Sustainability
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Danone chooses cartons for initial How2Recycle Plus rollout
The company also detailed other packaging formats where it’s considering adding the labels, which include a Recycle Check QR code. It’s unclear how much consumers engaged with those QR codes during other brands’ pilots.
By Maria Rachal • Updated 14 hours ago -
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Clorox says 2023 cyberattack hurt progress on 2030 plastic, waste reduction goals
The company is reassessing some sustainability goals, according to its latest annual report. Data shows the company stagnated on lowering virgin material and upping PCR in packaging.
By Maria Rachal • Oct. 9, 2024 -
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Yum! Brands’ 2025 virgin plastic reduction target remains in question
The corporation described packaging sustainability efforts across its fast-food brands in an ESG report, including updating Pizza Hut box graphics to promote recycling and expanding mail-in recycling for Taco Bell sauce packets.
By Katie Pyzyk • Oct. 8, 2024 -
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Deep DiveInside the debate over PLA, the packaging industry’s favorite bioplastic
Polylactic acid has been around for decades, but it only became popular as an option for compostable packaging more recently. While some environmental groups question its credentials, the packaging sector expects demand to grow.
By Mary Catherine O'Connor • Oct. 8, 2024 -
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Consumers are confused by packaging sustainability claims
Between greenwashing, confusing terminology and a lack of information, a lot gets lost in translation, according to speakers from the National Retail Federation, NielsenIQ and others at recent industry events.
By Katie Pyzyk • Oct. 7, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Cruz FoamWhy sustainable packaging materials matter in B2C shipping
The rapid rise in e-commerce, and the resulting increase in B2C shipping, has revolutionized how consumers receive products. However, this convenience has come at a significant environmental cost.
Oct. 7, 2024 -
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How2Recycle Plus ready to take dynamic labels mainstream
The new offering features a QR code so consumers can access localized recycling information. It will come at a higher price to brands than the more traditional How2Recycle Pro label. Danone will be the first to adopt it.
By Maria Rachal • Oct. 4, 2024 -
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Deep DiveHush-hush: Is greenwashing pushback prompting pivot to ‘greenhushing’?
Companies must focus on data to back their sustainability claims instead of resorting to silence, or exaggerations, said sources from groups such as the U.S. Plastics Pact, Glass Packaging Institute and McCormick & Co.
By Katie Pyzyk • Oct. 3, 2024 -
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BPI Summit highlights ongoing compostable packaging debate ahead of USDA decision
World Centric, the California Compost Coalition, Athens Services, Dirt Hugger, A1 Organics, Moonshot Compost and others weighed in with their thoughts about this growing category of packaging.
By Mary Catherine O'Connor • Oct. 2, 2024 -
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The How2Recycle label is getting a new look
The campaign to transform the instructional label program involves a refreshed design, enhanced data sources and partners handling different aspects of the system, and planning for greater investment in consumer education.
By Maria Rachal • Oct. 1, 2024 -
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Packaging trade shows to watch in 2025
Mark your calendar: These U.S. conferences and events will cover timely trends in sustainable packaging design, recycling technologies, regional market trends, substrate evolutions, automation and more.
By Packaging Dive Staff • Oct. 1, 2024 -
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Nespresso spotlights aluminum in marketing campaign
The Nestlé coffee brand timed the campaign to New York's Climate Week as it seeks to position itself as a more sustainable format than other single-use coffee products.
By Sara Karlovitch • Sept. 27, 2024 -
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Insights from the 2024 Packaging Recycling Summit
AI applications, recycled plastic supply and demand, and how brands are thinking about extended producer responsibility were among the topics Packaging Dive covered from this year’s event in California.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 27, 2024 -
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Packaging innovations: Bottle material changes from Albertsons and Johnnie Walker
Plus, Cambio Roasters and Glatfelter debut new coffee pod packaging, while Sleever partners with Cambio for a biodegradable shrink sleeve.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 27, 2024 -
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Home Depot phases out EPS, PVC in fiber packaging overhaul
The process required ample testing and collaboration. “We sell light bulbs, we sell appliances, we sell toilets. These are products that are prone to damage if they are not secured with the right packaging,” said one sustainability leader.
By Maria Rachal • Sept. 20, 2024 -
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Want to know what packaging EPR will look like in the US? So does everyone else.
The industry’s perception of EPR has changed the last two years, according to a speaker at the Packaging Recycling Summit. But stakeholders are still seeking answers related to data collection, ecomodulation and more.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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Largest US arena aims to take aluminum water bottles mainstream
Chicago’s United Center is partnering with local water company Culligan to shun single-use plastic. Although the city has struggled to improve its recycling, the arena can serve as a dense area for messaging, collection and impact.
By Maria Rachal • Sept. 17, 2024 -
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Sparkling water craze meets reuse with Aerflo’s launch
Investor Closed Loop Partners hailed the convenience of the startup’s refillable bottle system. Aerflo estimates its reusable capsules, which carbonate water on the go, could each displace more than 330 beverage cans.
By Maria Rachal • Sept. 12, 2024 -
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EPA recommends BPI, GreenScreen, other ecolabels in food service ware procurement
It’s the first time in nearly 10 years the agency is evaluating new recommendations of standards for sustainable federal purchasing. EPA said it would accept comments on the proposed updates for 30 days.
By Maria Rachal • Sept. 11, 2024 -
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Keurig Dr Pepper to pay $1.5M to settle charges about K-Cup recyclability
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says the beverage company omitted from filed documents some important information about testing the curbside recyclability of its K-Cup coffee pods.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 10, 2024 -
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As Amazon and others nix air pillows, packaging manufacturers diversify to cushion the blow
Packaging companies are having to adapt to keep up as e-commerce expands and protective packaging trends shift. Retailers are trying new void fill materials, rightsizing packages and more.
By Shefali Kapadia • Sept. 10, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Cruz FoamHow to deliver high protective performance with sustainable block and brace packaging
As consumer demand for sustainability rises and regulations tighten, companies are abandoning plastic foams and switching to more sustainable alternatives.
Sept. 9, 2024 -
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Packaging innovations: McDonald’s four-flap McFlurry, Capri-Sun bottle debate
Plus, New England Coffee ditches its plastic pod base for commercially compostable materials.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 6, 2024 -
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Music venues become a proving ground for reusable packaging
Groups like Upstream and musicians such as Grace Potter are pushing to replace single-use cups with reusable options. This weekend’s Imagine Zero Music Festival is the latest example of a reuse-focused event.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 6, 2024 -
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Myplas film recycling plant in Minnesota to reopen under new ownership
GDB Circular plans to upgrade the facility and improve operations at the film recycling plant, which opened in December but idled soon after due to financial issues.
By Megan Quinn • Sept. 4, 2024
