Each holiday season, shoppers buy more gifts online than the year before — not surprising, given continuous growth in e-commerce year-round. In December, surging residential package deliveries draw increased attention. As people notice boxes everywhere, it’s natural to wonder: Is e-commerce increasing packaging use and waste?
Sugar-cone maker Oexmann GmbH & Co. KG of Gelsenkirchen, Germany, contacted Mondi to create a paper ice cream cone sleeve that contained a clear plastic window, allowing the consumer to see the sugar wafer cone underneath.
Subscription packaging has boomed in 2018, and it’s not just in cosmetics and male grooming products, pet food has also seen a major uplift in popularity.
The World Packaging Organisation has announced the 189 winners of the WorldStar Packaging Awards 2019. The three countries most awarded are Japan, with 26 awards for the second year running, followed by Turkey, taking 22 and China, 21.
The Asahi Super Dry Ice Cooler Pack is a collapsible beverage pack that doubles as a cooler, with a special coating on the interior that allows consumers to add ice to the cooler with no water leaking.
Takeout food packaging from several leading U.S. grocery stores is likely treated with harmful PFAS chemicals, according to a new study released by Safer Chemicals Healthy Families and Toxic-Free Future. However, PFAS-free alternatives are widely available and in use.
With medical and/or recreational use of cannabis being legalized, we asked: Is your business diving into the cannabis market? Survey responses suggest that 37 percent are getting into the sector, with an additional 21 percent planning to add it to their business in the future.
New Chobani Gimmies come in colorful, different packaging styles with fun fruit characters on the packaging signifying the flavor. The brand met with parents and children around the U.S. to develop the Gimmies platform.
An alcoholic frozen cocktail range from LIC, which includes Grey Goose Vodka and Bombay Sapphire Gin, has new aluminum foil easy-peel lids produced by Chadwicks of Bury.
Riviana Foods Inc. has launched Minute Instant Jasmine Rice. Developed to help consumers add an international flair to their meals, it offers the core benefits of original Minute Instant Rice — ease and convenience — with the flavor of jasmine.