Recycling

Wine by the single-serve PET glass served up for summer

Single-serve wine in a stemware-style PET glass is launched, using proprietary technology that keeps the product fresh and the glass clean from handling.

April 4, 2013

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Sustainable Packaging

Video: 45 P&G sites achieve zero manufacturing waste to landfill

P&G’s long-term vision of sending zero manufacturing and consumer waste to landfills reaches milestone, as the company finds innovative ways to create ‘worth from waste.’

April 3, 2013

Protective/transport packaging

Custom edge protection eliminates glass breakage

Home office/entertainment furniture maker eliminates replacement glass breakage during shipping with a custom solution that combines laminated paperboard and honeycomb.

April 2, 2013

Sustainability

PCR PET is central to OtterBox redesign

The outer carton boasts a ‘beautiful opaque yellow’ while the inner tray that holds the cell phone protector is made of up to 100% post-consumer recycled PET.

April 2, 2013

Flexibles

Compostable coffee bags make North American debut

Two North American coffee roasting companies have launched fully compostable coffee bags to support their eco-friendly commitments.

April 2, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

AMERIPEN brochure urges holistic approach

New online brochure urges the packaging industry to think more broadly about the role that packaging plays in the total system that it supports.

April 2, 2013

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging pumps up juice sales

Fave Juice’s careful selection of new bottling system protects product shelf life and triples sales forecasts.

April 2, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

White House Easter Egg packaging is responsibly sourced

Paperboard used for the official 2013 White House Easter Egg carton is SFI-certified, while eggs are made from FSC-certified U.S. hardwood.

April 1, 2013

Home

Pure Via enhances brand packaging

Packaging and Web site feature a more natural look that reflects a health-conscious and active lifestyle.

March 28, 2013

Containers

Debut of full-aperture can end for beer

With the April launch of Helles Golden Lager, its ninth canned beer, Sly Fox Brewing Co. of Pottstown, PA becomes the first brewery in North America to utilize the innovative 360 End™ beverage can technology.

March 26, 2013

Sustainability

'LEGO™-like' conveyors reduce package manufacturer's footprint

Modular conveyors at Rexam perform more efficiently, while using fewer resources and creating less pollution and waste.

March 25, 2013

Home

Klöckner Pentaplast’s SmartCycle films granted NSF International “Certificate of Verification”

Klöckner Pentaplast’s line of SmartCycle post-consumer recycled (PCR) content polyester films produced in North America has been granted a “Certificate of Verification” by NSF International, an independent, third party, not-for-profit organization that verified the recycled content claims of the line.

March 21, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

PET water bottles: recycling grows, while weight drops

New studies show that the recycling rate for bottled water reached nearly 39% in 2011, while amount of PET plastic used in bottled water containers continues to drop.

March 21, 2013