ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, announces the launch of its patent-pending PRO-EVO Recyclable platforms. The newest addition to the ProActive Recyclable® series of products, PRO-EVO Recyclable, is a multi-wall paper-based self-opening-sack (SOS) bag...

The Annual and Sustainability report for 2022 is available on the company’s website.

Since 2019 when the first generation of “hero samples” recycle ready mono-material stand-up pouches were presented, BOBST and Brückner Maschinenbau, along with the other project partners comprising leading polymers and consumables suppliers, have made significant...

The use of flexible plastic packaging is expected to boom in the next few years despite public backlash against plastics. Simultaneously, there’s a push to get more postconsumer resin into plastic packaging. But as some...

AMERIPEN and PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, released “PACKAGING COMPASS: Evaluating Trends in U.S. Packaging Design over the Next Decade and Implications for the Future of a Circular Packaging System” (“Packaging Compass”),...

In recent months, collaborations are evolving from time-limited, two-party partnerships into perpetual, multi-stakeholder coalitions that look like microcosms of entire supply chains. These are also morphing from what once were linear, downstream efforts into circular,...

The impact of plastic waste on the environment has become a pressing global issue, and the food industry has been a significant contributor to the problem. In recent years, there has been a growing interest...

Michelman is proud to announce that it has earned an EcoVadis Gold rating for sustainability. Michelman ranks in the top 96th percentile of 100,000+ companies that have been evaluated across more than 200 industries and...

Recycling and composting systems are not equipped to handle growth in flexible packaging, according to a new study from American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN) and PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing...

Sustainability initiatives rolling out across the globe are catalyzing brands and converters to seek out paradigm-shifting technologies that facilitate improved end-of-life solutions for flexible packaging structures—including both fiber based and film based substrates. You can...

NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced sector-leading ESG ambitions to drive the circular economy for plastics, in line with its vision to become the leading sustainable polyethylene producer in North America. By 2030, the company aims to:...

Environment ministers from the European Union’s 27 member states, led by Italy and Belgium, want more flexibility in implementing the bloc’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), tabled by the European Commission in November. The...

Michelman will introduce PAMEX 2023 visitors to next-generation barrier and functional film coatings that help customers achieve sustainability targets. They will also highlight the Michelman Innovation Centre for Coatings (MICC), a packaging incubator helping customers...

TotalEnergies and Paprec have signed a long-term commercial agreement to develop a French value chain for advanced recycling of plastic film waste. The deal will secure the supply of materials from TotalEnergies’ future advanced plastic...

Toppan, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, has been recognized for the second consecutive year as a Supplier Engagement Leader in the 2022 Supplier Engagement Rating (SER) conducted by...

Leading global print consumables manufacturer, Flint Group, is celebrating continual improvement after its updated EcoVadis rating, which saw a seven-point increase over 2022. EcoVadis is the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability...

FirstWave Innovations, a wholly owned subsidiary of SinnovaTek and a co-manufacturer of aseptic food products, has partnered with ProAmpac, a global leader in flexible packaging and material science, to bring to market aseptic spouted pouches...

A pilot program for residential recycling of hard-to-recycle plastic films is being piloted by Dow, WM (formerly Waste Management), and leading edge film converter Natura PCR (formerly Avangard Innovative, acquired by WM). The two publicly...

NOVA Chemicals Corporation, a leading supplier of polyethylene (PE) for food packaging, announced that it delivered a commercialized FDA-compliant high-density recycled polyethylene (rPE) resin to market. The new grade is its first mechanically recycled food-contact...

Toppan, a global leader in communication, security, packaging, décor materials, and electronics solutions, will introduce an internal carbon pricing system for its capital investment from fiscal 2023 onwards. Internal carbon pricing is an important indicator...

H.B. Fuller Company, a leading global adhesives provider, announced that it has recently joined RecyClass, a comprehensive cross-industry initiative open to companies actively looking to improve the circularity of plastic packaging and to contribute toward...

In a breakthrough development, a fully recyclable* mono-material PE pouch has been created that has similar properties to barely recyclable multi-material laminated pouches. The new pouches utilize the latest polymers, inks, functional coatings, adhesives and...

Charter Next Generation (CNG) and Revolution Sustainable Solutions, LLC (Revolution) are collaborating to drive market adoption of commercially available post-consumer recycled, linear low density polyethylene (PCR-LLDPE) for food and flexible packaging applications. This marks a...

Global packaging company Sidel joined R-Cycle to accelerate the recycling of plastic packaging. Using an open tracing standard, R-Cycle allows for the gathering of information about the recycling-related properties of plastic packaging, according to a...

Emerald Packaging, a produce flexible plastic packaging company, has promoted Pallavi Joyappa to president. Joyappa has been a “critical member” of the Emerald Packaging team for 17 years and an integral part of its growth,...

The US Plastics Pact was formed in 2020 by The Recycling Partnership and the World Wildlife Fund as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s global network. Participants in the pact, which are referred to as...

By 2030, Proctor & Gamble (P&G) intends to reduce its use of virgin petroleum plastic in its packaging by 50%. “This is no small goal,” Ken McGuire, a former research fellow at P&G, tells a...

ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, announces the launch of ProActive Recyclable Paper-1000, the newest addition to the ProActive Recyclable® series of products. Recylclable Paper (RP)-1000 is the first product launched in...