Constantia Flexibles has retained its EcoVadis Platinum rating for 2025, reaffirming its position among the top 1% of companies worldwide assessed globally based on environmental, social and governance criteria. Building on its first Platinum recognition...

Businesses with ambitions to shrink their plastic waste travel a rocky road. Their battle en route to their sustainability goals lies in that they face multiple systematic barriers. They find scant infrastructure to manage their...

The 2024 “State of the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry Report” released earlier this year by the Annapolis, Md.-based Flexible Packaging Association says the industry was estimated to reach $42.9 billion in annual sales in 2023....

TOPPAN Holdings Inc. has been recognized for its disclosure and practices in the areas of Climate Change and Water Security with selection to the A List in both categories for consecutive years in the 2025...

Emerald Packaging, the largest supplier of retail flexible packaging for the produce industry, announced a significant sustainability milestone. Over the past year, the company has replaced over one million pounds of virgin polyethylene (PE) with...

The Circular Plastics Taskforce (CPT), Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) and Recycle BC, all Canada-based organizations, have launched BiblioFlex, an initiative aimed at improving the understanding of flexible plastic packaging composition and its market dynamics across...

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) is proud to announce the launch of Positives of Plastic (www.positivesofplastic.org), a new digital platform designed to serve as the go-to resource for information about plastic materials, the plastics industry,...

Deschutes County, Oregon, has expanded options for residents to recycle items that can’t be placed in curbside recycling bins. Deschutes County Solid Waste installed additional recycling containers at Knott Landfill in Bend, Oregon, and the...

DuPont recently announced the winners of the second annual Tyvek Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Awards. Now in its second year, the program honors healthcare industry leaders who are advancing sustainability across every stage of the packaging...

Flexible packaging is pretty miraculous. It’s incredibly lightweight, yet strong. It’s inexpensive and has a low carbon footprint. And it makes life more convenient (if you’re a parent, you know first-hand the time-saving relief of...

Cross-industry European initiative RecyClass has approved a new range of nitrocellulose-free inks for use in surface and reverse printing on flexible plastic packaging. The approval came after testing confirmed that the inks are compatible with...

Ahead of the official launch of the UK Packaging Pact in April 2026, WRAP announces the names of the fifty-five founding organisations who’ve already signed up to the ten-year Pact to bring sweeping changes across...

Flint Group, a leading supplier of inks, coatings and service solutions for the global packaging and print industry, is accelerating progress against its environmental goals as the company’s 2024 Sustainability Report reveals that it has...

USPP’s position paper aims to strike a balance between what the organization considers polarizing opinions on the technologies. That divide can make it harder to fairly evaluate future impacts of chemical recycling on the greater...

Many brand owners and packaging converters think that about 5% to 10% further source reduction in packaging is feasible in the next five years — with the right innovations, legislative support and understanding of nuanced...

The global landscape is moving decisively towards a model where performance and environmental responsibility are inseparable. While effective material protection remains essential, industry leaders now recognize that true value lies in solutions that embrace the...

The Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging initiative (CEFLEX) has announced a new leadership team to guide the next phase of the initiative, following the planned transition of Project Coordinator and founder Graham Houlder towards retirement....

Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens announced she will introduce a bipartisan resolution designating November 15th, 2025, as “America Recycles Day” to show how recycling boosts Michigan's manufacturing economy, creates jobs, and keeps our communities cleaner. Here’s...

Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens announced she will introduce a bipartisan resolution designating November 15th, 2025, as “America Recycles Day” to show how recycling boosts Michigan's manufacturing economy, creates jobs, and keeps our communities cleaner. FPA...

Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, has been awarded a Gold rating by EcoVadis for the second consecutive year. This places Archroma in the top 5% of more than 150,000 companies...

Packaging manufacturer Coveris‘ Winsford plant has been awarded both the RecyClass Recycling Process Certificate and the RecyClass Recycled Plastics Traceability Certificate at Level 2. The RecyClass Recycling Process Certification confirms that post-industrial and post-consumer plastic...

Cortec’s barrier paper portfolio just got more sustainable! Industries looking for environmentally responsible options in the area of barrier packaging should take a closer look at the new EcoBio™ Barrier Paper, a premium recyclable, repulpable,...

As public and private entities continue efforts to boost recycling rates, there are numerous infrastructure investments, curbside programs and new state laws that have also played a role this year. Recycling efforts in the United...

TOPPAN Inc., a TOPPAN Group company and wholly owned subsidiary of TOPPAN Holdings Inc., and its India-based subsidiary TOPPAN Speciality Films Private Limited (TSF), have installed a hybrid manufacturing line capable of producing both biaxially-oriented...

General Mills and P&G outline how brand owners are going beyond EPR compliance by subsidizing film recovery via USFFI and CalFFlex, investing in new technology, and collaborating with converters to build the infrastructure flexible packaging...

Westlake Corporation announced that Westlake Polyethylene’s LDPE Sulphur, Louisiana manufacturing site has attained the globally-recognized International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification. This achievement includes mass balance certification, recognizing the site’s robust systems for...

Since its launch in January, the Plastic Film Recycling Directory, published by the Flexible Film Recycling Alliance (FFRA), has surpassed 150,000 unique users—a new milestone in efforts to educate consumers about their options for recycling...

The Upcycle project has officially launched, funded by Horizon Europe under the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA) and coordinated by Aalborg University in Denmark, with 19 partners from 12 countries seeking to develop...