Sustainable packaging

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | NOVEMBER 2019

STO Sustainable Containers

November 18, 2019

The STO product line is made with an oxygen-driven additive in the material that creates accelerated degradation, allowing the packaging to degrade safely without harming the environment.

Editor's Note

Sustainable solutions offer big challenges to food processors

Casey Laughman

November 13, 2019

It’s fair to say that the easy part is over, or at least mostly over. But sustainability isn’t going away because corporate sustainability goals, cost pressures and demands for details about sustainable production and ingredients from consumers are all here to stay.

Food Packaging

Compostable jars can be used for cannabis edibles

Rose Shilling

September 15, 2019

Hansen Packaging is offering a line of compostable jars certified for food uses and made of resins from renewable sources.

Packaging

Nestle: Paper wrapper is a first for confectionery bars

Rose Shilling

August 15, 2019

Nestle switched to a recyclable paper wrapper for its YES! fruit, nut and chocolate snack bars sold in Europe.

Industry News

Graham Packaging receives 2019 Sustainability Award

Company honored by the Business Intelligence Group for its leadership role in sustainability

Casey Laughman

August 5, 2019

Graham Packaging has been awarded a 2019 Sustainability Award from the Business Intelligence Group in the Sustainability Leadership (Organization) category. Graham was the only packaging company to receive an award in this category.

Food Packaging

Recyclable meat trays offer display and sustainable packaging benefits

Rose Shilling

April 17, 2019

Kloeckner Pentaplast has new ideas for how meat companies can display products in stores and offer more sustainable packaging.

Waste management

Last miles to zero waste: Packaged food waste recycling

Food companies generate packaged waste, but what are the options for dealing with it?

Wayne Labs

April 9, 2019

You try to be sustainable and not generate food waste. But at times, you can’t avoid the problem of having packaged food go bad before it gets out of your plant or the warehouse—or maybe it’s recalled for a labeling error, and it’s now expired. What to do? I asked Ray Hatch, CEO of Quest Resource Holding, who’s had extensive experience in food service industries and waste management to talk about the options, which, unfortunately, are not many.

Sustainability

Kellogg announces 100 percent sustainable packaging goal

The manufacturer has set its sights on 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging by the end of 2025

Wayne Labs

October 26, 2018

The Kellogg Company is expanding its global sustainability commitments to include a goal of working towards total (100 percent) reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging by the end of 2025.

Packaging

September 10, 2018

How are sustainability efforts affecting packaging decisions?

Packaging

Consumers demanding more sustainable packaging

Companies can turn to recycled materials, or reduced packaging to meet their sustainability goals.

Sean Riley

February 4, 2018

The demand for easily recyclable material (and machinery that can handle such material) in this sector is expected to continue growing, according to the State of the Industry – U.S. Packaging Machinery Report 2017 from PMMI.