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2014 DuPont Awards—Silver Winners

The following are the 2014 DuPont Silver Award winners.

June 2, 2014

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Shrink-sleeve label is a hit with kids

New line of zero-calorie beverages aimed at kids takes full advantage of Disney-licensed graphics, which spring to life thanks to special PETG label material and VSOP offset printing.

June 2, 2014

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The end of packaging?

In March, “obsessively organic” yogurt company Stonyfield Farm launched in limited markets a product that it hopes will pave the way for a future without packaging—Stonyfield Frozen Yogurt Pearls in an all-natural edible skin. So what’s driving this desire to eliminate packaging? Wood Turner, VP of Sustainability Innovation for Stonyfield, and Eric Freedman, VP of technology provider WikiFoods, Inc., explain.

June 2, 2014

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Sip on this: single-serve pouched wine debuts

Millennials looking for a new BYOW alternative for single-serve wine consumption can now select from among four varieties of single-serve wine in a 187-mL flexible spouted pouch.

June 2, 2014

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Stonyfield tests package-less froyo

Gary Hirshberg, co-founder and Chairman of organic yogurt company Stonyfield Farms says he has dreamed for years of creating a product where “after you eat the yogurt, you eat the cup too.”

June 2, 2014

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Major public-private recycling initiative unveiled

Announced at the Walmart Expo, the initiative projects possible recovery of 1 billion pounds of recyclables from 10 cities.

May 30, 2014

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Nespresso launches compostable collection bag for coffee capsule recycling

Made from paper-based materials with a biopolymer coating, a new collection bag for Nespresso allows Austrian customers to conveniently gather coffee capsules for recycling.

May 28, 2014

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Hormel reduces packaging 4.72 million lb in 2013

In its eighth annual corporate sustainability report, Hormel reports on the results of its efforts to reduce packaging materials through optimized package design.

May 22, 2014

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Plastic packaging made from air?

IT solutions provider Dell announces its use of a carbon-negative plastic material made from air and greenhouse gases for its Dell Latitude series notebooks, in fall 2014.

May 21, 2014

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Ecologic Brands receives financing from Kruger Inc.

Ecologic Brands completes the first close of a $7 million round of financing.

May 19, 2014

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SAVE FOOD Congress looks at supply chain solutions

Business, government, and research representatives gather at interpack 2014 to discuss solutions to food waste along the entire value chain.

May 15, 2014

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Coke-Italy likes source-reduced bundles

What if you could bundle 2-L PET bottles of soft drinks in a way that reduced energy consumption by 90% and brought a 62% reduction in solid waste?

May 12, 2014

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Placon acquires Plastic Packaging Corporation

Seeking to offer foodservice customers a larger breadth of packaging options to choose from, Placon, custom and stock rigid thermoformed packaging designer and manufacturer, has completed the acquisition of rigid plastic container manufacturer, Plastic Packaging Corporation.

May 5, 2014