Brightmark LLC, a circular solutions company with a mission to Reimagine Waste®, announced plans to develop a 2.5 million-square-foot circularity center in Thomaston, Georgia, with the capacity to repurpose over 400,000 tons of plastic per...

Food packaging has a unique role in protection. Protecting food from waste directly protects our natural resources — water, land, and air. Food packaging is also an indirect food additive, so we need to ensure...

Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc., a global leader in air pollution capture and control technology, is addressing the critical need for effective pollution solutions within the recycling industry. As recycling facilities worldwide strive to...

Sonoco Products Company,, one of the largest global sustainable packaging companies, released its 2023 Corporate Sustainability Report which highlights progress made in support of its environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives. This report was prepared...

At ACHEMA 2024 MULTIVAC (Hall 3.1, Stand C 47) will be presenting a range of pioneering and sustainable packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. The focus of the company's presence at the trade fair will...

In an era where convenience and sustainability are paramount, the retail industry is witnessing a transformative shift towards flexible packaging solutions. This innovative approach is not only altering the landscape of product packaging but is...

Industry association Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) says the European industry is making a united call to prevent the risk of de-industrialization by relaunching Europe’s competitiveness. It adds that the EU enters a new policy cycle...

Siegwerk announced its partnership with Borouge, a leading petrochemicals company that provides innovative and differentiated polyolefins solutions, to co-develop 100% recyclable mono-material solutions to further drive packaging design for a circular economy. The goal of...

In today's dog-eat-dog marketplace, packaging serves as a powerful tool for branding, marketing, and sustainability. As consumer demands evolve and environmental concerns intensify, the packaging industry is undergoing a significant transformation driven by technological advancements....

“Recycling Needs a New Game Plan” is one of the first columns that I wrote as Chief Editor of Packaging Strategies. The recyclability of flexible packaging — and communicating flexible packaging’s sustainability street cred to...

Wikoff Color Corporation has been honored with the EcoVadis Bronze Medal, recognizing Wikoff’s commitment to sustainability and responsible business practices. EcoVadis assessments meticulously evaluate 21 critical issues across four key themes: Environment, Labor & Human...

Companies that expect to be covered producers under the extender producer responsibility (EPR) laws in California, Colorado, and/or Oregon should register by July 1, 2024, with the producer responsibility organization (PRO) that will implement the...

IPG (Intertape Polymer Group) announced that its Danville, VA manufacturing plant, which produces carton sealing tape, stretch film, air pillows, and polyethylene (PE) tape, was awarded TRUE Zero Waste Certification under the TRUE (Total Resource...

The solution to finding an alternative to traditional polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cling films for fresh food applications is outlined in a new White Paper from Berry Global. “How Omni™Xtra+ Can Drive More Recycling of Cling...

We represent a variety of producers and community leaders committed to achieving California’s recycling goals and are in strong SUPPORT of SB 1231 (Allen). In 2021, California passed SB 343 (Allen, Chapter 507, Statues of...

With 60 million plastic bottles ending up in landfills and incinerators daily and microplastics contaminating every part of the environment, the promise of advanced recycling techniques that break the substances down to the molecular level...

Burak Aksoy, associate research professor in the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment at Auburn University (CFWE), developed two novel products to help reduce waste in commercial aquaculture feed pellets and meat products intended for...

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is coming to the United States. Packaging EPR was proposed in 14 states in 2023 and enacted within California, Colorado, Maine, and Oregon. EPR is an environmental policy approach that uses...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting these comments on the Preliminary Findings of CalRecycle’s SB 343 Material Characterization Study. According to the “internet research” that CalRecycle staff conducted to compile the jurisdiction section of...

Consumer Brands Association (“Consumer Brands”), the California Chamber of Commerce (“CalChamber”), and the undersigned entities (the “Coalition”) are appreciative of the opportunity to submit comments regarding the California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery’s (“CalRecycle”)...

The Annual and Sustainability Report for 2023 is available on the company’s website and is attached to this press release. On Billerud’s website, there is also a digital short version of the Annual and Sustainability...

It should come as no surprise to anyone that we all want to recycle more. In 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency set a goal to increase the national recycling rate to 50%, up from 32%....

Dow and Procter & Gamble (P&G) are joining forces to develop a new dissolution-based polyethylene recycling technology. The companies signed a joint development agreement to create a technology that efficiently converts hard-to-recycle plastic packaging into...

H.B. Fuller Company, the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, announced that one of its latest innovations, Flextra® SBA 5250 + XA 3350, has been approved by RecyClass as fully compatible with the existing...

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), Washington, has released a comprehensive report that models the potential of pyrolysis technologies as a complement to mechanical recycling for recycling plastic film and flexible packaging (FFP) back into...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce the winners of its 68th Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition. The winning entries...

Federal hearings started March 6 in Washington, D.C., to discuss a national framework for extended producer responsibility (EPR), which proponents say would help reduce the amount of waste going into landfills and remove confusion created...

On behalf of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), I write to commend the Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) for its continued efforts to improve recycling across the U.S., including the March 6, 2024,...