The company has partnered with Ardagh to begin hydrogen-fired bottle production with intention to be carbon neutral by 2030.

A new two-step, lightweighting technology reportedly eliminates more than 50% of the material in the finish.

Party Horses announced that Maker’s Mark will be its official bourbon partner for 2022 and supply limited-edition Party Horses commemorative labels to 1,000 early adopters in the coming months. NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are produced as generative artwork that live on a blockchain. 

Good Mood Cannabis Kitchen Company (GMCK) recently launched Cannacap™, a cap that stores flavored THC powder in a portable and discreet cap and delivers it to the beverage, transforming any drink into a cannabis beverage. 

The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) and its members SIG Combibloc, BillerudKorsnäs, Elopak, Stora Enso and Tetra Pak, have set the industry’s vision for the future: to deliver the most sustainable packaging for resilient food supply systems which is renewable, climate positive and circular. 

Spherex developed a glass bottle featuring a child-resistant seal at the opening and a plastic screw-on cap. Each four-pack box has a window through which consumers can see the glass bottles.

Spirits maker Bacardi will bottle all brands in a biodegradable material from plant-based oils, entering the race to replace petroleum-based plastic drink bottles.

Poland Spring bottled water and the University of Maine are trying to develop new packaging materials from trees grown in the state.

Heinz Tomato Ketchup bottles in Europe will soon be made of one type of plastic so they can be recycled into food-grade PET.

Diageo is introducing a bottle for Johnnie Walker scotch made of 100% paper from sustainably sourced wood, part of the company’s sustainability commitments. The spirits giant, with brands including Smirnoff and Guinness, is part of a consortium with global consumer goods companies, including PepsiCo and Unilever, which will introduce paper bottles for their own brands later this year