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TIPA Acquires SEALPAP: Delivering Full-Service Sustainable Packaging for a Circular Future

Acquisition expands TIPA’s offering with both compostable and recyclable paper solutions to meet evolving EU regulations and consumer demand.

December 3, 2025

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Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #5 SC Johnson Calls for EPR Clarity at Packaging Recycling Summit

The #5 most downloaded episode: Packaging World editor-in-chief, Matt Reynolds and Jeff Bezzo, executive director of plastic and packaging sustainability at SC Johnson, discussed harmonization across states as a potential catalyst for EPR compliance at the 2025 Packaging Recycling Summit.

December 2, 2025

Through the Line Podcast: Glacier's AI Tool Turns Recycling Data into Insight

Pilots with Colgate-Palmolive and Amazon helped shape Glacier’s new DataStream platform, a subscription tool launched today that lets CPGs verify recyclability performance and close the loop between packaging design and real sortation and recovery outcomes.

November 25, 2025

Through the Line: Packaging and Processing

SodaStream, Mastronardi Produce, and Presto Design Paper-based Packaging

See a few examples of paper-based packaging from SodaStream, Mastronardi Produce, and Presto from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

November 25, 2025

The SIG Dome is made primarily from FSC-certified paperboard, the packaging is produced using 100% renewable electricity and is intended to be fully recyclable.

Babybel Latest Brand to Join Paperization Trend

By replacing bio-based cellophane with recyclable paper, Babybel shows how large brands can reduce plastic at scale while maintaining quality, safety, and consumer appeal, stakeholders say.

November 24, 2025

High-volume production runs highlight the scale of Babybel’s global transition from cellophane to paper packaging.

Beyond Burger, Amazon UAE, and Colgate-Palmolive Design Recyclable Packaging

See a few examples of packaging designed for recyclability from Beyond Burger, Amazon UAE, and Colgate-Palmolive from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

November 21, 2025

The updated packaging incorporates a tray composed of 35% recycled plastic and is designed to enhance recyclability.

USPP Clarifies Physical and Chemical Recycling’s Place in Circularity

The U.S. Plastics Pact defines where physical and chemical recycling fit and the safeguards needed to ensure it complements, rather than replaces, mechanical systems.

November 20, 2025

USPP’s new position paper outlines when physical or chemical recycling are appropriate, why mechanical recycling remains the priority, and what safeguards are needed to protect communities and support true circularity.

Through the Line Podcast: Nextloopp is Solving America's Polypropylene Recycling Puzzle

How can polypropylene, one of the most widely used plastics in consumer packaging, be diverted from landfills or incinerators? Packaging World Senior Editor, Anne Marie Mohan, sits down with Professor Edward Kosior, CEO and founder of Nextek and Nextloopp. They discuss how the Nextloopp initiative is uniting stakeholders across the packaging supply chain to enable the closed-loop recycling of food-grade PP.

November 18, 2025

Through the Line: Packaging and Processing

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging Recycling Summit 2025: A Pivotal Moment in Circularity

Packaging World’s 2025 Packaging Recycling Summit marks a turning point in circularity, as brands, policymakers, suppliers, MRFs, and industry organizations move from intention to implementation across systems, formats, and policies.

November 17, 2025

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Sustainable Packaging

CPGs Reduce Packaging Weight by 5 MMt Since 2019, Report Finds

A joint industry report finds that companies are reducing packaging weight through lightweighting, redesigns, and material shifts while balancing recyclability goals and product protection.

November 14, 2025

Lightweighting continues to drive measurable progress in packaging reduction. Coca-Cola’s redesigned bottles, shown here across several brands, lower PET weight from 21 g to 18.5 g for key sizes, a 12% reduction expected to cut PET use by 3 megatons by 2025.

CPGs Experience Trade-offs in the Name of Sustainable Packaging

Higher production costs, diminished product quality, and lessened product production are some of the challenges CPGs say come with sustainable packaging shifts.

November 14, 2025

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BoxonTech Appoints New CEO

As part of its continued growth journey, BoxonTech Group names Niklas Rönnäng as its chief executive officer, succeeding Anders Yllfors, who becomes chairman.

November 14, 2025

Coca-Cola, Patrón, and Mondi Design Packaging with Reduced Materials

See a few examples of packaging designed with reduced materials from Coca-Cola, Patrón, and Mondi from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

November 14, 2025

Instead of shrink film, the bottles are held together using strategically placed adhesive dots, paired with a recyclable cardboard handle for carrying.

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Products

A New Closed Loop Recycling Scheme That Allows Brands To Recycle Their Old Corrugated Cardboard (occ) Directly Back Into The Packaging Supply Chain

OCC Recycling Solution

Go-Pak UK and SCG Packaging launch Go-Recycle, a closed-loop service that collects old corrugated cardboard alongside deliveries and returns it to SCGP papermills for reuse in new cardboard packaging.

Returnity Launches Initiative to Capture Retail Packaging Pain Points from the Frontlines

Recyclable Cup Coating for Hot Beverages