The term “recyclable” has long been a buzzword in the food packaging industry. But now consumers and other stakeholders are demanding more than the iconic three-arrow triangle stamped on their hamburger box. 

Pizza night is a tradition in many American households — and this year, an especially popular option for consumers staying home or scaling back on restaurant dining. In July, we learned that pizza lovers have one more reason to feel good about embracing pizza night: It’s now been officially established and agreed that the pizza box is, in fact, recyclable.

Acucote, a solutions-oriented pressure-sensitive adhesive coating manufacturer, has introduced WOff, a Wash Off Adhesive, a water-based formula that provides debonding of non-recyclable label materials from PET and glass containers, making them recoverable. 

The bottles are made with 50% post-consumer recycled plastic, and the dosing ball previously provided with every bottle has been removed, reducing the amount of virgin plastic by 1,000 tonnes annually.

Made from all natural elements, including U.S.-grown industrial hemp, the new Hemptensils™ is the first in-kind brand of plant-based disposable utensils that won't harm the environment. 

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.