Today’s consumers demand sustainability in their products and packaging. Recycling may be languishing, but there are other paths to packaging sustainability. Labels can play a major role.

The new resource, offered by Can Manufacturers Institute and National Association of Convenience Stores, offers tips for improving current practices, how to communicate the program goals to staff and customers, and a checklist to help retailers reduce contamination in their recycling bins.

Ardagh Group, Glass – North America, a division of Ardagh Group, recently hosted a Sustainable Brewing & Packaging event at its Wilson, N.C. facility. Craft breweries from North Carolina, government agency officials and representatives from other supply chain businesses gathered to discuss sustainability and recycling initiatives.

Pretium Packaging is launching a new 12-oz. PET sauce bottle that has been designed to mimic the look and feel of glass. The bottle can be made with up to 50 percent recycled PET.

Purple Carrot, the plant-based meal kit company, has launched a 100 percent curbside recyclable packaging solution. The new corrugated boxes are made from 95 percent post-consumer material and utilize a recycled cellulose paper fiber liner and 100 percent water-filled ice packs that are both drain-safe and environmentally disposable.