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'Virtuous Circle' project partners announce research on recycling for multi-layer packaging

Multi-layer packaging, while highly effective, has been criticized for being challenging to recycle due to the challenges of separating the different layers and sorting them by type.

May 5, 2017

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PMMI News

PMMI shares latest trends in global packaging

Consumer trends toward healthy eating, sustainability and convenience are impacting the global packaging market.

May 5, 2017

Flexibles

Voided, bio-based film being tested by Mars launched at interpack

A four-year, European-funded project involving all players in the supply chain, including end-user Mars, comes to fruition with a new voided, bio-based, multilayer laminated film that lowers density and improves yield.

May 5, 2017

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The case for a cleaner can

The SmarterSeal can topper is a pliable overcap that keeps a can lid sanitary. It is injection molded of polypropylene or low-density polyethylene, making it pliable, durable and 100% recyclable.

May 3, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Snyders-Lance, Inc. & Smithfield Awarded Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing

OpX Leadership Network Honors CPGs who Improved Sustainability in Production Operations

May 2, 2017

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New pack promotes easy measuring and pouring for powdered sugar

New cylinder-shaped pack with an orange peel-style finish precisely sprinkles powdered sugar.

May 1, 2017

Flexibles

PSI: Bio-based sealant web

Thin gauge PLA sealant film lowers the cost of sealant films used in flexible packaging, while offering environmental advantages.

May 1, 2017

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What does a packager mean by sell by, use by, or best by?

What is the solution when consumers are confused because packagers of food use a variety of statements to convey ideas about the useful life of food?

May 1, 2017

E-commerce/D2C packaging

A trio of topics trending in packaging

As IoPP has interacted recently with thought leaders among our members about topics they see as “hot buttons,” three areas emerge:

May 1, 2017

Recycling

Packaging innovation challenges

Carlo Rotunno, Group Head of R&D – Packaging, for Nomad Foods Europe, a market-leading frozen food company based in the U.K., shares his thoughts on the role of materials, design, and innovation in packaging development as well as those trends that will change the industry in the next decade.

May 1, 2017

Operational Excellence

Is packaging changing its rigid ways?

A pair of surveys from the Flexible Packaging Association reveal new insights on the impact of switching from non-flexible packaging to flexible packaging.

May 1, 2017

Containers

Brewers pioneer brands where craft is king

In the Pacific Northwest, America’s most active region for craft brewing, the need to stand out is pushing innovation among craft brewers.

May 1, 2017

Sustainable Packaging

Optimizing e-commerce packaging for sustainability

When it comes to e-commerce, how much is too much packaging? And, what is the cost of using too little? It’s this balance more than anything else that determines the sustainability of e-commerce packaging.

April 29, 2017