With a stark change in power in the nation’s capital, this year brings some major landscape shifts for organizations navigating packaging and adjacent policy and regulation. 2025 is also expected to feature more EPR negotiations...

Advancements in recycling technology occur at an incredibly fast pace. This year, improvements in AI technology for sorting, decarbonization for aluminum, and ambitious goals for packaging will be at the forefront of the industry, paving...

The Flexible Packaging Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) will hold FlexPackCon® with a focus on advancements in the circular economy and the flexible packaging industry. Organizers say FlexPackCon® is a North American...

Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, today announced the launch of an NC-free toolbox bundling all its nitrocellulose (NC) free ink solutions for flexible...

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, proudly announces its support for the Flexible Film Recycling Alliance (FFRA)’s new Plastic Film Recycling Directory. This valuable...

A Monday legislative hearing on a controversial bill that calls for a dramatic decrease in single-use plastic packaging ended without a vote after calls for changes to the measure by supporters and critics. The bill,...

Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. (S&SE), a leading provider of air pollution control and energy recovery solutions, has had a year marked by critical advances in sustainable emission control, expanding its influence across diverse industries...

There could be packaging-related developments under the new administration, especially the FDA, including potential regulatory changes and updated labeling requirements. Columnists are expected to make predictions when there’s a new President, so here are five...

Aiming to increase plastic film recycling rates across the United States by improving consumer access to recycling collection points, The Flexible Film Recycling Alliance (FFRA) has launched a new Plastic Film Recycling Directory. The directory...

Circularity advocates using resources to produce products, keeping those products in use for extended periods, and disposing of them via recycling. Circularity contrasts itself with linearity, a system of resource extraction, processing, consumption, and disposal....

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the automatic addition of nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the list of chemicals covered by the Toxics Release Inventory. TRI data is reported to EPA annually by facilities...

Sustainability seems to pervade all conversations about flexible packaging—including how people view their pets. That makes sustainability top of mind for brand owners because it is top of mind for pet owners. “Most of us...

The cover feature of the January/February 2025 issue of FlexPack VOICE® is a conversation with Dan Felton, the new president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA). Felton, who started as FPA’s leader on...

The flexible packaging industry took a significant step into the political arena in 2024 with the creation of its first political action committee (PAC). Dubbed FlexPAC™ and formed by the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the...

As Dan Felton prepared to start his new position as president and CEO of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) this fall, he reflected on how some of the issues facing FPA were the same as...

As we enter 2025, we are coming off a busy year, with Minnesota passing a new packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) law and hundreds of other bills that were mostly defeated but would have created...

An audience member during a presentation about producer responsibility organizations (PROs) at the recent PACK EXPO International expressed skepticism about whether a PRO can fairly implement extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws that will ensure the...

The packaging industry is bracing for transformative changes in the new year, driven by consumer cynicism and evolving political and business priorities. Another year has gone by, and the changes coming up for the packaging...

As the voice of the flexible packaging industry, the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) works with regulators at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and other U.S. regulatory agencies...

If food waste were a country, it would rank third in environmental impact behind the United States and China. Preventing food waste is a primary strategy for mitigating the environmental consequences of our food system....

Months into the job, Jeff Fielkow discussed the fast-growing PRO’s focus areas, as well as the importance of needs assessments and harmonization. Jeff Fielkow has experience “on every side of the recycling bin.” He’s tapping...

The packaging industry touches much of the modern economy, through widespread e-commerce packaging to bulk transport packaging to extremely niche packaging solutions. Packaging Dive kept tabs on the dollar values, percentages and other numbers and...

The U.S. EPA announced Wednesday it will formally designate vinyl chloride as a high-priority substance for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Regulators will consider whether vinyl chloride — a synthetic plastic polymer...

Flint Group, a leading supplier of inks and coatings for the global print and packaging industry, announces the launch of its Sustainability Report for the 2023 financial year, which details the company’s progress against its...

Language from two industry-backed bills, the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act and Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act, was included in a broader federal budget bill that is set for a vote in Congress this week....

More plastic film was recycled in Canada in 2022 compared to 2019, but less rigid plastic made it into the system, according to the latest report from Canada Plastics Pact. The 2024 Progress Report found...

Plastics recycling and manufacturing company Revolution Sustainable Solutions continued its streak of 2024 acquisitions with the purchase of the Michigan-based Island Plastics, which Revolution said would boost capabilities in clear, food-grade resin. Island Plastics’ facility...

U.S. Plastics Pact released its 2023-2024 Impact Report, celebrating significant strides toward a circular economy for plastics while calling for stronger collaboration across industries, governments, and consumers. The report highlights achievements by the Pact's 135...