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Sparkling water craze meets reuse with Aerflo’s launch
Investor Closed Loop Partners hailed the convenience of the startup’s refillable bottle system. Aerflo estimates its reusable capsules, which carbonate water on the go, could each displace more than 330 beverage cans.
By Maria Rachal • Sept. 12, 2024 -
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As Amazon and others nix air pillows, packaging manufacturers diversify to cushion the blow
Packaging companies are having to adapt to keep up as e-commerce expands and protective packaging trends shift. Retailers are trying new void fill materials, rightsizing packages and more.
By Shefali Kapadia • Sept. 10, 2024 -
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Packaging innovations: McDonald’s four-flap McFlurry, Capri-Sun bottle debate
Plus, New England Coffee ditches its plastic pod base for commercially compostable materials.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 6, 2024 -
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Packaging innovations: Pizza Hut’s box makes a move, Vital Proteins chooses paper over plastic
Plus, Restaurantware adds a compostable food service products line and Pactiv Evergreen introduces an alternative to polystyrene foam trays.
By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 30, 2024 -
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Multimaterial plastic packaging, some produce stickers land on ‘problematic’ materials list for elimination
Additions to the U.S. Plastics Pact’s list are targeted for elimination by 2030, building on 2025 goals. The group continues to evaluate non-compostable beverage pods, small-format packaging and other items.
By Maria Rachal • Aug. 29, 2024 -
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Packaging innovations: Xbox gets accessible, DS Smith boxes up fun
Plus, De Nada tequila ditches glass for metal and Alpla works with Zerooo on reusables for cosmetics.
By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 23, 2024 -
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Google achieves plastic-free packaging ahead of 2025 with help of new paper
Google says it was important to work with partners such as Veritiv to design the new paper material and other packaging to give consumers visual cues that encourage recycling.
By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 21, 2024 -
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Packaging innovations: Twinings gets canned, Black Cow’s udderly different vodka packaging
Plus, e.l.f. Cosmetics makes changes to boost product accessibility and Sensei Farms ditches its plastic clamshells.
By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 12, 2024 -
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Starbucks, Huhtamaki partner on compostable cold cup lids
The double-walled paperboard cups have a bioplastic liner, and the lids are made from molded fiber. Two states with local mandates are targets of the initial rollout.
By Katie Pyzyk • Updated Aug. 9, 2024 -
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Q&AAesthetics vs. environment: How Estée Lauder balances luxury and sustainability
Efforts include sourcing postconsumer resin and leveraging chemical recycling. Making sustainability leaps more apparent to consumers is also a concern at the cosmetics and skincare giant.
By Katie Pyzyk • July 29, 2024 -
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Packaging innovations: Barbie’s on-box braille, Berry gives Blue Bunny pints a twist
Plus, Meadow gets flowery with its refillable system and Gaia Biomaterials enables compostable straws — without the aftertaste.
By Katie Pyzyk • July 26, 2024 -
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Packaging innovations: Clearly Canadian’s metal multipack makeover, Oman Air’s plastic purge
Plus, Amcor Capsules and Moët & Chandon get foiled, Georgia-Pacific wraps its toilet paper in paper and Contempo Specialty Packaging introduces compostable and reusable cannabis packaging.
By Katie Pyzyk • July 12, 2024 -
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Packaging innovations: Sustainable seafood boxes, EPR-driven water-soluble cement bags
Disruptive Packaging and Mondi collaborated with North Coast Seafoods and Cemex, respectively. Plus, Aldi U.K. announced its latest plastic-to-paper substitution.
By Maria Rachal • June 26, 2024 -
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Google details fiber swaps in consumer electronics packaging
Its anticipated plastic-free packaging design guide details implementation of molded fiber trays and hang tabs, paper tapes and other alternatives. Apple and Amazon have also pursued plastic reduction in device packaging.
By Maria Rachal • June 12, 2024 -
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US Plastics Pact releases new road map with 2030 plastics targets
The new goals look very similar to those in the original road map, with a couple additions and a deadline extended from 2025 to 2030. Participants made progress on the 2025 goals but were unlikely to all meet the original targets.
By Katie Pyzyk • June 11, 2024 -
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Packaging innovations: Hellmann’s debuts ingestible interior, Tesco tattoos produce
Plus, Coast Cannabis turns to the ocean for chocolate bar packaging, and ProAmpac cools down grocery deliveries with recyclable bags.
By Katie Pyzyk • June 7, 2024 -
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Have an idea to reduce retail packaging? Walmart wants to hear it.
The retail giant listed seven specific areas for innovators to prioritize, including snack bags and frozen food trays, that have proven tricky for design and sustainability improvements.
By Katie Pyzyk • June 3, 2024 -
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Packaging innovations: Diageo tests paper Baileys bottles, Nestlé wants consumers to eat forks
Plus, L’Occitane en Provence partners with Carbios for PET bottles made by using enzymatic recycling, and Green Life Farms reduces the plastic in its lettuce packaging.
By Katie Pyzyk • May 31, 2024 -
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Ferrero cites packaging recyclability progress, acknowledges challenges with meeting targets
The Nutella and Tic Tac parent company detailed efforts to switch substrates and lightweight boxes for its confections while citing a scaled-back target for designing packaging to be recyclable, reusable or compostable.
By Katie Pyzyk • May 30, 2024 -
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4 talking points at Circularity on the path forward for packaging
To scale change, experts brought up the need for more precompetitive collaboration and the desire to move beyond pilots, among other themes.
By Maria Rachal • May 30, 2024 -
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From soap refills to shopping bags, Bath & Body Works freshens up its packaging
The retailer aims to make at least half of its packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by next year. It also commissioned a third-party recyclability assessment to guide packaging and plastics commitments.
By Katie Pyzyk • May 29, 2024 -
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How pet food bags are evolving to simplify design and future recyclability
The vast majority of pet food packaging isn’t currently recycled. Major manufacturers and groups such as the Pet Sustainability Coalition hope to change that.
By Hayley Lind • May 28, 2024 -
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Experimentation with label-less containers advances, but not without visual challenges
Embossing, laser engraving and direct-to-packaging printing are some of the methods to ease the recycling process, as are using organic inks and labels that easily separate during the sink/float process.
By Hollie Stephens • May 24, 2024 -
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Luxe Pack highlights packaging psychology and sustainability trends
Estée Lauder’s chief sustainability officer and other speakers shared their perspectives on upcoming trends in the cosmetics and luxury packaging sectors.
By Hayley Lind • May 23, 2024 -
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Packaging innovations: SEE sells self-sealing solution, Capri Sun grows up
Plus, fiber screw-on caps from Blue Ocean Closures, cold-chain solutions from Candor Expedite and compostable cutlery from Better Earth.
By Katie Pyzyk • May 20, 2024
