Sustainable Packaging

Five Cold Chain Trends Shaping 2017

Heading into 2016, lifescience cold chain trends to watch included passive vs active bulk shippers and the growth of biologics and biosimilars and the patent cliff. Some of these trends will continue into 2017, but here are five additional trends shaping the lifescience cold chain.

January 19, 2017

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Singapore’s sustainable packaging mandate is coming

It makes all the sense in the world to get out in front of this impending regulation rather than scrambling to catch up with it after implementation has begun.

January 15, 2017

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Four key beverage industry trends for 2017

The latest EcoFocus Trend Study results show the strong clean-labeling movement is expanding to clean processing and clean packaging trends.

January 14, 2017

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Poll: Americans tend not to believe what they hear about recycling

A new survey proves that efforts by the recycling industry to fight back against common misperceptions around recycling have been successful, but more work needs to be done.

January 13, 2017

Flexibles

Drop-in bioplastic for pet-food bag

A Canadian provider of organic and non-GMO cat and dog foods extends its commitment to accountability to its packaging, with flexible bags made from bioplastic for a new product line.

January 12, 2017

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PACK EXPO 2016 Innovations Report

PACK EXPO 2016 and co-located Pharma EXPO was a record-breaker. Here’s our team coverage of game-changing innovations.

January 10, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Bunting Magnetics acquires Master Magnets

Bunting Magnetics Co. expands global operations with acquisition of U.K.-based Master Magnets Ltd.

January 8, 2017

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High Pressure Processing and packaging continues to grow

High Pressure Processing (HPP) and packaging of food and beverages has been a novel process up until recently.

January 6, 2017

Cosmetics/Personal care

Eco-friendly lip balm packaging

Replaceable lip balm cartridges are the key to this award winning packaging concept.

January 6, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Wine capsule goes green

Recently introduced by Washington State's Snoqualmie Winery is a wine capsule sourced from a bio-based polyethylene produced from sugar cane.

January 5, 2017

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Top 10 sustainable packaging stories of 2016

See what visitors to GreenerPackage.com were reading about last year in the annual Top 10 list of most-read articles on the site.

January 2, 2017

Containers

Supplement tub custom-designed for convenience

A new custom container for nutritional supplements that can be refilled and reused includes a snap-on lid and measurement scoop for ease of use.

December 31, 2016

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Tomato fiber-based packaging finds commercial applications

Canadian grower Pure Hothouse Foods and French grower Idyl switch to solid board packaging for their vegetables that is enriched with tomato plant fibers.

December 25, 2016