Sustainable Packaging

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C$1.5 million (£814,000) Canada-UK project will harness yeast and bacterial fermentation to produce renewable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics for packaging, personal care, health, and consumer goods.

This collaboration combines complementary expertise and a shared ambition to accelerate next-gen packaging solutions in new market segments.

Installation of these systems is part of Genera’s large-scale expansion of its manufacturing facility in Vonore, Tennessee, where locally grown grasses are transformed into molded fiber packaging solutions.

This innovation represents a leap forward in the field of polyurethane foam packaging, offering a biobased alternative to traditional fossil-based materials.

Costco and Sam’s Club Variety 2-Packs feature 75% less plastic than previous packaging, achieved by eliminating the dome and tray.

Paper tubs are part of a test and learn initiative that will inform Mondelēz’s efforts to achieve its long-term goal of reducing virgin plastic.

Whether it’s PET bottles, flexible or fiber-based packaging, glass, aluminium or specific reusable containers, the digital GreenGuide on the HERMA self-adhesive materials website provides a solid basis for decision-making with just three or four simple inputs. 

Fresh off a successful collaboration with Walmart to get potato packaging with PCR content onto store shelves, Kevin Kelly of Emerald Packaging talks about the challenges of getting sustainable flexible packaging into the market.

We look at three groups approaching packaging sustainability from three different angles: adopting modern packaging equipment, recycling flexible plastic, and harmonizing data collection to meet EPR requirements.

Blue Ocean Closures (BOC), the Swedish pioneer in fiber-based packaging innovation, has announced a major milestone: its latest generation of fiber screw caps can match or outperform fossil plastic in material cost, while delivering significantly lower energy consumption during production.