The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) published a handout that illustrates the many sustainability benefits of flexible packaging and highlights the FPA’s consumer facing website,www.perfectpackaging.org.
Bimbo Bakeries USA, the largest baking company in the United States, announced that it is committing to 100 percent sustainable packaging for its entire product portfolio by 2025.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced a $12 million funding opportunity for new projects to support R&D and education and workforce development that will enable U.S. manufacturers to increase the recovery, recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing of plastics.
Auburn University students pursuing the new sustainable biomaterials and packaging degree have become a driving force behind the degree’s visibility and potential growth.
A dominant theme in packaging today is sustainability. It seems to be at the core of every packaging conversation, and plastics, in particular, are the villain du jour.
At the recent K Fair, 3,330 exhibitors from 63 nations demonstrated that plastic continues to be an innovative, indispensable and future-oriented material.
Innovia Films and the German snack manufacturer, Wildcorn, have worked together to produce a fully recyclable and sustainable pack for their Wildcorn organic popcorn range.
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