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Amcor Released 2024 Sustainability Report Highlighting Key Achievements and Progress
10.17.2024

Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, released its 2024 Sustainability Report. The report shows significant achievements and continued progress in the company’s sustainability aspirations. In addition to having its safest...

LYB Completes Acquisition of Solvent-based Recycling Company APK
10.17.2024

LyondellBasell (LYB) announced it became full owner of APK AG in Merseburg, Germany. APK will be fully integrated and continue as part of LYB, a sustainability leader in the chemical industry. It is LYB’s ambition...

Henkel's Düsseldorf Site Gets ISCC PLUS Certification
10.17.2024

Henkel Adhesive Technologies’ polyurethane production at its Düsseldorf site has recently received the International Sustainability Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification. Following in the footsteps of Drogenbos, Belgium, and Bopfingen, Germany, this is the adhesive manufacturer’s...

Charter Next Generation Releases Inaugural Sustainability Report
10.17.2024

Charter Next Generation (CNG), a leader in specialty films and material science solutions, proudly announces the release of its first-ever Sustainability Report. This report showcases significant advancements made in 2023 as CNG fulfills its purpose...

Amcor Achieves EcoVadis Gold Medal
10.08.2024

Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, has been awarded the prestigious EcoVadis Gold medal for its industry-leading sustainability practices. Amcor's overall score increased from 70 to 73, placing the company...

Constantia Flexibles Reaches New Sustainability Benchmark by Obtaining the Letter of Compatibility (Design for Recycling) from RecyClass
10.08.2024

As the EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) nears implementation, the demand for mono-material packaging solutions has never been more critical. In response, Constantia Flexibles proudly announces that one of its innovative pharmaceutical packaging...

Berry Investment ‘Will Help Make Front of Store Soft Plastic Recycling a Reality’
10.04.2024

Berry Global’s recycling business in the UK has recently invested in upgrading its advanced used plastic packaging recycling complex in Heanor, Derbyshire. The facility is able to recycle a wide variety of flexible – or...

Pregis Expands Curbside-Recyclable Paper Packaging Solutions; Showcases at Pack Expo 2024
10.04.2024

Pregis® expands its EasyPack® on-demand paper systems portfolio with three curbside-recyclable solutions that will be featured at Pack Expo 2024. These additions strengthen the comprehensive Pregis paper systems portfolio, which supports a wide range of in-the-box...

DuPont Announces Winners of the Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Awards
10.04.2024

DuPont today announced the winners of its global awards program, the Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Awards, during the virtual Medical Packaging Conference (MPC) hosted by DuPont. This annual awards program recognizes leaders across the healthcare...

Mondi Unveils Paper-Based Mailer: A Win for Customers and the Planet
10.04.2024

Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, launches its new recyclable Protective Mailers made entirely of paper. The innovative mailers, developed in collaboration with Amazon, enable eCommerce companies to securely ship goods without...

Flexcon Global Wins 2024 TLMI Calvin Frost Journey Award for Sustainability
10.04.2024

Flexcon Global, the preferred provider of innovative coatings, film laminations, and functional technologies, is proud to announce that they have been honored with the 2024 TLMI Calvin Frost Journey Award for Sustainability. This honor recognizes...

Benefits of EPR Explained: New Educational Video Released by FPA’s Emerging Leadership Council
09.26.2024

As part of its ongoing outreach and education program, the Emerging Leadership Council (ELC) of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) recently released a new video that explains how flexible packaging works with extended producer responsibility...

APR and CPT Join to Promote North American Plastics Recycling Through Research and Pilot Projects
09.26.2024

 The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and Canada's Circular Plastics Taskforce (CPT) are collaborating to improve North American plastics recycling systems through pilot and research projects. APR and the CPT share the common goal...

Korozo Group Launches Flexible Packaging with DDP Link
09.25.2024

Korozo has partnered with R-Cycle to launch a prototype spouted flexible packaging pouches made using the company's proprietary KoroRCY film, which feature a QR code linking to the pack’s Digital Product Passports (DDP). Via the...

XSYS Partners for Sustainable Flexo Solutions
09.25.2024

XSYS has announced the successful result of a new collaboration aimed at creating more eco-friendly flexo solutions. The project brings together the expertise of top suppliers across prepress, plates, ink, substrates, sleeves, plate mounting and...

More Reliability in Coding & Marking for the Food Industry
09.19.2024

Packaging leader SÜDPACK and industrial printing specialist LEIBINGER have joined forces to meet the growing demand for sustainable packaging solutions. The first joint project is testing the suitability of CIJ inks for printing on recyclable...

Mango Materials Enters Agreement with Vacaville
09.19.2024

In a regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday night, Vacaville City Council unanimously approved a deal with Mango Labs, a local biotech company, on a Lease and Biogas Purchase Agreement on city-owned property near a wastewater...

Berry White Paper Offers Key Considerations for Industrial Stretch Film Solutions
09.05.2024

A new white paper from Berry Global offers insights on how to balance the drive towards more sustainable industrial stretch films while delivering the required levels of performance and reliability for every application. Businesses across...

FPA Signs Coalition Letter Requesting a Veto of California’s Senate Bill 1053 (Blakespear)
09.05.2024

We, the undersigned, are writing to request your veto of Senate Bill 1053 (Blakespear), which will prohibit grocery stores from selling certified reusable polyethylene bags made with 40 percent post-consumer resin (PCR) at the point...

Circulate Capital to Build Recycling Infrastructure in Latin America
09.03.2024

Environmental investment firm Circulate Capital is deploying $250 million, provided by some of the world’s largest consumer packaged goods companies, recyclers, and other supply chain actors, to build plastics recycling infrastructure overseas. Having set the...

Closing the Loop: John Richard Of Flexible Packaging Association On Embracing the Circular Economy
09.03.2024

In our current economic model, we see a lot of waste and inefficiency. Products are designed, used, and then discarded, often creating environmental and economic burdens. The circular economy offers a solution by designing out...

California Bills to Ban Plastic ‘Reusable’ Shopping Bags Head to Newsom
09.03.2024

Plastic bags at stores across California could soon become a relic of the past after lawmakers passed two bills that would expand the state’s existing single-use bag ban to include the “recyclable” alternative now used...

The CIRCLE Alliance: Scaling Packaging Circularity to Reduce Plastic Waste
09.03.2024

The CIRCLE Alliance – a new $21 million public–private collaboration co-founded by Unilever, USAID and EY – aims to support entrepreneurs and small businesses across the plastics value chain to scale solutions that reduce plastic...

Sustainability—The ‘Megatrend’—Requires Commitment and Collaboration
08.29.2024

Over the years, BOBST has been committed to its industry vision of “Shaping the future of the packaging world,” with sustainability as one of the four pillars. This focus is now reaching a critical juncture...

Minnesota Becomes 5th State to Pass Packaging EPR Law
08.29.2024

Even with 2024 being a short year for legislative sessions and the national elections taking center stage this November, some states felt the need to introduce legislation on extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging. Out of...

PA Consulting, Searo Labs to Produce Seaweed-based Packaging for Global Brands
08.22.2024

PA Consulting (PA), the global innovation and transformation consultancy, has joined forces with Searo Labs, innovators in sustainable materials, to develop cutting-edge seaweed-based products that offer alternatives to plastic and single-use items. The collaboration is...

AWT Labels & Packaging Achieves EcoVadis Bronze Sustainability Status
08.22.2024

AWT Labels & Packaging, a leader in the label and packaging industry has achieved a Bronze Medal from EcoVadis for Sustainability Performance. This notable recognition places AWT Labels & Packaging within the top 35% of...

Siegwerk Achieves ISO Certification for Carbon Calculation and Reporting
08.19.2024

Siegwerk today announces its successful completion of a comprehensive carbon audit. The audit consisted of two parts – the validation of the Partial Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of inks, coatings and varnishes and the verification...

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