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Kasie Fairbarn Elected Co-Chair of FPA’s Emerging Leadership Council (ELC)

Fairbarn is Product Sales Manager – Extrusion Systems for Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp.

June 2, 2023

Flexible Packaging Association

Recyclable PE Film for Snack Packaging

Recyclable R-2200D Easy-Peel Open PE-based film from ProAmpac is designed to replace laminated, non-recyclable structures used in snack packaging, such as BOPP/BOPP, BOPP/Met BOPP, PET/peelable PE, and more.

June 1, 2023

Sustainable PE Bags

Designed for automatic bagging machines, PAC Machinery Bags and Materials’ Recylene® line of Rollbags® is made from 100% recycled resin.

May 31, 2023

Img 100 Percent Recycled Bags

Label-less Bottle Puts Focus on Wine, Not Waste

New wine brand Crate forgoes bottle labels to reduce packaging waste, creating a sparse but still eye-catching package that complements the brand’s sustainable positioning.

May 31, 2023

By removing the label from the body of the wine bottle, Fourth Wave Wine has eliminated the paper, the adhesives, and the PET liner resulting from the label.

Sustainable Food Packaging Solution

Sabert Corp.’s EcoSnap food packaging solution features a clear PET lid, featuring an audible locking system that snaps onto a PFAS-free paperboard base, keeping food secure.

May 30, 2023

Sabert Corporation

Nestlé Pilots Paper-Based, Home-Compostable Coffee Capsule

The new capsule, made of paper with a proprietary, compostable barrier film and lid, offers Nespresso consumers a compostable coffee capsule option.

May 29, 2023

Eighty-two percent of the new coffee capsule is made from wood fiber, while the balance, which includes the inner film liner and the lid, is made from a compostable biopolymer material.

New Date-Sugar Pouch Contains 50% PCR

In its quest to have as little environmental impact as possible, Just Date moves from a cardboard carton for its granulated date sugar to a flexible, resealable stand-up pouch with 50% PCR.

May 26, 2023

The new 12-oz package for Just Date’s Organic Sugar is a flexible, stand-up pouch made up of HDPE, 40% of which is recycled content, and PET, made up of 90% rPET.

Merck Expert Shares 5 Tips for Qualifying Pallet-Sized Thermal Shippers

Find out why Lee Menszak advocates for shipper-to-shipper variability testing, from his talk at ISTA’s TempPack event.

May 24, 2023

Lee Menszak, associate director, engineering at Merck, addressed the crowd at ISTA’s TempPack in Houston.

Walkers, Nestlé, and Sainsbury's Adjust Packaging Materials for Sustainability

See a few examples of sustainable package material innovations from Walkers, Nestlé, and Sainsbury's from ThePackHub’s April Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

May 22, 2023

The new Walkers board-based multipack packaging is sold at 800 Tesco locations.

New Tub for Domino and C&H Sugar Changes the Shape of Things

ASR Group reduces the use of plastic in its Easy Baking Tub by 28% for its Domino Sugar and C&H Sugar brands by moving from a round to square package.

May 22, 2023

Domino Sugar in the new square Easy Baking Tub can be found at retailers across the Eastern U.S., while C&H Sugar in the new package is available in the Western U.S.

Mars Wrigley, Tesco, and Valor Introduce Package Recycling Innovations

See a few examples of package recycling solutions from Mars Wrigley, Tesco, and Valor from ThePackHub’s April Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

May 19, 2023

Commercially Compostable VCI Film Offers Environmentally-Friendly Corrosion Protection

Created by Cortec, Eco-Corr Film is a viable option for manufacturers who want to “go green” and reduce plastic pollution while preventing rust on metal.

May 19, 2023

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A growing percentage of packaging and processing industry stakeholders are adopting predictive maintenance and other digitalization technologies.

Predictive Maintenance Rising Fast in Packaging and Processing

Packaging and processing companies increasingly use predictive maintenance to reduce downtime and cut maintenance costs.

A number of states operate deposit return schemes (DRS) to encourage more people to recycle beverage containers, such as bottles and cans.

Is There Such a Thing as Closed-Loop Recycling?

Happy 90th Anniversary PMMI

Moving forward, nearly all orders shipped in plastic mailers from fulfillment centers and stores and all marketplace items shipped with Walmart Fulfillment Services will arrive in recyclable paper bag mailers.

Walmart Adopts Waste-Reduction Steps for its E-comm Packaging

Five-Year Outlook on European Packaging Materials Released

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Recyclable PE Film for Snack Packaging

Recyclable R-2200D Easy-Peel Open PE-based film from ProAmpac is designed to replace laminated, non-recyclable structures used in snack packaging, such as BOPP/BOPP, BOPP/Met BOPP, PET/peelable PE, and more.

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