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Materials & Containers
WM Doubles Down on Recycling: A Conversation with VP Brent Bell
WM just announced a billion-dollar investment in recycling infrastructure. We sat down with Brent Bell, VP of recycling, to see how the money will be spent (hint: AI optical sorters and new facilities), and what it means for pack design and PCR supply.
February 2, 2024
Haulers feed the tipping floor at WM's new Houston West Side material recovery facility (MRF).
Materials & Containers
CJ Biomaterials’ scPHA Added to FDA’s Inventory of Food Contact Substances
CJ Biomaterials, Inc.
CJ Biomaterials’ semi-crystalline polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymer PHACT S1000P now can be used in the manufacture of food-contact materials sold in the United States.
February 1, 2024
Cj Biomaterials
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Mass Customization of Packaging Makes Cheerios' Heart Campaign Tick
For American Heart Month, consumers can personalize their own yellow cereal cartons to remind loved ones of heart health. These types of mass customization campaigns, in this case digital printing of variable data, are where digital printing can shine.
January 31, 2024
In honor of American Heart Month, Cheerios is offering the chance to purchase special-edition boxes or personalize your own for the ones you love.
Package Design
Castania Redesigns Nut Packaging to Prep for Expansion
Castania’s redesigned nut packaging plays on the brand's history and sets it apart from global competitors in anticipation of a market expansion.
January 31, 2024
Castania's redesigned nut packaging features copper coloring as a nod to the brand's copper roasting drums.
Materials & Containers
Pick-Off Resistant Ink for High-Speed Coding
Markem-Imaje
Markem-Imaje's 5016 ink offers 100x less pick-off for printing on horizontal flow wrappers.
January 31, 2024
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Materials & Containers
Column: If Brands Need PCR, Why is Demand for rPET so Soft?
Many big brands owners have made ambitious sustainability commitments to use more PCR, and rPET is a substrate with lots of packaging applications. So why is it so cheap, and why is demand so soft, especially heading into 2024's 'preform season?'
January 31, 2024
NAPCOR PET bottle collection and recycling rates.
Package Design
Supply Chain Eyes 2027 for Switch from 1D GTIN to Digital Link 2D Barcodes
The GTIN 1D barcode has worked for 50 years, reliably making our packaged products go 'beep' at checkout. Poised to take its place is a more capable, internet connected 2D code representation of a GS1 standard URL called Digital Link.
January 30, 2024
Dominique Guinard (left), VP of Innovation at Digimarc and founder of EVRYTHNG, which Digimarc acquired, explained at AIPIA that Digital Link is about ready for prime time, with 2027 being a practical timeline to have infrastructure prepared for the switch.
Materials & Containers
Pharma Bottle Made from 100% Recycled Plastic
Bormioli Pharma
Bormioli Pharma and Loop Industries partner address the demand for sustainable choices with a packaging solution produced completely from recycled virgin-quality Loop PET resin.
January 29, 2024
Bormioli
Flexible Packaging
Accredo Packaging Completes $10 Million Expansion in Texas
The sustainable flexible packaging company's fourth expansion adds 83,000 square feet of office space to its LEED-certified facility in Sugar Land, creating 30 jobs.
January 29, 2024
Accredo Packaging
Materials & Containers
Sustainable Packaging for Mushroom Preservation
StePac
StePacPPC’s modified atmosphere packaging addresses shelf-life challenges of highly perishable mushrooms, slowing deterioration and reducing waste.
January 29, 2024
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Materials & Containers
Sprite Gets Naked, for Now
Coca Cola strips the labels from its Sprite on-the-go rPET bottles in the company’s first U.K. trial of label-less packaging.
January 29, 2024
In place of a label, the bottle will feature an embossed logo on the front, with product and nutritional information laser-engraved on the back.
Package Design
Active, Intelligent, Connected, & Otherwise 'Smart' Packaging Hits its Stride
The stars are aligning on multiple relevant fronts: consumer behavior, legislation, technology, and data management and capacity. This confluence of advancements is slowly but surely unlocking the potential of active and intelligent packaging.
January 27, 2024
Active and Intelligent Packaging Association’s (AIPIA) 2023 World Congress, Amsterdam.
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Haulers feed the tipping floor at WM's new Houston West Side material recovery facility (MRF).
Materials & Containers
WM Doubles Down on Recycling: A Conversation with VP Brent Bell
WM just announced a billion-dollar investment in recycling infrastructure. We sat down with Brent Bell, VP of recycling, to see how the money will be spent (hint: AI optical sorters and new facilities), and what it means for pack design and PCR supply.
Widely recyclable means that more than 60% of U.S. households can toss these materials into their curbside bin.
Sustainability
Do You Know Packaging Material Recyclability?
Retrofitting remote services is cheaper than purchasing new machinery, but cost of service is still the technology's top drawback for end-users.
Business Intelligence
Cost Brings Hesitancy to Adopt Remote Services and Monitoring
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Labels
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Beverage Inline Pressure Measurement System
Antares Vision Group’s PCS700-IOT performs high-speed pressure and gas measurement for carbonated, nitrogen-dosed, and hot-filled beverages to detect leaks.
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