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PMMI will launch an online platform to help interpack attendees quickly identify and engage with its member companies showcasing game-changing innovations at the event in D?sseldorf.

A recent benchmarking survey commissioned by the Foodservice Packaging Institute finds widespread but varied acceptance of foodservice packaging by material recovery facilities.

Protective packaging demand in the US is projected to increase 4.5% per year to $6.4 billion in 2018, an improvement from the 2008-2013 performance based on a strengthening of the economy, including recoveries in the manufacturing and construction segments, which were hit hard during the 2007-2009 recession.

PMMI announces PACK EXPO East 2015 will take place Feb. 16–18 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

A member of the SPC since 2005, McDonald’s is the first national restaurant chain to join How2Recycle, a program dedicated to clearly and consistently communicating recyclability to the public.

The consumer packaging sector in India has grown rapidly over the last two decades with significant investments in modern technology, capacity enhancement and the introduction of new products

The recycling of rigid plastics excluding bottles rose to nearly 1.02 billion pounds in 2012, an increase of 10% over 2011 and triple the amount recycled in 2007 when the industry first began tracking rigid plastics recycling.

Expansion of the quick service restaurant industry has fueled increasing demands for specialty papers in the food service sector.

World demand for food containers is forecast to increase 4.5 percent annually to $139 billion in 2017.

The Reusable Packaging Association has established a new industry-wide committee to establish sanitation standards and guidelines for reusable containers used throughout the food supply chain.