Recycling

Package design adds social media element to blood testing

Thriva markets blood tests and analysis online, using package design to make finger-prick tests easier and more convenient for U.K. consumers.

July 6, 2017

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Recycling

Humanitarian initiative wins top DuPont Award

An innovative water vest that brings huge benefits to people living in developing countries was the winner of the Diamond Award in this year’s DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation.

July 5, 2017

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2017 DuPont Awards—Gold and Silver Winners

The following are the 2017 DuPont Gold and Silver award winners.

July 3, 2017

Recycling

Value packaging: create, maintain, and deliver

I remember the moment that changed my perspective on packaging.

July 3, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Lush Cosmetics exploring ocean plastics for cosmetic containers

Cosmetics company collaborates with recycling firm to convert plastic collected from Vancouver Island’s beaches into high-quality plastic pellet for its cosmetic containers.

July 3, 2017

Sustainability

Locked4Kids’ interlocking carton provides CR, usage flexibility

Child-resistant, senior-friendly reclosable pharmaceutical package with internal blister tray earns top honor in IoPP’s 2017 AmeriStar Package Awards Competition.

June 29, 2017

Flexibles

Sun Chemical and acpo, ltd. develop coated films for web and label market

The two companies worked together to develop coated films for the narrow web and label market and will showcase them at Labelexpo 2017.

June 26, 2017

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Sealed paper packaging spreads wings

Bosch Packaging Technology and BillerudKorsnäs debuted their joint effort in sealed paper technology at PACK EXPO International 2016, but at interpack 2017 the two firms revealed significant advances aimed at sugar and flour producers, both large and small scale, to be the users of this technology.

June 22, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Dell does it again: Building a supply chain for ocean plastic

Computer giant Dell is renowned for its adoption of cutting-edge sustainable packaging technology. Here, Oliver Campbell, Dell’s Director of Procurement & Packaging Innovation, shares news on Dell’s progress toward its environmental goals and its latest packaging project: ocean plastics.

June 18, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

As You Sow puts pressure on McDonald’s to eliminate EPS

A third of McDonald’s Corp.’s shareholders support a proposal from As You Sow urging the fast-food franchise to phase out EPS in foreign markets.

June 15, 2017

Sustainability

PET-coated case for fish wins WorldStar Award

The EcoFishBox replaces polystyrene with PET, making it completely recyclable.

June 14, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

World Wildlife Fund organizes around reuse of materials

WWF convenes industry stakeholders to develop strategies to help businesses and industry source secondary materials. Coca-Cola, Nestlé, McCormick, and Target among members.

June 13, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Promising news in bioplastics?

Development of materials to help CPGs meet their sustainability goals is well underway, but major barriers to widespread adoption still exist.

June 12, 2017