A Chinese research team based in Qingdao, Shandong province, is developing a new technology for food packaging that is expected to be ecologically friendly and pose no threat to people's health.
PAC Worldwide’s new packaging for LiveGlam’s “Kiss Me” collection of lippies. Each lipstick arrives in a sleek poly bubble mailer featuring a luscious pair of red lips whose seductive shine leaps off the brand’s signature all-black matte background.
Typically not a market where sustainable packaging is regularly seen, cosmetics giant L'Oréal joins 60+ brands, retailers, government agencies and NGOs in collaboration to advance all plastic packaging in the U.S., to become reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.
Georgia-Pacific is expanding its offerings to include paper padded mailers. In May, the company opened a new facility in Arizona to manufacture curbside recyclable paper padded mailers with Amazon as a key customer.
The new line of flexible packaging options was designed for sustainability utilizing post-consumer recycled content, recyclable materials, compostable materials, downgauged materials, and/or materials derived from renewable resources.
Smurfit Kappa Colombia is partnering with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Colombia to highlight the protection and conservation of forests in the country. Under the new partnership, both organizations will work together to restore, expand and protect forests and ecosystems that are the habitat of several species of flora and fauna.
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) announced the introduction of WestRock’s CanCollar® Eco, an innovative paperboard packaging solution, for multi-pack cans in Spain.
DS Smith has launched its Circular Design Principles, citing company research that shows better packaging design could save the industry $46 billion a year in logistics costs globally. New research reveals that consumers are carefully considering company sustainability practices before purchasing, especially when it comes to wasted space.
The packaging industry, like much of the world around us, is making strides to become more sustainable and environmentally friendly. The flexographic printing market is not exempt from these trends, and as printers begin to feel pressure from customers to become more sustainable, it is important to consider how and where to implement these changes.
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