FPA members Ron Cotterman, PhD, Vice President of Sustainability, Sealed Air and Jeff Wooster, Dow Performance Packaging, North America were session panelists during the two day SAVE FOOD Congress, May 7-8, held in conjunction with Interpack, in Düsseldorf, Germany.

“Sustainability will change the way we do business around the world—be a part of what’s next” is the tag line Walmart used on every slide presented during their Sustainability Expo and conference held on April 29

The carbon footprint is said to be one of the most important topics for the future of the packaging industry.

The Flexible Packaging Association is leading an industry effort to address end-of-packaging–life alternatives for flexible packaging including resource recovery for multi-material laminates

One printer, one product, two journeys—each focusing on people, planet and profit—took all accolades in Flexographic Technical Association’s newly minted 2014 Sustainability Excellence Awards competition.

Flexible film packaging and bags have been under the microscope by certain groups across the nation, being labeled as environmentally unfriendly without fully examining all the angles and advantages.

Jindal Films will display its broad portfolio of oriented polypropylene (OPP) and polyolefin (PO) films for packaging innovation at Interpack 2014 on May 8-14 in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Comexi Group, machinery supplier in the flexible packaging industry, Inplacsa and Maheso have cooperated to achieve a more sustainable packaging that keeps the quality and the food security characteristics of the frozen products company.

Much is made these days about the impact man has on the environment, especially regarding the effects our packaging choices have on the state of our air, water and land/landfills; concern about the environment is on the rise.

A new approach has been introduced into the flexible packaging and multi-layer film industry.