Another major grocery chain in the United Kingdom is selling milk in plastic bags. Tesco is the latest to try the flexible pouches, which the consumer places into a specially
PMMI is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Packaging Hall of Fame, which is the highest honor for packaging professionals. A 16-person commission comprising suppliers, journalists and end users
A major food company has set ambitious goals relating to sustainability, while another one has reported good progress. Unilever recently announced a plan to “sustainably source” all of its fiber-based
A new white paper from industrial standards organization Underwriters Laboratories spells out principles and definitions for the use of industrial scrap. The report, Interpreting Pre-Consumer Recycled Content Claims, provides definitions
An environmental activist group has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for failing to ban or restrict the use of bisphenol-A (BPA). The Natural Resources Defense Council, based in
A seven-year battle in Australia over purple cat food packaging has culminated in a truce between Mars Inc. and Nestlé. Under an agreement reached by the two pet food giants,
A new mobile software app that allows both packagers and consumers to attach digital information to an ordinary bar code is being used by PepsiCo and other food and beverage
MillerCoors is the latest from from among a number of packaged goods manufacturers to release its sustainability report that include results, strategies and tactics for its packaging. In
In an apparent move to focus its business on metal packaging, Ball Corp. has sold its plastics packaging business to Amcor Ltd. for $280 million.The sale of Ball’s Plastics
Reducing the number of stock-keeping units (SKUs) is a popular strategy for many retailers but is liable to backfire with consumers, according to new research from Nielsen. As part of