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Merging Innovation and Sustainability in Flexible Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

November 03, 2024, ... shelf life for food and beverage items. In March 2024, Partners and INEOS introduced novel film packaging made 50 percent of recycled plastic. PepsiCo has introduced new Sunbites packaging for the renowned ...

Natural Habitat Adventures a Natural Fit with Monadnock Paper Mills

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2024, ... working to raise the bar on eco-friendly operations, including materials sourcing and recycling. Choosing 100% post-consumer waste recycled papers results in meaningful and quantifiable impact reductions. ...

Converter Requirements Toward Inks and Printability

(Bag Pouch)

September 22, 2024, ... with a high recycled content — co-operative cloud-based involvement and the fine tuning of inks/coatings - are either already becoming available or are now poised for an entrance. These developments are ...

Go with the Float: CCL announces extended range of floatable polyolefin shrink sleeves that support PET recycling

(Label/Tape)

July 30, 2024, ... to the bottom. This is an ideal density separation that leads to very clean PET flakes that can be recycled back into new bottles – closing the loop,” explains Marika Knorr, Head of Sustainability and ...

Innovating Safety Child-Resistant Stand-Up Pouches that Meet Sustainability Goals

(Bag Pouch)

July 07, 2024, ... has recently resulted in a stand-up pouch that combines proven Child-Guard® slider technology with high-performance packaging films utilizing recycled content. The result is a stand-up pouch made with ...

OXO Packaging is Focusing on Improvements in Sustainable Food Packaging With Kraft

(News | New Products)

June 27, 2024, ... is made from wood pulp and 100 percent recycled material. It has zero bleach or toxic chemical elements which increase the food efficacy. For food industries, using Kraft packaging can improve the efficiency ...

Update on Paperboard Packaging Sustainability Trends

(Bag Pouch)

June 26, 2024, ... paper can be recycled about seven times, adding to its earth-friendly character (more on recycling in the following section). According to Fastmarkets RIST's 2023-24 Trends: Industry Outlook & Market ...

Sustainability: A Journey Through Coating and Lamination Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

June 19, 2024, ... higher rates of recycling such as mono-material structures — Compounds that can be recycled because they are made of a single polymer in a very high percentage. Currently, each member of the value chain ...

Beontag Publishes 2023 ESG Report Reinforcing Role as Sustainability Enabler

(News | New Products)

June 17, 2024, ... Materials (GLM) sales in 2023 were from sustainable products, up from 71% in 2022. ‘Sustainable products’ are defined by four criteria: material reduction, responsible sourcing, recycled content and enable ...

NOVA Chemicals Receives FDA LNO for Plastic Films Mechanical Recycling Process at Indiana Facility

(News | New Products)

June 17, 2024, ... the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirming the capability of its mechanical recycling process in Connersville, Ind., to produce post-consumer recycled linear, low-density polyethylene (rLLDPE) ...

Flexible Packaging — In a Constant Cycle of Evolution

(Flexpack)

June 16, 2024, ... and global pressures continue to dictate the future of packaging formats. A common driver behind flexible packaging films is the proportions of recycled content. Both consumers and brand owners are influencing ...

Creating a Circular Packaging Value Chain: How collaboration with suppliers helps converters meet brand owner demands

(News | New Products)

April 28, 2024, ... account. There is a great deal of opportunity for collaboration across the value chain to accelerate change in the way packaging is produced and recycled. Resin suppliers can help converters meet the demands ...

Innovation in Extrusion Barriers Can Reduce Brand Owners’ Dependence on Plastic

(Coating/Laminating)

April 17, 2024, ... to landfill. While recyclability has often been the promise of plastic packaging, the reality is that limited infrastructure, recycling education, lower demand for recycled plastic and inconsistent regulations ...

Recyclability & Circularity Consumers Support Sustainable Brand Packaging

(Print)

April 08, 2024, ... of products and the packaging they are supplied in. This gives financial incentives for reducing the volume of packaging waste entering landfills, encouraging greater use of recycled materials in new packaging ...

Building a Circular Economy for Stretch Film

(News | New Products)

April 05, 2024, ... who have already taken steps in downgauging additional sustainable opportunities. Beyond its sustainable attributes, post-consumer recycled (PCR) films are versatile films that allow machine wrapping ...

Research Reveals Biggest Testing and Inspection Challenges Faced by Food and Beverage Packaging Professionals

(Flexpack)

March 31, 2024, ... meaning that current testing methods may not be applicable to them, or they may be harder to test and require certain expertise. For instance, recycled materials may have previously undergone multiple ...

TAPPI Announces Newly Elected Directors from Irving Consumer Products, Valmet and Auburn University

(News | New Products)

March 28, 2024, ... her career and a member since 2012. Wendy was also a member of the Operations Board of the RPTA (Recycled Paperboard Technical Association) and helped plan the RPTA stream at annual TAPPI conferences. ...

UPM Specialty Papers and Fazer Develop Recyclable Packaging Solution Without Plastic Lining

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2024, ... recyclable within a widely established fibre recycling infrastructure. Today, more than 80 percent of the fibre-based packaging material used in Europe is recycled. Our product development is always based ...

TAPPI Announces Newly Elected Directors from Irving Consumer Products, Valmet and Auburn University

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2024, ... her career and a member since 2012. Wendy was also a member of the Operations Board of the RPTA (Recycled Paperboard Technical Association) and helped plan the RPTA stream at annual TAPPI conferences. ...

FPA: The State of the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry

(Print)

March 10, 2024, ... the ability to handle and provide unique materials that include post-consumer recycled content, bio-based or paper-based substrates, will further allow converters to differentiate themselves. In looking ...