February 2023

Greenpackt®, a patented, integrated packaging system for sustainable paperboard-based stand-up pouches and rigid packs, claims CO2 reductions 53% less than polypropylene. …

ProActive Recyclable Paper-1000 replaces standard laminates and is applicable for frozen foods and certain dry foods such as confectionery. …

Packaging Digest celebrates National Snack Food Month with a packaging nod to snackers and munchers featuring major brands and unique designs. …

Focusing on sustainability can help you close the skills gap within packaging production and engineering roles, especially among Gen Zers. …

By Paul Aliprando: Don’t hold me to these numbers, but they are close enough for a discussion. For the US, the industry produces about 30BSF per month. Eighty percent of this volume is produced by integrated companies that operate 30 percent of the box plants. The remaining 20 percent of production…

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) report details its work with lawmakers and discusses research into materials recovery, advanced recycling, and syngas from waste. …

A seasonal study of at-shelf decision-making on a dairy shelf yields four takeaways that are helpful for any packaging design. …

Sealed Air’s recycle-ready food films, edible pods made from seaweed, "Take A Ride On A Tic Tac", food packaging from kudzu, Pepsi's Year of the Rabbit cans, Post Cereals goes Disney, Kellogg's protein snacks. …

Avantium technology can convert Origin’s wood-residue derived chloromethylfurfural (CMF) into sustainable, high-performance PEF biopolymers for packaging. …

This new “full solution” offers the top and bottom of a medical device package, and with some significant sustainability benefits. …