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Boulder County Launches Pilot to Reduce Packaging Pollution

July 16, 2021

Selected businesses will receive up to $10,000 in financial support for sustainable packaging related expenses.

PrintOnPack.com Raises €450,000

July 16, 2021

Over 50% of the platform's requests have reportedly been for sustainable packaging.

Web Handling

Print Industry Leaders Give Back with The Web Handling Handbook

A new handbook from three experts documents the challenges and the evolution of web handling over the last four decades in the converting and printing industry.

Grant Gerke

July 15, 2021

We caught up with the authors to discuss current servo technology trends, today’s workforce challenges and new film properties as it relates to web handling.

"Golden Design Rules" to Tackle Plastic Waste

July 14, 2021

The rules also cover the use of clear and accurate on-pack recycling instructions, which will help consumers to ensure that packaging is sorted for the appropriate end-of-life solution.

Graphic Packaging International New Dual Ovenable Paperseal Cook Range

July 13, 2021

In line with its Vision 2025 goals, the company aims to make 100% of its products fully recyclable by 2025.

Recycling Investment

Eastman Chemical to Build a $250 Million Advanced Recycling Plant

Depolymerization technology will take polyethylene plastic waste and convert it to a 'polyester renewal technology.'

Grant Gerke

July 13, 2021

Advanced recycling, or chemical recycling, is receiving a lot of attention from investors across the world as more companies explore commercialization. In the 2019 Closed Loop Ventures report, “Accelerating Circular Supply Chains for Plastics,” the findings revealed that 40 startups or companies are currently running commercial-scale recycling facilities in the U.S. or Canada, or have plans to do so in the next two years.

NOVA Chemicals' New Moisture Barrier Resin Technology

July 12, 2021

SURPASS HPs267-AB resin — a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) that offers levels of moisture barrier performance for multilayer flexible packaging.

Podcast | Impacts of Label Tech on the Supply Chain

As label technology continues to advance, CPGs need to understand how that impacts the supply chain in order to ensure the end label meets their, and their customers’, needs.

Derrick Teal

July 11, 2021

A Freedonia Group forecast from May expects the demand for printed labels to rise 3.2% per year through 2025. The organization found that “printed labels will benefit from the increased utilization of labels for advanced product promotion, which will drive the use of more appealing, 360-degree coverage and more complex, high-quality graphics.”

Editors Forum

The Missing Link

Consumers want a circular economy that the industry is trying to provide, but there’s something missing from the chain.

Derrick Teal

July 11, 2021

I wish I were a smarter person. That’s not a self-deprecating statement, either, because I wish I were smart enough to specifically do one thing: make being a recycler profitable.