Toppan Printing, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has won a Bronze in Environmental Reporting at the 6th Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA), the most prestigious international awards for...

We caught up with Darek Lewis, director of packaging for Veritiv, about innovations helping to bridge the sustainability gap with from-home shopping. Over the past few years, we have seen an uptick in demand for...

One of the societal challenges being addressed by AIMPLAS in its activities is the drive to make progress towards the circular economy, a production model fully supported by the European Commission that aims to meet...

Pregis, a leading manufacturer of protective packaging, announces its global Pregis 2K30 mission—a bold plan to harness the company’s passion for sustainability into concrete action. 2K30 includes real, measurable goals, close cooperation with Pregis partners,...

Bryce Corporation, the industry-leading supplier of innovative flexible packaging and prepress solutions, in partnership with Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., the agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 farmer families, has announced the first Store Drop-off...

The flexible plastic that wraps around meat and countless other consumer goods is almost always sent to the landfill. A new UB-led research project aims to change that. UB and partners have received a two-year,...

EarthFirst Films by PSI, a global bioplastic film technology and manufacturing company, announces the successful completion of the first commercial run of PHA (Polyhydroxyalkanoate) home compostable packaging film. Although the PHA materials have been certified,...

Glenroy® Inc., a leading sustainable flexible packaging company, and Walex Products Company, a global leader in the commercial and consumer odor control markets, have announced the availability of its industry-first recyclable stand-up pouch for the...

The use of plastic substrates has been fundamental to the growth of packaging and will continue to play a vital role, despite its negative reputation. It all began when my parents gave me a chemistry...

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Colorado’s draft recommendations and key principles of producer responsibility (hereinafter referred to as “CO draft PR recommendations” or the “recommendations.” I am Alison Keane, President and CEO...

Twenty companies are responsible for producing more than half of all the single-use plastic waste in the world, fuelling the climate crisis and creating an environmental catastrophe, new research reveals. Among the global businesses responsible...

ePac Flexible Packaging, the innovative frontrunner in digitally printed flexible packaging, is pleased to announce the launch of Certified Child Resistant (CR) Resealable pouches made with Post Consumer Recycled (PCR) materials. A collaboration between ePac,...

Scientists have developed a method of converting waste plastics to ingredients for jet fuel in less than an hour, to help tackle the plastic waste crisis. The researchers, from Washington State University (WSU), developed a...

The Pet Sustainability Coalition (PSC), a US-based group with members that include more than 200 global companies throughout the pet industry supply chain, recently saw initial success with its Flex Forward pilot and is now...

ALDI customers in Shipley are among the first in Yorkshire to be able to deposit their hard-to-recycle ‘soft’ plastics at its stores as part of the supermarket’s first trial of its collection points for these...

Amazon shareholders will vote on a matter relating to the company’s use of packaging materials at this year’s annual meeting on May 26. Shareholder advocacy firm As You Sow submitted a proposal requesting shareholders vote...

At last month’s (virtual) Plastics Recycling Conference, I participated on a panel that discussed public policies that could enable more plastics recycling. After last year’s (non-virtual) conference, I wrote that plastic makers were focused...

Plastic and nature are two juxtaposing factors and the biggest concern for environmentalists today. We often find plastic being portrayed as the center of environmental destruction, yet it continues to be used widely. Why? Because...

AMP Robotics was recently honored as a finalist in Fast Company’s 2021 World-Changing Ideas Awards. The company’s groundbreaking innovation is an artificial intelligence (AI) platform— a robot— designed to more efficiently sort plastic packaging at...

Some 28 metric tons of plastic waste, the equivalent of 2.8 million plastic water bottles filling up 73 basketball courts, was recycled into useful eco-products by Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) last year as part of...

A new environmental and technological analysis suggests that a revolutionary eco-friendly plastic is almost ready to hit the shelves. Plastics are a part of nearly every product we use on a daily basis. The average...

New guidance issued by Wrap will help to transform the number of plastic bags and wrapping able to be recycled at supermarkets, the organisation has claimed. The guidance is aimed at providing more consistent collections...

It’s now as easy to wear a plastic water bottle as to drink out of one. Whether in the form of a swimsuit from Target, a puffer jacket from Madewell or leggings from Girlfriend Collective,...

Walmart, the world’s largest company by revenue and largest US grocery retailer, has agreed to cut its use of virgin plastic by 2025. Citing new data on the growing plastic pollution problem, As You Sow...

The sustainability movement has gained traction in recent years with more renewable materials being introduced to the market more often. State Governments are also implementing regulations around plastic packaging and single-use plastics, which begs the...

The British government has confirmed that the new plastic packaging tax (PPT) will be coming into force 1 April 2022, raising nearly a billion pounds in tax by 2025. Laid out by Chancellor Rishi Sunak...

TC Transcontinental Packaging is thrilled to announce that it was named the Winner for Innovations in Sustainability in this year’s Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) Sustainability Excellence Award competition for its Integritite™ post-consumer recycled collation shrink...

Ocean Cleanup CEO Boyan Slat discusses the new and improved river plastic Interceptors and the nonprofit's plans for building and deploying more of them around the world. Nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup is continuing its mission...