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Questions remain after FDA says market phase-out complete for PFAS in paper food packaging material
The agency said certain grease-proofing substances used on wrappers and containers are no longer being sold by manufacturers for food contact in the U.S. Others credited state leadership on the issue for driving change.
By Maria Rachal • March 15, 2024 -
Molded fiber packaging growth fueled by expanding demand, updated technology
Companies such as Huhtamaki, PulPac and Tanbark are seeing notable growth in opportunities for molded fiber to gain scale as a plastic alternative.
By Hollie Stephens • March 6, 2024 -
Deep Dive
Does this packaging contain recycled plastic? Inside the mass balance debate
An accounting system long used in other industries is gaining prominence in the packaging sector, due in part to the rise of chemical recycling. Companies, trade groups and regulators are weighing the complexities and controversies.
By Leslie Nemo • March 5, 2024 -
Califia Farms rolls out 100% rPET bottles in North America
The plant-based beverages brand is still seeking recycled content solutions for caps and sleeve labels. The company estimates packaging lightweighting from 2019 to 2023 avoided 4 million pounds of plastic production.
By Maria Rachal • Feb. 29, 2024 -
Packaging innovations: Tesco takes on tubeless foil, Atlantic bones up can carriers
Plus, packaging launches and changes to Genesee Brewery’s ring carriers, CCL Label’s floating label, Cleancult’s laundry detergent and American Packaging Corp.’s flexible packaging for frozen foods.
By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 29, 2024 -
Packaging innovations: Angel Soft gets baby fever, Juicy Juice pumps up its playfulness
Plus, packaging refreshes and new launches from Crystal Light, Chanel, O-I Glass, ProAmpac, Berries Paradise, Sway and IPG.
By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 16, 2024 -
Berry invests in stretch film circularity at new innovation and training center
“State-of-the-art” technology at the center will measure stretch film properties and behaviors, including tensile strength and force-to-load ratio.
By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 14, 2024 -
Can makers back Mardi Gras push to capture used beverage cans
Recycle Dat in New Orleans is the first of many events the newly launched U.S. chapter of Every Can Counts hopes to support to increase the capture of aluminum cans from beverages consumed away from home.
By Maria Rachal • Feb. 13, 2024 -
Eastman to turn colored, opaque PET into ‘virgin quality polyesters’ for packaging
Midwest waste and recycling collector Rumpke has an agreement to provide Eastman’s upcoming chemical recycling plant with “hard-to-recycle” PET meant to be turned into new plastics for packaging applications.
By Megan Quinn • Feb. 12, 2024 -
NYC bill could restrict laundry and dishwasher pods
Bill supporters say polyvinyl alcohol, used in pods and sheets, passes through wastewater treatment and pollutes the environment. The American Cleaning Institute says the products have sustainability benefits.
By Maria Rachal • Updated Feb. 9, 2024 -
Colgate-Palmolive faces lawsuit over ‘misleading’ recyclable toothpaste tube claims
A judge denied the CPG company’s request to throw out a lawsuit that consumers filed a year and a half after Colgate introduced a monomaterial HDPE tube. The product’s recyclability has been hotly debated.
By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 8, 2024 -
Can makers, brands won’t face higher prices on tin mill imports
The U.S. will not impose duties on tin mill products from several countries. The International Trade Commission determination Tuesday came in response to petitions last year seeking antidumping and countervailing duties.
By Maria Rachal • Feb. 7, 2024 -
Q&A
From Apple to plastic-free living: Blue Lake Packaging founder describes business pivot
CEO Ying Liu describes how Blue Lake Packaging aims to expand market reach and product offerings in 2024, noting that “packaging itself can be a product” instead of simply protecting products.
By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 5, 2024 -
Packaging innovations: Capri-Sun’s stronger straw, Ocean Spray’s ‘wildly uncommon’ rebrand
Plus, SEE swaps out EPS for compostable, bio-based resin, and Cascades' fiber produce basket presents an alternative to hard-to-recycle materials.
By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 1, 2024 -
Packaging innovations: Loop Industries and Bormioli Pharma get bottled up, Notpla’s seaweed spoon
Plus, Smurfit Kappa aims to bee the change, Ahlstrom releases a compostable coffee pod lid and Winpak helps Hiland Dairy rebrand.
By Katie Pyzyk • Jan. 26, 2024 -
EPA’s Safer Choice recycled content proposals draw some pushback
Groups including Ameripen, the Can Manufacturers Institute and Consumer Brands Association, as well as companies such as Clorox and P&G, weighed in on proposed changes to the voluntary product certification program.
By Maria Rachal • Jan. 26, 2024 -
The packaging industry outlook for 2024
Packaging Dive takes a closer look at what’s in store for policymaking, producer responsibility, plastics and more.
By Packaging Dive Staff • Jan. 23, 2024 -
Packaging innovations: AmerCareRoyal straw gets clear, Bogle wine goes metal, Pomì turns red
Plus, Rion Aesthetics launches refillable cosmetics packaging while Crown Therapeutics’ Sarna lotions, Genpak’s Harvest Fiber and Melitta’s filter packaging get refreshed.
By Katie Pyzyk • Jan. 22, 2024 -
Circularix joins Coca-Cola as rPET customer for Republic Services
The Macquarie-backed recycled PET manufacturer is now operating one facility in Pennsylvania, with another scheduled to open this year.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 18, 2024 -
Packaging innovations: Tropicana’s AI marketing move, Upfield transforms its tubs to fiber
Other announcements include Accredo and Fresh-Lock standing up a 50% PCR pouch, and Heidelberg Materials cementing change in its bag design.
By Katie Pyzyk • Jan. 12, 2024 -
Coca-Cola co-launches competition to increase rPET supply
Competition hosts are seeking innovative ideas to boost supply of the recycled plastic, which they say sorely lags demand — and could become tighter as brands try to meet their 2030 postconsumer recycled content targets.
By Katie Pyzyk • Jan. 11, 2024 -
Snack and candy packaging wrapped up in federal foil import duties
The Flexible Packaging Association and Consumer Brands Association criticized a broad decision on aluminum foil that they say will increase costs related to light gauge foil that cannot be adequately sourced in the U.S.
By Maria Rachal • Jan. 11, 2024 -
Consumer Brands reacts to Commerce Department tin mill duties
It’s the latest development in the process since Cleveland-Cliffs and United Steelworkers petitioned for duties against several countries they say are putting unfairly priced tinplate imports into the U.S. market.
By Maria Rachal • Jan. 8, 2024 -
5 packaging trends to watch in 2024
Shifting consumer habits and manufacturing footprints, evolving end-of-life design and looming sustainability targets are some of the factors poised to impact the packaging industry this year.
By Katie Pyzyk , Maria Rachal • Jan. 8, 2024 -
Packaging innovations: Tesco’s tissue pivots to paper, new Snickers snack has single substrate wrapper
Plus, Lemon Perfect levels up its flavored water bottles to stand out on shelves.
By Katie Pyzyk • Jan. 5, 2024