The leading U.S. producer of biopolymers is claiming that at least three sorting systems on the market today can sort bio-based plastic efficiently enough for commercial recycling operations. A recycling
British food retailer Tesco is in the midst of an experimental program encouraging shoppers to leave excess packaging behind before they leave the store. The six-week program, begun April 1
A seafood canner in Washington state has become one of the few U.S. food processors to stop using metal cans lined with bisphenol-A (BPA). Vital Choice Wild Seafood & Organics,
With the demonization of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), sugar is making something of a comeback on ingredient lists. HFCS has long been preferred as a sweetener because of its advantages
Retail foodservice, meaning food, drug, discount, department and club stores, represent 6% of the roughly 62 billion commercial foodservice meals and snacks consumed in a year, according to a report
Satisfaction with Wages and EarningsSource: Institute of Packaging Professionals, 630-544-5050; www.iopp.org Happy workers are usually productive workers. Packaging professionals must be productive because they’re pretty happy. So says the 2008
A spate of recent studies are confirming, and quantifying, what any casual observer of the food and beverage industry knows: The economic downturn is profoundly affecting consumer behavior.Consumers wracked by
Procter & Gamble has “amicably” settled its 17-month lawsuit against Kraft Foods regarding patents for a plastic container for ground coffee.P&G, which previously manufactured Folgers products until selling the brand
Coca-Cola has pledged $400,000 to help Michigan State University establish a Center for Packaging Innovation and Sustainability. The planned center, to be housed in the university’s School of Packaging, will
A British-Irish company has established a division to convert flexible packaging in fast, short runs for specialty applications.Foster Packaging has set up Flexible Express to convert pouches, printed film and
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