Nothing perhaps defines our consumer-driven society of recent decades better than plastic. Its growth in production since the 1950s – largely driven by packaging – has been extraordinary. We now produce a staggering 300 million...

The United States has stood still as the European Union, Thailand, China and numerous other countries put in place national policies to address the growing plastics crisis threatening our oceans. Finally, the U.S. is poised...

Harpak-ULMA announces the commercial availability of an automated tote management system for food producers. This approach to reusable secondary packaging represents an addition to the innovative sustainability efforts launched a year ago under the global...

TC Transcontinental Packaging is pleased to announce the formation of a strategic partnership with T.M.E. SpA coffee packaging equipment solutions, a leading manufacturer of single-dose, modified atmosphere, and vacuum packaging lines. This partnership will allow...

Hefty is making a seemingly unlikely sustainability play with a campaign from new shop Periscope, Minneapolis, highlighting impact from an initiative through which the brand is helping people in select cities recycle hard-to-recycle plastics like...

The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has completed the acquisition of the overprint varnish specialist Schmid Rhyner AG, which was previously part of the Swiss Conzzeta Group. The acquisition was announced on December 20, 2019. Schmid...

Polymer Film and Bag, a division of Polymer Packaging, Inc., begins production of multilayered film for the flexible packaging industry on the second of two co-extrusion lines. “We are very excited to be back in...

The sources of food waste are varied and many, from the farm, to the plant floor, to the restaurant kitchen, to the consumer at home. The FWRA’s work is focused on the sources that...

Recycling specialist, Cromwell Polythene is expanding its operations following the purchase of Moorgreen Flexible Packaging from Duo Plastics Ltd. The sale was made to Vickers-Lee Holdings Ltd, owner of Cromwell Polythene, and will enable all...

Chris Thomazin, president of the Polymer Family of Companies, has announced two top management changes. Jessie Larabel has been named Division President of Polymer Protective Packaging, LLC (PPP), and Eric Howard has been named Division...

Rachel Garcia did everything possible to reduce waste. There’s a personal conviction in her family to care about the environment. She and her husband, Daniel, packed lunches in reusable Tupperware for their two kids. In...

Coke, Pepsi and several other big plastic polluters are getting sued for lying about their products’ recyclability and clogging up the oceans with millions of tons of waste. A California-based environmental group, the Earth Island...

A group of leading manufacturers of paper and fibre-based food and foodservice packaging has launched the European Paper Packaging Alliance (EPPA). The alliance aims to find concrete solutions to increase recycling and to reduce carbon...

Liquibox, a portfolio company of Olympus Partners, has completed the acquisition of DS Smith plc’s Plastics Division. The acquired division includes both rigid and flexible packaging businesses. The combined companies will have 35 manufacturing facilities...

Spartech, a leading manufacturer of engineered thermoplastics and custom packaging solutions, announced today the debut of Korad™ Flat Black Acrylic Film, a new ultra-low gloss laminate film for use in highly esthetic applications requiring glare...

Sometimes plastic recycling is so much worse than just letting trash be trash. But first, let's thank European supermarket chain Lidl for trying. We all must. Plastic pollution is an enormous challenge. Unfortunately they, like...

TC Transcontinental has created a new Recycling Group within TC Transcontinental Packaging. In 2020, this group will start purchasing equipment for converting flexible plastics recovered from sorting facilities and other commercial, industrial and agricultural sources...

Durst North America announces that Steve Lynn has joined the company as a Director. In this new and broad role Steve will focus his attention on developing Durst growing software suite and the expanding digital...

ePac is excited to announce that in January 2020, over 20 million B1 impressions were produced on HP Indigo presses across 10 ePac sites across the globe, breaking previous records and more than tripling its...

Oliver Healthcare Packaging, a global leader in medical packaging, is proud to announce an expanded presence in Southeast Asia. With a larger team and a brand-new office & technical development center in Singapore’s Cintech 1...

If you think shopping online is more eco-friendly than driving to a store, think again. It may sound counterintuitive, but the more eco-conscious way to shop is going to a physical store rather than by...

As water refill stations become more common, consumer habits of carrying reusable bottles haven’t necessarily kept up. That’s why FloWater, a company that makes refill stations, is now beginning to offer a new type of...

Tekni-Plex will be showing its line of medical device films, high-performance coated Tyvek® and coated paper rollstock and lidding material, as well as adhesive and extrusion laminations, at HealthPack, March 10-12, Sheraton Charlotte Hotel, Charlotte,...

Eaglewood Technologies is launching a shiny new website as part of its first rebranding effort in a decade. The Minneapolis based flexographic services company has designed a new website, logo, and renamed services division to...

Like many people of her generation, Shelbi Orme, 27, is an ardent environmentalist. On her YouTube channel, where she calls herself “Shelbizleee” (rhymes with Twizzle), she shares tips with her 200,000-plus subscribers about how to...

Séamus Lafferty, President of Accraply, is pleased to announce the creation of a new innovation and manufacturing center in Irlam, Greater Manchester, UK. Accraply is part of Barry-Wehmiller and is a leader in the design,...

The Dow Chemical Company (“TDCC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Inc., announced the completion of a public offering of €2,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its notes. TDCC issued €1,000,000,000 of its 0.500% notes due...

Tekni-Plex Medical, a Tekni-Plex business, has named Ian Kenny as its new global head of products and technology. Tekni-Plex recently announced the formation of the Tekni-Plex Medical business unit to facilitate the supply of mission-critical,...