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    Tracking packaging mergers and acquisitions in 2025

    Alpla acquired KM Packaging, giving it six additional sites with 500 employees to manufacture closures for tubes, bottles and jars. Meanwhile, TerraSafe Materials and DisSolves are merging.

    Updated 15 hours ago
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    US senators call on EPA to study reuse, refill

    Recycling policy advocates Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., are teaming up again, this time on the Reuse Act, to assess opportunities in consumer packaging, food service and more.

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    Packaging innovations: Chicken changes at Sam’s Club are nothing to cluck at

    Plus, O Olive Oil & Vinegar puts the squeeze on its bottles, Amcor lightens up Bulldog tubes and Elopak partners with Dow on cartons containing recycled polymers.

  • Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney (right) and U.S. President Donald Trump (left) speak at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, on June 16, 2025.
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    Canada threatens further tariffs on US steel, aluminum

    The exact new rate will depend on progress made towards a tariff deal with the Trump administration as of July 21.

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    Danone, DuPont, Green Bay Packaging, Sonoco detail facility expansions

    Plus, International Paper is exploring its possibilities in Utah, and Nova Chemicals opened a film recycling plant with Novolex.

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    Courtesy of New York State Senator Pete Harckham
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    New York legislative session ends without Assembly vote on packaging EPR

    Packaging industry groups celebrated the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act’s failure to advance as the legislature’s formal session came to a close early Wednesday.

    Updated June 18, 2025
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    Boxed vs. bottled: Not all sustainability claims hold water, nonprofit says

    The brand Boxed Water is Better agreed to change certain environmental statements on its packaging in response to a nonprofit’s review, which was requested by the International Bottled Water Association.

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    Sonoco hires CFO with manufacturing background

    The packaging company has hired a finance executive with experience across “diverse manufacturing industries,” who will replace Sonoco’s interim CFO of about six months.

  • A brown bag bears a BPI compostable logo and says 'COMMERCIALLY COMPOSTABLE ONLY, FACILITIES MAY NOT EXIST IN YOUR AREA'
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    California delays compostable packaging crackdown before USDA vote

    In granting an extension in AB 1201, CalRecycle Director Zoe Heller said the “fluid status of stakeholders’ legal obligations would present a significant risk of market disruption and exacerbate consumers’ confusion.”

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    Retrieved from Crown Holdings on June 16, 2025
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    Crown names new COO, shuffles other leadership

    Crown Holdings will promote some longtime employees as part of the leadership rearrangement. The shifts will especially affect beverage can divisions, which are experiencing sales growth.

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    How shareholders voted on plastics and packaging proposals in 2025

    The National Legal and Policy Center and As You Sow each say they see positives after generating discussion around plastics-related proposals this year, including at Walmart, Mondelēz and The Home Depot.

  • Two dozen people holding picket signs saying they're striking against Mauser Packaging Solutions stand outside an industrial facility.
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    Teamsters strike at Mauser facility in Chicago, with support in Los Angeles, Minnesota

    The strike that began in Chicago and spread to other Mauser locations this week over contract disputes come on the heels of labor activity in Seattle in April regarding an ongoing lockout.

    Updated June 13, 2025
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    The state packaging EPR club swaps stories as implementation advances

    Lawmakers and regulators from California, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon and Tennessee shared insights on scaling up at a Product Stewardship Institute event last week.

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    GPI details inventory reduction strategy for 2025

    Graphic Packaging International is navigating consumer demand fluctuations and economic uncertainty, CFO Stephen Scherger said at an event Wednesday. Reducing inventory and production is part of the 2025 plan.

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    How much do consumers really care about sustainable packaging?

    Consumers consider packaging sustainability when making purchases, but weigh other characteristics more heavily, according to a study from McKinsey & Co. The consulting firm presents five takeaways based on a consumer survey.

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    Washington’s recycled content fines on producers drop

    The state’s Department of Ecology last week announced it fined 23 plastic producers a combined $277,000, down from October’s initial round of fines when 35 companies were on the hook for $416,554.

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    How Sonoco reduced emissions during a year of change

    Transportation revamps and process improvements were among Sonoco's impactful, but less-discussed, sustainability work in 2024, said Vice President of Global Sustainability Scott Byrne during a conversation with Packaging Dive.

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    TriMas hires new CEO from Silgan Containers

    Thomas Snyder will assume the top position later this month. His arrival comes amid streamlining measures at TriMas and a recent departure of the company’s chief financial officer.

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    California advances bills to limit PFAS and other toxics in food packaging

    Conversely, a bill to mandate tethered caps on plastic beverage containers, similar to a recent EU requirement, stalled at the halfway point of California’s legislative session.

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    O-I, GPI decry federal funding walkback for glass decarbonization projects

    “Glass is an often overlooked American success story, and it’s unacceptable to see vetted projects that advance American manufacturing competitiveness cut,” said Glass Packaging Institute President Scott DeFife.

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    Sonoco expanding 4 US paper can manufacturing sites

    Demand from snack food customers is fueling investments in the paper-bottom cans Sonoco introduced in the U.S. market last year. The product’s sustainability features, like recyclability, are driving sales, the company says.

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    ‘A wild ride’: California EPR regulatory revision process advances

    After reviewing new comments on SB 54, “while I can see we did some things well, there's some components of our regulations that are still going to need work” prior to formal rulemaking, said CalRecycle Director Zoe Heller.

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    RFID for packaging enters new markets, despite pause on FDA traceability rule

    The tracking technology is pushing into newer applications, including anti-counterfeiting for high-value goods. RFID is poised for notable growth, with innovation helping improve the tech’s operability and ensure recyclability.

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    Green Bay Packaging to invest $1B in Arkansas kraft linerboard mill

    The multiyear project also involves purchasing 300 acres of land for potential expansion in the future. The $1 billion capital investment marks the largest in central Arkansas’ history.

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    Déjà vu? New York EPR bill unpopular with packaging groups awaits fate in Assembly

    The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act has again passed the Senate. A host of trade groups that dislike the bill’s material restrictions and recycled content requirements have voiced support for an alternate bill.