Sustainable Flexible Packaging

Subscribe

Sunrays is proving that eco-friendly solutions can coexist with high-quality product standards.

Vendors of snack food packaging are developing recyclable, biodegradable and reusable products to expand their customer base. KYSU – whose products include freeze-dried fruits and chocolates – has unveiled packaging made entirely from recycled materials, and Bad Monkey Popcorn has created compostable packaging for one of the world’s most popular snack foods.

Amazon is also increasing the number of products that can be shipped in their original packaging provided by the manufacturer, with only an address label added.

Sustainability is a key factor in the rise in demand for high-barrier films since they serve to prevent food waste, reduce packaging and replace mixed-material alufoil laminates.

Innovative Modified Atmosphere/Modified Humidity (MA/MH) packaging developed by StePacPPC is facilitating the transition away from ice-filled polystyrene and waxed carton boxes for packaging fresh broccoli and other vegetables for long-haul shipments in both the US and Japan.

This milestone reduces market-based scope 2 emissions by over 4,000 metric tons of CO2e annually—the equivalent of driving from New York City to Los Angeles 3,723 times.

This funding will turbocharge Movopack's official launch in the UK - the company’s first expansion outside of Italy - to help tackle a growing packaging waste crisis, where an estimated 1.7 billion pieces of plastic are discarded weekly.

In May 2024, the companies had presented a MDO-PE film measuring only 18 micrometers (µm), which had been produced on an EVO Ultra Stretch blown film line from Reifenhäuser with specially developed PE materials (Polyethylene).

At a joint stand with its partners Makrev and Sweet Connect, the company from Dresden will be presenting its high-speed CHS machine as a highlight. 

Collaboration will upgrade Umaro’s alginate-rich polysaccharides into a product well-suited for Sway’s innovative bioplastic packaging products.