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  • Various packages of Angel Soft toilet paper featuring the new animated main character, Angel.
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    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 • Feb. 16, 2024
  • Exterior view of Berry Global's Circular Innovation and Training Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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    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 • Feb. 14, 2024
  • A hand holds several strands of Mardi Gras beads while standing on a balcony above Bourbon Street
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    Joel Carillet via Getty Images
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    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 • Feb. 13, 2024
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    Courtesy of Eastman
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    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
  • A person holds a blue and white laundry detergent pod in front of a washing machine.
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    Inna Dodor via Getty Images
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    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 • Updated Feb. 9, 2024
  • Four different colored tubes of Colgate toothpaste with the message "Recycle Me!" printed on the tubes.
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    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 • Feb. 8, 2024
  • Different containers of canned food
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    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 • Feb. 7, 2024
  • A fiber-based tape dispenser and three rolls of tape.
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    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 • Feb. 5, 2024
  • Four pouches of Capri-Sun beverages with straws.
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    Retrieved from Capri-Sun on January 31, 2024
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    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 • Feb. 1, 2024
  • A stack of folded clothes next to a stack of trash next to an amber glass bottle.
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    Courtesy of Loop Industries
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    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 • Jan. 26, 2024
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    Syriopro via Getty Images
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    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 • Jan. 26, 2024
  • A collection of cans, cartons, glass and plastic bottles laid out on grass
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    Nuclear_lily via Getty Images
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    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
  • A person holds a clear beverage cup with a clear straw.
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    Courtesy of AmerCareRoyal
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    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 • Jan. 22, 2024
  • Bales of plastic go down a conveyor belt at Republic's Las Vegas Polymer Center
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    Courtesy of Republic Services
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    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 • Jan. 18, 2024
  • A Tropicana orange juice bottle in which the Tropicana logo does not feature the letters 'A' or 'I'
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    Courtesy of Tropicana
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    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 • Jan. 12, 2024
  • A pile of plastic bottles.
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    ABimagestudio via Getty Images
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    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 • Jan. 11, 2024
  • Two people sit and eat granola bars
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    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 • Jan. 11, 2024
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    w-ings via Getty Images
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    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 • Jan. 8, 2024
  • Mixed plastic packaging laid out against a yellow backgruond
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    Almost Green Studio via Getty Images
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    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 , • Jan. 8, 2024
  • An eight-pack bundle of Tesco branded packs of tissues.
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    Courtesy of Tesco
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    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 • Jan. 5, 2024
  • Restaurantware's leaf-shaped bagasse tasting dish
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    Permission granted by Restaurantware
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    Bagasse sweetens the case for compostable packaging

    Bagasse packaging, derived from sugarcane, is considered an environmentally sound option for food service products. Choosing the right use case is key for performance.

    By Hollie Stephens • Jan. 4, 2024
  • The California state flag waves in the wind.
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    Stock Photo via Getty Images
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    CalRecycle releases initial findings for recyclability labeling, EPR law implementation

    In addition to sharing the SB 343 preliminary findings report, the agency also published draft rules and a covered materials category list pertinent to SB 54.

    By • Jan. 3, 2024
  • Woman holding grocery bag and receipt
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    Packaging laws taking effect in 2024

    Here’s what to know about state laws coming into force this year that expand bottle bills, restrict carryout bags and containers, ban PFAS and require recycled content in packaging.

    By • Jan. 2, 2024
  • A pink piece of fish wrapped in vacuum-sealed plastic.
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    Courtesy of Südpack
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    Packaging innovations: Südpack gets fishy, Kellanova trims plastic

    Plus, Redsmith Distillery feels blue over recycled glass and Tipa blows the lid off of compostable coffee pods.

    By • Dec. 22, 2023
  • Brown paper wrapped gifts with string ties.
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    Vadym Petrochenko via Getty Images
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    Packaging’s holiday connection

    Packaging is in the spotlight around the holidays, as consumers seek more sustainable gift wrap alternatives and companies aim to lessen waste while maintaining surprise for e-commerce shipments.

    By Packaging Dive Staff • Dec. 22, 2023