Packaging Digest

25
Jun

Brands Prove Biological Recycling Works for PET Bottles

The Carbios PET recycling technology uses enzymes to transform post-consumer PET to food grade, virgin quality recycled material, and gains support from four major brand owners. …

24
Jun

What’s On-Trend for Ecommerce Packaging Today?

Will computers replace packaging designers when it comes to creating effective packs for ecommerce shipping? We talk about that, and other vital ecomm stuff, in this fast-moving podcast. …

23
Jun

First Recycled Lego Brick Prototype Built

Prototype made using PET plastic from discarded bottles is the first brick made from a recycled material to meet the company’s strict standards. …

23
Jun

How to Get Plastic Packaging Back in a Circular Economy

Mechanical recycling can only take us so far, so we must look at advanced recycling methods to meet environmental objectives. However, the road is rocky. …

22
Jun

Flexible Packaging Can Polish Its Tarnished Sustainability Halo

Packaging environmental guru Bob Lilienfeld recommends you explore four options to improve the sustainability character of this already highly efficient package format. …

21
Jun

Plastic Water Bottles Made with Advanced Recycling Sold at Target

The sustainable and reusable Eco Ello Bottle made from Eastman’s Tritan Renew is available at Target stores and online. …

21
Jun

Help Fuel US Packaging Circularity by July 4th

Help determine which approved food packaging chemicals remain in use by participating in a focused, anonymous survey to support packaging circularity. …

17
Jun

3 Ways Cannabis Packages Protect Flower Flavor

Volatile compounds in cannabis flower can easily be lost, leaving dispensary customers with a product that’s not as effective or flavorful as it should be. These packaging technologies use science to tackle to the problem. …

15
Jun

How Machine Health Monitoring Can Improve Labeling Operations

Previously called predictive maintenance, Machine Health monitoring leverages today’s advantageous IoT and AI technologies to optimize your labeling and other packaging operations. …

15
Jun

Recycled Food-Grade Polypropylene Ready for Primetime

Favorable life-cycle data and backing by Greiner Packaging UK, Unilever, and other companies support the next step in commercializing food-grade rPP. …