General Mills and P&G outline how brand owners are going beyond EPR compliance by subsidizing film recovery via USFFI and CalFFlex, investing in new technology, and collaborating with converters to ...

A new laser-marked closure eliminates labels and inks while standing out on the shelf and giving consumers permanent, easy-to-read dosing guidance. “We were exploring laser marking as a way to improve ...

It was quite some time ago, back in 2015, so basically 10 years ago, and we were working with Shazam [music identification app], and Shazam was doing a lot of scanning both on-pack, but also on their ...

Humanoid robot technology has advanced quickly since Packaging World first covered it in 2023. In the first of this three-part series revisiting humanoid robots as a potential packaging labor solution ...

New toilet bowl cleaner pods from Grove Co. use 38% less PVA and are sold in a certified home-compostable pouch, replacing the brand’s earlier metal tins. San Francisco-based Grove Collaborative, a ...

Why the need for EPR data harmonization? Brands and CPGs—any entity deemed to be a producer, really—are challenged with collecting and reporting on sustainability data to meet evolving regulatory ...

March of this year saw the rollout of 100% recyclable plastic-free packaging (on select packaging, excludes seals) for Energizer Holdings’ portfolio of Energizer household batteries. Rather than ...

· Summit Brewing’s Nialas line uses an adventure-inspired packaging system to appeal to the active lifestyle of today’s non-alcoholic beer consumers. · Design elements such as illustrated outdoor ...

SC Johnson is taking its refill ambitions to the Canadian mainstream. The maker of Method and Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day soaps has partnered with London Drugs to pilot in-store refill stations at the ...

Flexibles Wrapping Mars' Kind is Next in Line with Curbside Recyclable Paper Wrapper The repulpable paper used to flow-wrap these bars is a curbside recyclable, How2Recycle pre-qualified paper film ...

At SPC Impact in Seattle yesterday, Linda Roman, Director of Packaging at Kraft Heinz, said “innovation is mandatory if we are going to solve the challenges with sustainable practices.” Roman, who sat ...