Sustainability

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

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Flexibles

Bio-based Snickers wrapper wins top award

Four years in the making, a bio-based film wrapper for Mars' Snickers candy bar made from potato starch waste is given top honors in the 11th Global Bioplastics Awards.

December 19, 2016

Recycling

Three dynamic packaging design trends for 2017

After a polarizing 2016, consumers are ready to embrace more optimistic, unifying experiences. Does your packaging engage and empower consumers by addressing the issues important to them?

December 17, 2016

Sustainability

Light-blocking label opens up package design possibilities

The innovative Pentalabel eklipse label substrate from Klöckner Pentaplast blocks light so brand owners can use PET bottles instead of HDPE. The shrink-sleeve label increases shelf life, frees up design and provides a more environmentally friendly packaging option.

December 14, 2016

Flexibles

Mars Drinks rethinks Freshpack design

After a Life Cycle Assessment of its single-serve Freshpack pouch for coffee and tea, Mars Drinks make changes that reduce the carbon footprint of the package by 31%.

December 13, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging Medical Marijuana for Senior Patients

Medical marijuana may allow those with pain to stay in the workforce longer. Here’s how one company is appealing to mature patients.

December 12, 2016

Sustainability

Pfizer Enhances Capsule Filling/Weighing in Freiburg, Germany

For more than 30 years, Pfizer’s Freiburg facility has used Bosch machinery that has produced benefits such as lean manufacturing, sustainability and reduced waste. It’s no wonder more equipment will be added in 2017.

December 8, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Handbook unlocks the circular economy for businesses

Included is a comprehensive overview of the circular economy, including real-life examples and case studies, to help business understand how to implement the model.

December 8, 2016

Sustainability

Bausch + Lomb launches contact lens, blister recycling program

Contact lenses and blister packaging can now be recycled through a new program from Bausch + Lomb that also donates to blindness-prevention group for each pound recycled.

December 6, 2016

Reusable/Returnable

Bayer’s Display-Style Box Design Earns Award for Aleve Device

Packaging for Bayer’s lower back pain device honored with a NJPEC 2016 Package of the Year Gold Award.

December 5, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

What on-pack messaging compels foodservice package recycling?

The Foodservice Packaging Institute conducts a survey to find out how language on foodservice packaging material impacts people’s curbside behavior.

December 5, 2016

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Nestlé in the U.S.—strategically consumer-centric

Nestlé S.A. marked its 150th anniversary this year, so what packaged goods company could possibly be more suitable for this year’s VIEW FROM THE TOP discussion?

December 2, 2016