Sustainable Packaging

The FTC cracks down on biodegradable marketing claims

The Federal Trade Commission announces enforcement actions against six companies as part of the agency’s ongoing crackdown on false and misleading environmental claims.

November 2, 2015

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Reusable/Returnable

Have you come to grips with good design?

It’s not just the old and arthritic who place a premium on package design that is universal, inclusive, and accessible. People of all ages and abilities gravitate toward good design.

October 30, 2015

Sustainability

PET wine keg taps into green savings

U.K. wine seller offers premium wine-on-tap in a recyclable 20-L PET keg that replaces 27 glass bottles, eliminates waste, spoilage, and breakage, and costs customers 15% less.

October 30, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Trash

Each summer I spend time walking a quarter mile stretch of Lake Michigan’s eastern shoreline picking up trash.

October 30, 2015

Sustainability

CardPak celebrates 50th Anniversary

Cleveland-based paperboard packaging pioneer marks 50 years of service to Fortune 500 companies across the globe.

October 30, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Can pharmaceutical packaging be safety-compliant and sustainable?

Pharma companies will benefit from the time spent transitioning to a more sustainable model, especially as they see growing consumer satisfaction, says APP study.

October 29, 2015

Recycling

5 Key trends shaping food and beverage packaging

Dramatic changes in consumer demographics, lifestyles, and eating patterns are creating new opportunities for food and beverage packaging.

October 28, 2015

Flexibles

Constantia Flexibles opens new Competence Center for films

The state-of-the-art Competence Center is for the R&D of polymer films and film laminates.

October 22, 2015

Sustainable Packaging

Good news for 2014 PET recycling rates

U.S. PET container recycling rate for 2014 holds at 31%, while rPET usage in domestic markets hits an all-time high, according to annual NAPCOR/APR report.

October 21, 2015

Home

Materials suppliers offer more practical sustainability solutions

As the frenzy for elaborate and complex sustainable packaging solutions dies down, packaging suppliers are introducing more practical and easily implemented alternatives that can provide significant reductions in the environmental impact of packaging.

October 20, 2015

Cartons and boxes

Delivering what patients need next

Award-winning Multipack carton from supplier-partner Rondo-Pak helps provide safer clinical trials for F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG.

October 20, 2015

Sustainability

Eggs nestle in new ryegrass and paper carton

A new egg carton from U.K.’s Waitrose made from 50% ryegrass and 50% recycled paper is expected to save approximately 85 tons per year of wood/recycled paper.

October 20, 2015

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PACK EXPO highlights 3 key flexible packaging trends

Many exhibitors at PACK EXPO Las Vegas were noticeably focused on innovations in flexible packaging that not only had the potential to bring about rigid-to-flexible conversions but also to better serve brand owners already choosing flexibles.

October 15, 2015