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  • Three containers holding different varieties of FrogTape brand painter's tape.
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    Packaging innovations: FrogTape hops away from plastic, Digital Link gets chatty

    Plus, Mondi expands high-contrast digital printing, Stora Enso’s SBS goes high end, and Fiberdom joins Kiefel in blowing the lid off dry molded fiber.

    By • Sept. 26, 2025
  • Two hands place two purple plastic reusable cups toward a receptacle that says "Thanks for dropping your reusable cup here."
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    Plastic, metal, or another material? Reusable packaging substrates pose tradeoffs

    Materials in reusables present different cost and durability profiles and environmental footprints. The space is ripe for manufacturers to innovate, sources say.

    By • Sept. 17, 2025
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    Corrugated comeback? Fiber’s yearslong slide could be easing

    Analysts believe corrugated markets are at an inflection point, in part due to this year’s uncommonly large containerboard capacity reductions and a milder-than-feared tariff environment. But recovery is not expected to be dramatic.

    By • Sept. 16, 2025
  • A tightly packed bale of crushed plastic bottles, compressed into a rectangular block and wrapped in clear plastic film. The bale contains various colored plastic bottles, flattened and compacted together, ready for recycling.
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    How far can EPR drive recycled content uptake?

    Questions remain around how to effectively track recycled content in packaging and how to incentivize sourcing recycled material within North America. States such as Colorado are debating this as they enact EPR programs.

    By Marissa Heffernan • Sept. 15, 2025
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    Packaging innovations: Sam’s Club loses labels, Crocs blacks out

    Plus, PakTech introduces a can cap to prevent children from getting into beverages infused with hemp or cannabis.

    By • Sept. 12, 2025
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    Can recycling advancements get black rigid plastics off packaging’s blacklist?

    More MRFs are adding technologies to sort the material, but some brands and manufacturers are still switching away from the color. As black plastic reaches a tipping point, end market challenges create uncertainty about its future.

    By • Sept. 9, 2025
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    Colgate-Palmolive signs on to AI tool for biomaterials development

    Biomaterials company Erthos plans to commercialize its platform, Zya, in early 2026 to aid CPG companies with faster and less risky development of biopolymers for packaging.

    By • Sept. 8, 2025
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    Screenshot: Foodservice Packaging Insitute/YouTube

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    Adding new commodities brings recycling education challenges

    The Foodservice Packaging Institute updated its toolkit to help create recycling education campaigns. Stakeholders underscore the need for collaboration and taking a “careful step-by-step approach” when adding new items.

    By • Sept. 3, 2025
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    Paper and Packaging Board shutdown reflects corporate, market changes

    President Mary Anne Hansan shared more about the phaseout of the industry marketing initiative, highlighting evolutions in executive leadership and the economic, policy and sustainability landscapes since 2014.

    By • Aug. 22, 2025
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    Packaging innovations: Laffy Taffy’s new wrappers are no laughing matter

    Plus, AeroFlexx floats a new packaging format for a Boogie bath product, and Graphic Packaging International works with Radienz Living on a laundry pod container.

    By • Aug. 22, 2025
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    Blue Polymers takes over food-grade rPET pellet production in California

    “Whereas we sell flake to folks that create pellets, now we can sell pellets to folks that create packaging,” said Pete Keller, vice president of recycling and sustainability at Republic Services, a partner in the Blue Polymers venture.

    By • Aug. 19, 2025
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    Driven by EPR, brands to offer film and flexibles funding to California recyclers

    General Mills, Mars, PepsiCo and other brands are investing in film and flexible packaging recycling in the state as California implements stricter recycling regulations for the materials under SB 54.

    By Megan Quinn • Aug. 18, 2025
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    Driving change: Sustainable innovation in flexible packaging can’t wait

    Making the shift to recyclable materials for low-barrier applications.

    Aug. 18, 2025
  • A large yellow front loader moves a scoop of shredded paper and cardboard onto a conveyor labeled "Drum Feeder" inside a dimly lit industrial warehouse. The floor and surrounding area are covered in piles of mixed paper waste and recyclables.
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    Exports pulled down 2024 paper recycling rate: AF&PA

    Decreased fiber exports, especially to Asia, affected both paper and OCC recycling rates in the U.S., according to the American Forest & Paper Association. But domestic mills increased their fiber consumption.

    By • Aug. 13, 2025
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    Novelis sees ‘strong demand’ for aluminum beverage packaging sheet

    The company is readying additional capacity at a new Alabama facility as it expects continued sustainability-driven growth in aluminum beverage packaging.

    By • Aug. 12, 2025
  • A stick of Dura Chill branded deodorant sits next to a can of Coors Light beer, both of which feature similar packaging images with mountains.
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    Packaging innovations: Coors Light pits out, Pure Sunfarms gives a peek at weed

    Plus, SIG works on a monomaterial bag for boxed wine, Smurfit Westrock and Papa Johns partner on digitally printed boxes to fit entire meals, Aptar brings biobased resins to nasal spray pumps, and more.

    By • Aug. 11, 2025
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    Manufacturers nix the USDA’s Paper and Packaging Board

    Since 2014, the organization has been funded by paper manufacturers and importers to boost paper-based packaging markets. But a recent vote on continuing the marketing efforts failed to garner majority support.

    By • Aug. 8, 2025
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    What does ReMa’s new paper cup specification mean for packaging companies?

    The addition is expected to boost acceptance in recycling streams and at mills. It comes as Graphic Packaging International preps a new recycled paperboard mill to accept 15 million cups per day as feedstock.

    By • July 31, 2025
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    Policy shifts keep chemical footprint efforts in pendulum swing

    Following pushes to reduce certain chemicals in packaging and Trump administration changes, industry and advocates ponder what’s next. Limitations remain, including around high-performance materials.

    By April Reese • July 29, 2025
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    Q2 containerboard production decrease tracks with 2025 trend

    U.S. production for domestic use declined less than for exports, according to the American Forest & Paper Association. 

    By • July 28, 2025
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    Packaging innovations: Huhtamaki’s cool cup compostability, UFP goes to crate lengths

    Plus, Stora Enso and Novapor get ready to scale production after a plastic-free foam pilot program.

    By • July 18, 2025
  • A person's hands open the paper-based cap on a paper-based bottle of Absolut Vodka.
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    Packaging innovations: Absolut tops itself with fiber, Aldi is glued to its beer

    Plus, Amcor divides up its trays and BiOrigin Specialty Products helps food service operators block grease.

    By • July 11, 2025
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    Insights from the 2025 Packaging Recycling Summit

    Catch up on Packaging Dive’s coverage from the third annual event, including about industry collaborations, prioritizing consumers and the scramble to meet extended producer responsibility deadlines.

    By • July 10, 2025
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    More than a PFAS replacement: Starch-based coating companies expand

    Companies such as Ingredion, Roquette and Kuraray are incorporating new research to meet demand from customers in food service and e-commerce.

    By Hollie Stephens • June 26, 2025
  • Two people in white lab coats work in Braskem's Renewable Innovation Center in Lexington, Massachusetts
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    Inside Braskem’s push to scale biopolymer production for packaging and more

    The Brazilian chemical company’s recently opened $20 million research facility in Massachusetts is part of the company’s broader network of R&D sites and interest in alternatives to fossil-based plastics.

    By • June 25, 2025