Sustainability and recyclability: What was once a trend in the packaging industry is now a necessity. Consumers are demanding it, brands are establishing ambitious goals and it’s up to the suppliers, equipment manufacturers and everyone else to work together in achieving it all.

How is an online retailer that ships billions of packages each year pushing to reduce packaging waste, minimize product damage and keep customers happy? 

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 24 — A coalition including many of the world’s largest consumer product companies, along with international recycling leader TerraCycle, today unveiled a global, first-of-its-kind, shopping system called Loop. The initiative is designed to change the world’s reliance on single-use packaging, offer a convenient and enhanced circular solution to consumers, while securing meaningful environmental benefits.

Berry Global, NOVA Chemicals, BASF, Dow and Henkel are among more than 25 companies that have joined The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a new, non-profit organization that aims to partner with the finance community, government and civil society to eliminate environmental plastic waste.

As brand owners in the food space look forward to 2019, several trends could – and should – affect their upcoming packaging decisions. 

“Leading a global movement for greener packaging.”

Mondi and Werner & Mertz are introducing a new, patented innovation in 2019: A 100 percent recyclable pouch with detachable decorative panels. The pouch replaces conventional flexible packaging for Frosch products and features a pioneering design that overcomes many shortcomings of the recycling process.