2020 showed us that “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” Is that going to stop people from making plans? No. Is it going to stop Flexible Packaging editors from asking what those plans are and sharing them with everyone? Clearly, no.
Mars Food collaborated with Amcor to make a sustainable, mono-polypropylene plastic pouch to support a circular economy where packaging does not become waste.
Amcor, in partnership with 35 leading companies in the consumer goods industry, will take measures to significantly reduce plastic waste. They will be enforcing two new design rules to deliver packaging that is easier and more cost-effective to recycle.
After its best year since 1998, according to Bloomberg, Clorox Company is planning on rolling out more pocket-sized packs of disinfecting wipes. With the plastic tubs of 35 to 75 wet wipes being a coveted item during the Covid-19 pandemic, more flat packets of are being added for on-the-go travel.
The company is calling it the world’s first large-format, high-speed, high-resolution, direct write lithography (DWL) exposure platform that has been specifically designed to originate holograms, diffractive patterns, Fresnel lenses, Fresnel “bas relief” images and “zero-color” white optical patterns for the premium packaging industry.