The shift to paper-based packaging isn’t optional anymore—it’s happening now. In this article, Bill Kuecker of Solenis explains three key fundamentals that brand managers need to know about why chemistry matters in sustainable packaging.
DS Smith and Martins Brewery have partnered to create a sustainable fiber-based, six-pack handle packaging solution with an experiential element for organic beer consumers.
Scottish firm sees growth potential with Minnesota sugar beets providing the key ingredient to create fiber-based barrier packaging that is a PFAS-free alternative to plastics.
Other members of the new organization include McDonald’s, Costa Coffee, M&S, Huhtamaki, Seda, Benders, Colpac, Sonoco, ProAmpac, Coveris, Graphic Packaging, and the European Carton Makers Association (ECMA).
On a mission to reduce plastic pollution and its climate effects, Blue Ocean Closures AB has developed a proprietary vaccum press forming technology and is producing fiber-based closures, recyclable as paper.
With the U.S. entering a new presidential administration, Packsize’s Brian Reinhart discusses potential federal regulation of packaging over the next four years, noting that state-level initiatives surrounding sustainable packaging are already having an impact.
In this podcast, we discuss Nefab's Sustainability Packaging Design Competition with San José State University. SJSU students created sustainable packaging for Cloud Network Routers. Derek Lam and the winning team—Bea Nguyen, Yvonne Nguyen, and Yaoyao Li—share their insights.
The solution integrates Eastman’s biobased and compostable Solus performance additives with BioPBS polymer to form a thin coating on UPM’s compostable and recyclable barrier base papers.
