Capri Sun to give away recycled playgrounds, park benches, and recycling bins to celebrate
October 11, 2013
To celebrate more than 200 million drink pouches kept out of landfills and almost $4 million donated to schools and charities, Capri Sun is now vastly increasing the prizes and benefits of recycling through the Drink Pouch Brigade.
Full-wrap label consortium looks into positive results from trial run delabeling
October 9, 2013
In a continued effort to generate and test solutions to the recycling stream issues surrounding full-wrap labels on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, during its August 2013 meeting, the consortium toured a recycling facility and reviewed test results from a trial run using delabeling equipment.
Crystal Geyser Water Company acquires California manufacturing facility
October 7, 2013
Crystal Geyser Water Company, manufacturer/distributor of Crystal Geyser Sparkling Mineral Water, Juice Squeeze, Tejava and Metromint, has announced its purchase of a 145,000 square foot bottling facility located on 266 acres in Mount Shasta, CA.
The 5th All in Print China, China International Exhibition for All Printing Technology and Equipment, will be held from November 14 - 17, 2014 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center.
Fast food leader will replace polystyrene foam hot beverage cups with paper-based cups in U.S. restaurants.
September 30, 2013
McDonald’s Corporation, the world’s largest fast food franchise, will replace polystyrene foam hot beverage cups with paper-based cups at all its 14,000 U.S. restaurants.
The US market for long-life food packaging is in a state of flux. Traditionally, the food metal can is the conventional and most widely-used packaging solution for ready-to-serve soups, broths and tomato products. But today’s consumers have all kinds of criteria by which they judge the quality of a packaging type. And aseptic carton packs are among the top performers.
Industry Intelligence will help secure leading industry professionals to speak
September 19, 2013
Industry Intelligence is partnering with BNP Media to secure leading industry professionals to speak at the new Packaging Strategies conference, The Best of Food and Beverage Packaging, April 29-May 1, 2014, at the Marquette Hotel in Minneapolis