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Sahar Mehrabzadeh and Sara Lowe of Bay Cities share how the company is helping retailers and brands achieve compliance with California’s SB 54 and other state-level Extended Producer Responsibility programs.

Despite their small and innocuous size, produce stickers are a major focus of new packaging mandates. As policymakers continue to look for viable ways to curb packaging waste and reduce greenwashing, Gary Tee of TIPA Compostable Packaging argues that compostable stickers can address key circularity challenges. Get Gary’s insights.

Rodrigo Castaneda of TIPA and Jared Damman of WildKind make the case for compostable packaging, especially for difficult-to-recycle food contact packaging.

I was delighted to learn recently that one of my favorite food brands had responded to one of my biggest packaging pet peeves—Styrofoam coolers that clutter up my garage and create a disposal problem that I didn’t ask for. Learn about the innovative packaging alternative that they settled upon.

Alan Jones of Universal Converting Equipment offers a look at why duplex slitters are not only safer than turret slitting machines but also easier to operate and require less space. Learn how the latest advances in slitting/rewinding address long-standing challenges plaguing both narrow web and wide web converters.

After predicting last year that digital printing would dominate 15% of label sales by 2025, Paul Edwards of INX International provides an update. We sat down with Paul again to ask 1) if digital label sales grew as much as anticipated and 2) what lies in store for digital label sales going forward. Get Paul’s projections and the underlying factors behind them.

We recently sat down with SOMIC Packaging’s Peter Fox to discuss secondary packaging for dairy. Our wide-ranging discussion touched on the unique challenges of dairy packaging, how the push for sustainable packaging has imacted the industry, and machinery advancements that are improving secondary packaging. Get Peter’s insights.

North American resin costs have soared to historic highs, with no clear end in sight. Ric Lee of Atlantic Packaging suggests that the fix to the plastic price crisis starts on the pallet.

Arithmetic is simple. Compliance is not. We recently sat down with Anna Kendall of Ernst & Young LLP to discuss the challenges of meeting both imminent and long-term EPR mandates, including a coordinated May 31 reporting deadline across six states.

Coding, marking and printing are essential practices for packaging companies and brands looking to convey meaningful product information to consumers. Because of the widespread necessity of these practices, there has been a variety of innovations—from sustainable inks to laser solutions for beverage can marking. Learn more about these exciting new developments.