August 2023
Top 21 Sustainable Packaging Suppliers Revealed
More than half the companies on the list are organizations with a demonstrated commitment to making plastic packaging more sustainable. …
Brilliant Reuse Ideas for Your Plastic Bottles
Why recycle that plastic bottle if you can cleverly repurpose it? Popular video of hacks reveals reuse options for the sustainably minded handyman or woman. …
EPA Selects University of Nebraska-Lincoln for Nearly $100K Grant Toward Groundwater Environmental Project
LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 28, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of 33 organizations to receive over $3.1 million in funding for projects under the Environmental Education Grants program, including $99,795 to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will use the funding…
Jones Soda’s Mobile-AR Labels Spring to Life
Proprietary augmented reality technology makes it easier for consumers to engage with Jones Soda’s packaging. …
EPA Presents the 2023 President’s Environmental Youth Awards
NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality presented plaques to the 2023 recipients of the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) program earlier this month. Among the winners is Kaitlyn Culbert, a Toms River High School North rising senior from…
Medical Packaging Conference Announces Dates for 2024
Still held in May, thePACKout conference changes venue to southern California and invites you to “ride the wave of innovation and inspiration.” …
Cocktails Mixed On-Demand with a Packaging Twist
The Glenlivet’s Twist & Mix Cocktails’ innovative flavor-in-a-capsule packaging gives at-home mixologists a new way to conveniently enjoy fresh, bar-quality blends. …
DEQ and EPA lead cleanup of wood preservative release in Sheridan
SHERIDAN (Aug. 23, 2023) – The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the City of Sheridan and Stella-Jones Inc. established a unified command to coordinate the response to a spill of diesel-containing wood preservative at the Stella-Jones facility in Sheridan. A mixture of diesel and…
EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of St. Louis, Missouri, After Selection for Brownfields Grant
EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister presents a $500,000 ceremonial check to the Community Development Administration (CDA) of St. Louis, Missouri, at City Hall on Aug. 24, 2023. Left to right: EPA Region 7 Press Officer Jonathan Klusmeyer, McCollister, CDA Executive Director Nahuel Fefer, and St. Louis Mayor…
Best of Summer-Inspired Packaging Designs
From a baseball-bat shaped bottle to surprise graphics on frozen yogurt, here are four packaging designs that helped us enjoy summer. …