh recycled content, material efficiency, recyclability, and other design tradeoffs.

September 8, 2026

Recycling

N.J. Extends Food-Contact Packaging Exemption to Minimum Content Law to 2029

New Jersey's NJDEP pushed the compliance deadline for using PCR in food-contact packaging from 2027 to 2029, citing limited food-grade PCR supply and potential food-quality risk.

September 4, 2026

Recycling

Recycled Polypropylene Reaches Retail Shelves in Cleveland Kitchen Tub

A polypropylene tub for Cleveland Kitchen's fermented foods brings PureCycle's purified recycled resin to the grocery shelf for the first time, a decade after the technology began as a P&G lab project. The same PureFive resin has already moved through stadium souvenir cups; now it's headed for the refrigerated aisle.

September 4, 2026

Recycling

Judge Upholds Oregon EPR Law in First Constitutional Test

A federal judge upheld Oregon's recycling law against both constitutional claims the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors brought, finding the association never proved a burden on interstate commerce and that producers are not truly compelled to join Circular Action Alliance.

August 28, 2026

Reusable/Returnable

New Standards Support the Scale-Up of Reusable Packaging

A Q&A with reusable packaging NGO PR3 co-founder and director Amy Larkin discusses why reuse is gaining momentum, where the economics are beginning to work, and why collaboration among brands may be key to broader adoption.

August 26, 2026

Sustainable Packaging

End of the Line Video Series: EPS News, Energy Efficient Facilities, and a Serialized Gum Pouch

Learn why USPP dropped EPS transport packaging from its problematic materials list and about a new mineralized oral health chew.

August 24, 2026

Recycling

PRS26: From EPR Rules to Recycling Reality

Packaging World’s Packaging Recycling Summit examines how EPR legislation, MRF technology, recycled-content requirements, and package redesign are converging across the recycling system.

August 20, 2026

Sustainable Packaging

USPP Drops EPS Transport Packaging from Problematic Materials List

The U.S. Plastics Pact cites a 31% recycling rate for the format, and credits an EPS industry effort to build end-market demand alongside collection. The decision is the first removal in the list's history. It went through an abbreviated review that did not require an Activator vote.

August 19, 2026

Recycling

The PACK Act: Why Local Voices Matter in a National Labeling Debate

A national framework for recyclable, compostable, and reusable packaging claims will be shaped not only in Congress, but also by the companies and employees that can show lawmakers what fragmented rules mean in practice.

August 19, 2026

Recycling

Purification Technology Brings Recycled PP to Stadium Souvenir Cups

The dissolution process gives Churchill Container a 100% PCR resin that can run on existing equipment and meet the visual demands of high-profile sports packaging.

August 17, 2026