Sustainable Packaging: Page 246

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Tree-based packaging material delivers quality, limits environmental impact

In this video, Matt Reynolds, editor of Packaging World, and Chris Mitchell, commercial vice president of the Americas for Futamura, discuss Nature Flex—a form of transparent paper that offers high-gas and tailored moisture barriers, and consistent sealability while maintaining compostability, helping companies sustain quality while reducing their carbon footprint.

April 3, 2018

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Smooth flavors, smooth line

A depalletizer that consolidates glass and plastic formats into a single operation, coupled with smart conveyors that ensure requisite bottle backlog at the front of the line and line-smoothing accumulation all along, has led this manufacturer to increased bottling efficiency.

April 3, 2018

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Heed the sustainability call

It's about time someone stood up for single-use plastic packaging and against bans of specific packaging materials, and formats.

April 3, 2018

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Packaging, sustainability are NPE2018 focal points

Plastics will play a central role in food, beverage, and CPG packaging applications for the foreseeable future, while sustainability and recycling implications loom large.

April 3, 2018

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Avoiding the ad hoc add-on

To make a successful switch from brewpub to full-fledged brewery, Central City took the long view on equipment and facilities, circumventing frequent, piecemeal additions.

April 3, 2018

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The times they'll keep a-changing

In retrospect, the era that constituted my early years as president and CEO of PMMI feels like a tipping point for an evolution in the packaging industry.

April 3, 2018

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Bulk packaging drum growth expected for global transportation

New Freedonia study predicts sustained growth in the output of chemical products—particularly in fast-growing markets such as China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam—will boost demand for drums.

April 3, 2018

Flexibles

Compostable cereal bag featured in plastic-free grocery aisle

A flexible pouch made from bio-based compostable materials allows Dutch organic cereal producer De Halm to showcase its products in Ekoplaza’s plastic-free grocery aisle.

April 3, 2018

Sustainable Packaging

Compostable bowls, lids make debut at fast-casual restaurant

Fast-casual healthy-dining franchise Nature’s Table rolls out compostable bowls made from sugarcane and wheat straw fiber, along with plant-based plastic lids, at its locations across the U.S.

April 2, 2018

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Survey: 61% of consumers say they always recycle food, beverage cartons

This according to a national survey on attitudes and beliefs related to carton recycling that also indicates consumers are looking at brands to help actively drive the recycling of their packages.

March 31, 2018

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Positive news on the recycling rate for rigid plastics and film in the U.S.

Two new reports from the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council indicate that U.S. recycling of rigid plastics and film each jumped 10% in 2016.

March 31, 2018

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March 30, 2018